GCSEEnglishLanguageUnit3Workbook

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GCSEEnglishLanguage

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GCSEEnglishLanguageUnit3Workbook

ThisworkbookwillhelpyoupracDse,andthenreviseallthedifferenttypesofReadingandWriDngquesDonsyoumaybeaskedinyourUnit3Exam.

WhenyoucompleteeachsecDon,DckhowyoufeltaboutthoseparDcular

quesDonsinthetablebelow.Thiswillmakeiteasierforyoutoseewhatyoumayneedextrahelpwithintherun-uptoyourexams.

Pagenumber

TypeofQues:on Iunderstandhowtodo

this

I’mokay,butmayneed

moreprac:se

Idon’tunderstand

it

Page3-4 Access,loca:onandretrieval(includingmulDplechoiceand‘findandcopy’)

Page5 Sequencing(The‘puttheeventsinorder’quesDon)

Page6 SummarisingQues:ons

Page7-8 AnalysisQuesDons(The‘Howdoesthewriter…’quesDons)

Page9 Synthesisinginforma:onfromonetext(‘Explain…’QuesDons)

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Synthesisinginforma:onfromtwoormoretexts(The‘whatdotextsEandFsayabout…’quesDon)

Ques:onType1–Access,Loca:onandRetrieval

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ThesekindsofquesDonsareusuallylowmarkques:ons,andrequireyoutofindkeyinforma:oninthetext.Theycano[enbea‘findandcopy’quesDon,oramulDplechoicequesDon.InbothUnit2andUnit3,youwillbeasked3mul:plechoiceques:ons.ThesekindsofquesDonsareusedtotestanumberofskills,including:•  LocaDng(finding)thecorrectinformaDontoanswer;•  Deducing(workingout)wordmeaning;•  Decidingthepurposeofthetext;•  Showingunderstandingoftextorwordsincontext;•  Verbalreasoningskills.

Let’stestthisout…LookatTextA1.  Whichtypeofnoise,accordingtotextA,isthemostdangerous?(1)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………2.Whichunitissoundmeasuredin?(1)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………3.Giveanexampleof‘unwantedsound.’(1)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4.  Whatisan‘intolerablecorrup:onofhumanspace’otherwiseknownas?(1)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………5.   Whatisthepurposeofthistext?(1)a)  Personalb)  Publicc)  EducaDonald)  OccupaDonal6.Whatdoestheword‘emana.ng’mean?(1)a)  Echoingb)  OriginaDngc)  Whisperingd)  BeaDng

TopTip!ThissecDoninboldisvery

important–alwaysmakesureyou’reansweringonthecorrect

text,otherwiseyou’llget0marks!

Ques:onType1–Access,Loca:onandRetrieval

(Mul:pleChoice)

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Remember-InbothUnit2andUnit3,youwillbeasked3mul:plechoiceques:ons.ThesekindsofquesDonsareusedtotestanumberofskills,including:•  LocaDng(finding)thecorrectinformaDontoanswer;•  Deducing(workingout)wordmeaning;•  Decidingthepurposeofthetext;•  Showingunderstandingoftextorwordsincontext;•  Verbalreasoningskills.

Let’stestthisout…LookatTextB8.Whatisthepurposeofthistext?a)  Personalb)  Publicc)  EducaDonald)  OccupaDonal9.Whatdoesthephrase“Noise-inducedhearingdamage”meaninthetext?a)Hearingdamagethatcanbeimprovedbylisteningtocertainsounds.b)Hearingdamagethatcanbeahributedtoloudnoises.c)Yourhearinggetsbeherwhenyoulistentoloudnoises.d)Hearingdamagecannotbeahributedtonoise.10.Whatdoestheworddura:onmean?a)  Thesize.b)  Thefeeling.c)  ThelengthofDme.d)  Thesmell.

TextPurposesPersonal–Wrihenforpeopletoreadfortheirowninterest/pleasure.Public–WrihensopeoplecangetinformaDonaboutpubliceventsorinformaDonaboutsociety.(NewsarDcles,officialdocumentsandleaflets).Occupa:onal–Wrihenfortaskslinkedtojobsandtheworkplace.Educa:onal–Wrihentohelpwithgainingknowledge–theygiveinstrucDonsandinformaDon.Theyarewrihentohelppeoplelearn,andprobablygivenratherthanchosenbythereader.

Thisisa‘purposeofthetext’quesDon.Remindyourselfofthe4textpurposes,andmakeyourchoice.(They’reatthebohomofthepage!)

ThiskindofmulDplechoiceistesDng

your‘understandingofthewords/phraseinthecontext’ofthetext.Thereisonlyonetrue

correctanswer,buttheotheranswerswillbe‘distractors’designedtothrow

youoff.

Thisisa‘wordmeaning’mul:plechoiceques:on.Locatethewordintheextract,thenreadaroundthewholesentencetodeduceitsmeaning.

