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ENGLISH LANGUAGE READING QUESTIONS REVISION

Paper 1

Question 1- List 4 things/4 facts.

Question 2- Language Question. How does the writer use language to describe… (3 paragraphs)

Method (e.g. metaphor, simile, adjective)

Quotation (this implies…)

Word/s (including word class)

Explanation (Mood, image, effect)

Question 3 – Structure (beginning, middle, end) . How does the writer structure the text to interest the reader? 3

paragraphs

(Structural) Method-Beginning, Middle or End

Quotation

Effect

Focus

Purpose

Question 4- Evaluate a statement e.g. ‘In this story, the characters are realistic. How much do you agree?

Agree

Method & Quotation

Link

Explain

Question 5- Describe the picture or write a story- use MRPASSO methods- 5 paragraphs (See separate guide)

Paper 2

Question 1- shade in 4 true statements (out of 8)

Question 2- Summarise the differences in….in Source A and in Source B- 2 or 3 times- NO METHODS. DO 3 COMPARISONS

Statement on Source A

Quote

Inference

Statement on Source B

Quote

Inference

Question 3- Language Question- How does the writer use language to describe… (3 paragraphs)

Method (e.g. metaphor, simile, adjective)

Quotation (this implies…)

Word/s (including word class)

Explanation (Mood, image, effect)

Question 4- Compare writers’ viewpoints in Source A and B

Viewpoint

Quotation

Method

Explain

Compare

Question 5- Writing to argue/explain/persuade – should get a statement to argue for/against or a combination – use

RAPTORS methods- 5 paragraphs (See separate guide)


Paper 1

Billy text questions 01 Read again the first part of the Source from lines 4 to 7. List four things that Billy does from this part of the Source. [4 marks]

02 Look in detail at this extract from lines 8 to 16 of the Source. Look in detail at this extract from lines 8 to 16 of the Source. How does the writer use language here to describe the dead bird and Billy’s inspection of it? [8 marks]

03 You now need to think about the whole of the Source. This text is towards the end of the novel. How is the text structured to interest you as a reader? [8 marks]

04 Focus this part of your answer on the second half of the Source from line 17 to the end. A student said, ‘This part of the text where we learn about the poor relationship between Billy and his family explodes into inevitable violence.’ To what extent do you agree? [20 marks]

White Fang text questions 01 Read again the first part of the Source from lines 1 to 6. List four things that White Fang does from this part of the Source. [4 marks]

02 Look in detail at this extract from lines 7 to 16 of the Source. How does the writer use language here to describe White Fang’s attack on the strange god? [8 marks] 03 You now need to think about the whole of the Source. This text is taken from a section towards the end of the novel. How has the writer structured the text to interest you as a reader? [8 marks] 04 Focus this part of your answer on the second half of the Source from line 17 to the end. A reader of the novel said: “This section of the text where we learn what happened in the struggle between White Fang and the intruder makes me feel desperately sorry for White Fang.” To what extent do you agree? [20 marks]

Lavinia text questions 01 Read again the first part of the source, lines 1 to 6. List four things from this part of the text about what the narrator is thinking. [4 marks] 02 Look in detail at this extract from lines 14 to 25 of the source. How does the writer use language here to describe silence and sounds? [8 marks]

03 You now need to think about the whole of the source. This text is a description of a frightening incident. How has the writer structured the text to bring it to life for the reader? [8 marks] 04 Focus this part of your answer on the second half of the source, from line 26 to the

end. A student once said: ‘A story needs to be exciting.’ To what extent do you agree that this part of the extract is exciting? [20 marks]


Source A

She took a step. There was an echo. Another step, just a fraction of a moment later.

“Someone’s following me,” she whispered to the ravine, to the black crickets and dark-green hidden frogs and the black

stream. “Someone’s on the steps behind me. I don’t dare turn around. Every time I take a step, they take one.”

Weakly she asked, “Officer Kennedy, is that you?”

Faster, faster! She went down the steps. Run!

The crickets were still.

The crickets were listening. The night was listening to her. For a change, all of the far summer-night meadows and close

summer-night trees were still; leaf, shrub, star, and meadow grass stopped their movement and were listening to Lavinia

Nebbs’s heart. And perhaps a thousand miles away, across locomotive-lonely country, in an empty way station, a single

traveller reading a dim newspaper under a solitary naked bulb, might raise up his head, listen, and think, What’s that? It was

most surely the beating heart of Lavinia Nebbs.