Ques:onType2–TheSequencingQues:ons

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Sequencingliterallymeanstoputthingsintheorderthattheyhappen.YoumaybeaskedaquesDonlikethisinUnit2orUnit3,andtheyareveryeasymarkstopickup–butONLYifyousequencecorrectly!Tipswhenansweringasequencingques:on•  Firstly,readthequesDonCAREFULLY–howmanymarksisitworth?HowmanypointsaretheyexpecDng

youtosequence?(It’llusuallybebetween3and5)•  TheywillALWAYSgiveyouoneofthepoints–usuallythefirstpoint,orthelastpoint.Workoutwherethis

givenpointisinthetext,andhowmanyyouneedtosequencea[erit/beforeit/aroundit.•  Readthroughyourworka[eryou’vewrihenthepointsout–haveyouwrihenthemintheordertheyarein

thetext?Ifnot,youwillnotgetthemarks,sobeverycareful!•  Aboveall,besurethatwhatyou’vewrihenmakessense.Dothepointslogicallygoinorder? Let’stestthisout…LookatTextC11)Lookattheinstruc:onsonhowtodealwithdangerousnoiseatwork.Puttheinstruc:onsintheorderthatthey’dbestbecompleted.(3marks)Thefirstonehasbeencompletedforyou.•  EnsureyoufollowregulaDons,anduseprotecDveequipmentthat’sbeenprovided

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12)Explaininyourownwordswhatismeantbythephrase‘askthemtotakeappropriateac:on’.………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Ques:onType3–SummaryQues:ons

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Asummaryisabriefdocumentorstatementthatgivesthemainpointsofsomethinginyourownwords.TosummariseadocumenteffecDvelyyoushould:•  Readthroughthetextcarefully,highlighDngthemainpointsorideas;•  Lookattopicsentencesorsub-headings,asthesemayhelptocondensetheinformaDon;•  ReadbackthroughyourhighlightedsecDonstoseeifanyofthesecanbeduplicatedorlinkedtogether;•  Trytocombineyourhighlightedwords/phrasesintoyourownwords•  Don’taddanyextrainformaDon/explanaDonofyourown;•  Ifyou’regivenbulletpointsinthequesDonYOUMUSTUSETHEM!

Let’stestthisout…

LookatTextD13)Inyourownwords,summarise5mainreasonswhyiPodsarecausingdamagetoteenagers’hearing.(5marks)•  …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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14)Selectonefactabouthearingdamagefromthisreport.(1)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Ques:onType4–Analysis–the‘How’Ques:on

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ThesekindsofquesDonsarelikelytobe5or10markques:ons,andyouWILLneedtopickoutquotaDonsfromthetexttosupportALLofyourideas.YouwillneedtoexplainALLofyourchosenquotaDons.Whenrelevant,youshouldcommentonthewriter’stechniques/useoflanguageandexplainwhyit’seffecDve.

Let’stestthisout…LookatTextE15)HowdoesJohnHumphreyspersuadethereaderthathehatesnoise?(10marks)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………(ConDnueontothenextpage…)

•  LooktoseehowmanymarksthequesDonisworth.•  Readthroughtheextract,highlighDngasyougo.•  Choosequotesfromthewholeextract,notjustonepart.•  Writeupyourresponsechronologically.

Checkoutthemarkschemebeforeanswering–whatistheexaminerlookingfor?Note:5-6marksistheCgrade.

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Ques:onType5–ExplainQues:ons

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An‘Explain…’ques:onisquotesimilartoasummariseques:oninmanyways–itrequiresyoutoread/interprettheinforma:oninfrontofyou,andthenproducesomethingnew(anexplana:on)fromwhatyou’veread.Itmayaskyoutoreadandinterpretapieceofnon-con:nuoustext,theexplainwhatthattextisshowing.Onceagain,don’taddininforma:onofyourown.

Let’stestthisout…

LookatTextF16.Explainwhythecountrysideisnotquiet,accordingtoGrahamNorwood.(5marks)………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Ques:onType6–Synthesising2ormoretexts

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Synthesisingmeanswhenyoutakeinforma:onandmakenewinforma:onoutofit.It’sexactlylikethe‘explain’quesDon–exceptinsteadofonetext,youusetwoorthreetexts;It’sbasicallysummarising/explainingfrommorethanonetext.ThesekindsofquesDonsareonceagainlikelytobehighermarkques:ons(between5and10markques:ons).Eventhoughit’sabout2texts,thisisnotacompareandcontrastques:on,so:•  Youcanjustrefertothetextsas‘textE,andTextF’-youdon’thavetomakeitreallyclearwhichtext

you’retakingtheinformaDonfrom/youdon’thavetonamethewriter;•  Youcanusedirectquotes,butyoudon’thaveto;•  Youdon’thavetosumupthesimilariDesanddifferencesattheend,likeyouwouldinacompareand

contrastquesDon.TIP-Don’tjustfocusonwhattheysay,commentonhowtheysayittoo–thinkaboutthetone,languageused,formality,senseofaudience.

Let’stestthisout…LookatTextsEandF17)BothtextsEandFareaboutnoise.Whatdothewriterssuggestpeopleshoulddotoresolvenoiseissuesandhowdotheypresenttheirarguments?(10marks)…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………(ConDnueyourresponseontothenextpage…)

•  ReadthequesDoncarefully–makesureyouunderstandwhatit’sasking.

•  MakesureyougivebothtextsconsideraDon–don’tleanheavilyononeandnottheother.

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