Silence. A summer-night silence which lay for a thousand miles, which covered the earth like a white and shadowy sea. She

heard music. In a mad way, in a silly way, she heard the great surge of music that pounded at her, and she realized as she ran,

as she ran in panic and terror, that some part of her mind was being dramatic, borrowing from the turbulent music of some

private drama, and the music was rushing and pushing her now, higher and higher, faster, faster, plummeting and scurrying,

down, and down into the pit of the valley.

Only a little way, she prayed. One hundred eight, nine, one hundred ten steps! The bottom! Now, run! Across the bridge!

She told her legs what to do, her arms, her body, her terror; she advised all parts of herself in this white and terrible moment,

over the roaring creek waters, on the hollow, thudding, swaying almost alive, resilient bridge planks she ran, followed by the

wild footsteps behind, behind, with the music following, too, the music shrieking and babbling.

He’s following, don’t turn, don’t look, if you see him, you’ll not be able to move, you’ll be so frightened. Just run, run! She

ran across the bridge.

Oh, God, God, please, please let me get up the hill! Now up the path, now between the hills, oh God, it’s dark, and

everything so far away. If I screamed now it wouldn’t help; I can’t scream anyway. Here’s the top of the path, here’s the

street, oh, God, please let me be safe, if I get home safe I’ll never go out alone; I was a fool, let me admit it, I was a fool, I

didn’t know what terror was, but if you let me get home from this I’ll never go without Helen or Francine again! Here’s the

street. Across the street! She crossed the street and rushed up the sidewalk. Oh God, the porch! My house! Oh God, please

give me time to get inside and lock the door and I’ll be safe!

And there—silly thing to notice—why did she notice, instantly, no time, no time—but there it was anyway, flashing by—

there on the porch rail, the half-filled glass of lemonade she had abandoned a long time, a year, half an evening ago! The

lemonade glass sitting calmly there on the rail,. . . and . . .

She heard her clumsy feet on the porch and listened and felt her hands scrabbling and ripping at the lock with the key. She

heard her heart. She heard her inner voice screaming.

The key fit.

Unlock the door, quick, quick!

The door opened.

Now, inside. Slam it!

She slammed the door.

“Now lock it, bar it, lock it!” she gasped wretchedly.

“Lock it, tight, tight!”

The door was locked and bolted tight.

The music stopped. She listened to her heart again and the sound of it diminishing into silence.

Home! Oh God, safe at home! Safe, safe and safe at home! She slumped against the door. Safe, safe. Listen. Not a sound.

Safe, safe, oh thank God, safe at home. I’ll never go out at night again. I’ll stay home. I won’t go over that valley again ever.

Safe, oh safe, safe home, so good, so good, safe! Safe inside, the door locked. Wait.

Look out the window.

She looked.

Why, there’s no one there at all! Nobody. There was nobody following me at all. Nobody running after me. She got her

breath and almost laughed at herself. It stands to reason. If a man had been following me, he’d have caught me! I’m not a

fast runner. . . . There’s no one on the porch or in the garden. How silly of me. I wasn’t running from anything. That valley’s

as safe as any place. Just the same, it’s nice to be home. Home’s the really good warm place, the only place to be.

She put her hand out to the light switch and stopped.

“What?” she asked. “What, what?”

Behind her in the living room, someone cleared his throat.

It is the 1950s in America, and a serial killer is on the loose. Lavinia Nebb and her friends Helen and Francine

have been to the movies. In this extract, the narrator describes Lavinia walking home alone.


Paper 2

London texts questions

01 Read Source A again, from lines 1-20. Choose four statements below which are TRUE.

Shade the boxes of the ones that you think are true. Choose a maximum of four statements.

a. Kyoto Garden in Holland Park is a quiet place to read

b. Camley Street Natural Park is run by the London Wildlife Trust

c. The river bus operates on a weekly basis

d. Shops on Oxford Road are busy on Sunday mornings

e. There are lots of farmer’s markets selling food at cheap prices

f. The Truman Brewery has stalls selling food from all over the world

g. The Hub has facilities on offer to play many sports and has its own pitches [4 marks]

02 Use details from both sources. Write a summary of the differences in London in each source. [8 marks]

03 You need to refer only to source A. How does the writer use language to make London

seem like a good place to visit on a Sunday morning? [12 marks]

04 For this question, you need to refer to the whole of source A together with the whole of

source B. Compare how the two writers present their viewpoints of London. [16 marks]

Dogs texts questions

01 Read Source A again, from lines 1-12. Choose four statements below which are TRUE.

Shade the boxes of the ones that you think are true. Choose a maximum of four

statements.

a. The countryside where Becky lives is normally quiet. b. The puppies are 16 weeks old. c. The puppies run between Becky’s legs and bite her wellingtons d. Becky is a trainee teacher in a secondary school. e. The puppies live on a farm in Hampshire. f. Milly is the much-loved mother of the puppies. g. The puppies were born in July. h. The puppies cause chaos on the farm. [4 marks]

02 Use details from both sources. Write a summary of the different ways Milly’s vet and Mr Walker’s servant look after the dogs. [8 marks]

03 You now need to refer only to source A. How does the writer use language to show the behaviour of the puppies? [12 marks] 04 For this question, you need to refer to the whole of source A together with the whole of source B. The writers have shown how Dalmatians form close relationships with others: Milly with the puppies and Becky, and the small Dalmatian dog with the horse. Compare how the two writers convey these relationships and their viewpoints of these relationships.

[16 marks]


Source A

Sunday Morning in London

Sundays are for relaxation, catching up with things there is little time for in the week, and quite often,

recovering from the night before. Whether you’re full of beans or in need of several siestas, we’ve got your

Sunday morning covered.

Start the day by going for a walk. Hyde Park is the most obvious choice, and will likely be filled with early morning joggers. Alternatively the beautiful, very peaceful Kyoto Garden in Holland Park is a fantastic place to read a book or simply sit in the sunshine (weather permitting). Rather surprisingly, there is a small but perfectly formed green space tucked behind Charing Cross Road called the Phoenix Garden, which is both well maintained and filled with wildlife. There is another unlikely natural habitat near King’s Cross station, at Camley Street Natural Park, which is run by the London Wildlife Trust. If you feel like spotting birds, fish or butterflies, there is plenty to look at here. If greenery doesn’t appeal, try a walk along the Thames. Pick the Embankment area for a view of the Houses of Parliament and the Southbank Centre, or head further East for Tower Bridge and the Docklands. To really indulge in that Sunday morning feeling stroll around the City, as the streets connecting the area’s imposing skyscrapers are completely deserted at weekends. If that seems like too much effort for a Sunday, the river bus operates various services daily, the two longest routes being from Embankment to as far out as Woolwich Arsenal, and Putney all the way to Blackfriars. Sunday mornings are a great time to go shopping, as busy streets are empty and shops are uninhabited, meaning you might actually reach some of the rails at Topshop on Oxford Street. There are also a number of markets to be visited, some of which operate exclusively on a Sunday, like Columbia Road Flower Market in the East End. For clothing, pick up a bargain at the Holloway Car Boot Sale; second hand books and bric-a-brac are also sold. Farmers’ markets have become trendy of late, where the focus is on fresh food from small producers at exorbitant prices. Still, some of it is mouth-watering, such as the organic nosh offered at Marylebone Farmers’ Market. If you didn’t make time for brunch, the Sunday UpMarket at the Truman Brewery has stalls selling food from all over the world, from Japanese fried octopus balls to Spanish gazpacho. This is also an opportune day for a spot of pampering, whether this means going for a relaxing swim, having a massage or visiting the hairdressers. Splurge on a spa like the K West Spa, which offers a wide range of massages, facials and nail treatments, and benefits from a sauna, hydrotherapy pool, and brand spanking new trends like a “snowroom”, where the body’s circulation is stimulated by immersing it in below freezing temperatures before exposing it to steam. As unpleasant as that may sound, it’s very good for the skin and the immune system, although given the choice between this and a lie-down on one of their suede loungers we know what we’d be choosing. Other very reputable spas include The Sanctuary, Aveda and Elemis. You might not want to be induced into a state of dreamy relaxation however. On a Sunday morning gyms are at their quietest, so you’re in luck if you like solitary workouts. So long as it’s not pouring with rain, tennis enthusiasts can use the courts off Farringdon road in Islington and Southwark Park for free, and many parks have facilities like table tennis, football, boating and even fishing. Regent’s Park has its very own sports centre called The Hub, as well as pitches for cricket, boules and rugby. And after all this physical activity, it’ll be time for a hearty Sunday lunch and a snooze. Glossary: Siestas – rest or nap Bric-a-brac – jumble or bits and pieces Exorbitant – expensive


Source B CHAPTER I—THE STREETS—MORNING

The appearance presented by the streets of London an hour before sunrise, on a summer’s morning, is most striking even to the few whose unfortunate pursuits of pleasure, or scarcely less unfortunate pursuits of business, cause them to be well acquainted with the scene. There is an air of cold, solitary desolation about the noiseless streets which we are accustomed to see thronged at other times by a busy, eager crowd, and over the quiet, closely-shut buildings, which throughout the day are swarming with life and bustle, that is very impressive. An hour wears away; the spires of the churches and roofs of the principal buildings are faintly tinged with the light of the rising sun; and the streets, by almost imperceptible degrees, begin to resume their bustle and animation. Market-carts roll slowly along: the sleepy waggoner impatiently urging on his tired horses, or vainly endeavouring to awaken the boy, who, luxuriously stretched on the top of the fruit-baskets, forgets, in happy oblivion, his long-cherished curiosity to behold the wonders of London. Rough, sleepy-looking animals of strange appearance, something between ostlers and hackney coachmen, begin to take down the shutters of early public-houses; and little deal tables, with the ordinary preparations for a street breakfast, make their appearance at the customary stations. Numbers of men and women (principally the latter), carrying upon their heads heavy baskets of fruit, toil down the parkside of Piccadilly, on their way to Covent-garden, and, following each other in rapid succession, form a long straggling line from thence to the turn of the road at Knightsbridge. Here and there, a bricklayer’s labourer, with the day’s dinner tied up in a handkerchief, walks briskly to his work, and occasionally a little knot of three or four schoolboys on a stolen bathing expedition rattle merrily over the pavement, their boisterous mirth contrasting forcibly with the demeanour of the little sweep, who, having knocked and rung till his arm aches, and being interdicted from endangering his lungs by calling out, sits patiently down on the door-step, until the housemaid may happen to awake. Covent-garden market, and the avenues leading to it, are thronged with carts of all sorts, sizes, and descriptions, from the heavy lumbering waggon, with its four stout horses, to the jingling costermonger’s cart, with its consumptive donkey. The pavement is already strewed with decayed cabbage-leaves, broken hay-bands, and all the indescribable litter of a vegetable market; men are shouting, carts backing, horses neighing, boys fighting, basket-women talking, piemen expatiating on the excellence of their pastry, and donkeys braying. These and a hundred other sounds form a compound discordant enough to a Londoner’s ears, and remarkably disagreeable to those of country gentlemen who are sleeping at the Hummums for the first time. Glossary:

Endeavouring – attempting or trying Hackney – place in London Ostlers - servant


Mirth – laughter Hummums - building


Paper 1 Question 5- Creative Writing Checklist

Completed in 45 minutes. All ‘I’ capitalised. 4 to 5 Paragraphs evident 3 words looked up in thesaurus 2 sentences started with an –ly word. E.g. Slowly, I twisted the knife 1 sentence started with a simile. E.g. Like a predator, he stalked his victim. Use of MRPASSO methods for example personification - The wind howled as if the whole

sky was injured. 1 colon used. 1semi colon used

Examples of questions OR Write your own using any picture or story idea

Write a description suggested by the picture. OR Write a story about a Christmas event.

Write a description suggested by the picture. OR Write a story about a visit to a special place.


Write a description suggested by the picture. OR Write a story about a beautiful place.

Write a description suggested by the picture. OR Write a story about a special person in your life.

Write a description suggested by the picture. OR Write a story about a difficult decision.

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Paper 2 Question 5- Persuasive Writing The range of forms that can be set:

letter article text for a leaflet text of a speech essay.

Here are some useful connectives:

The main reason / most importantly / my first point is that / firstly / another reason is / also / in

addition / secondly / furthermore / moreover / thirdly / lastly / finally / therefore / overall

/furthermore / whereas / nevertheless / alternatively / consequently / besides / nonetheless /

meanwhile/ in conclusion/ however

Again, here are some sample questions OR you can make up your own. Just choose any

current topic and any of the bullet point forms listed above. Just ensure the purpose of your

task is to explain or argue.

1. “Celebrities exploit their position in society and offer nothing in return.”

Write an article for a broadsheet newspaper, arguing for or against this statement.

2. “Homework has no value. Some students get it done for them; some don’t do it at

all. Students should be relaxing in their free time.” Write an article for an online blog

in which you explain your point of view on this statement.

3. “Sport should have more curriculum time in school.” Write a letter to your

Headteacher in which you explain your point of view on this statement.

4. “It’s important to look after the environment to ensure the future of the planet.”

Write the text for a school assembly speech, explaining your point of view.

5. “All music and films should be available legally for free.” Write the text for a

broadsheet newspaper, explaining your point of view.

6. “Boys and girls should go to separate schools”. Write the text for a letter to a

broadsheet newspaper, arguing for or against this statement.

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