Question 1: 4 marks
Comprehension
This should be an easy 4 points: read the question; read the extract; say four things you learn... SIMPLES!
This should be an easy 4 points: read the question; read the extract; say four things you learn... SIMPLES!
Below, you'll find some examples to practice on. The answers for each are in the drop down box below the example.
Below, you'll find some examples to practice on. The answers for each are in the drop down box below the example.
IMPORTANT NOTE: When you write your answers to this question, use a full sentence each time. I know it can seem like a hassle but if you don't get the marks you may as well not have bothered write anything!
IMPORTANT NOTE: When you write your answers to this question, use a full sentence each time. I know it can seem like a hassle but if you don't get the marks you may as well not have bothered write anything!
Example 1: Extract from Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Example 1: Extract from Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Q: List four things we learn about Caesar Flickerman.
Q: List four things we learn about Caesar Flickerman.
Caesar Flickerman, the man who has hosted the interviews for more than forty years, bounces onto the stage. It’s a little scary because his appearance has been virtually unchanged during all that time. Same face under a coating of pure white makeup. Same hairstyle that he dyes a different colour for each Hunger Games. Same ceremonial suit, midnight blue dotted with a thousand tiny electric bulbs that twinkle like stars.
Caesar Flickerman, the man who has hosted the interviews for more than forty years, bounces onto the stage. It’s a little scary because his appearance has been virtually unchanged during all that time. Same face under a coating of pure white makeup. Same hairstyle that he dyes a different colour for each Hunger Games. Same ceremonial suit, midnight blue dotted with a thousand tiny electric bulbs that twinkle like stars.
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He has hosted the interviews for more than 40 years
He bounces onto the stage
His appearance has been unchanged for over 40 years
He wears white makeup
He dyes his hair
He wears a ceremonial suit
His suit is midnight blue
He has hosted the interviews for more than 40 years
He bounces onto the stage
His appearance has been unchanged for over 40 years
He wears white makeup
He dyes his hair
He wears a ceremonial suit
His suit is midnight blue
Example 2: Extract from Dune by Frank Herbert
Example 2: Extract from Dune by Frank Herbert
Q: List four things we learn about the Reverend Mother.
Q: List four things we learn about the Reverend Mother.
The Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam sat watching the Lady Jessica and her son approach. Windows on each side of her overlooked the curving southern bend of the river and green farmlands, but the Reverend Mother ignored the view. She was feeling her age this morning. She blamed it on space travel and on the abominable Spacing Guild and its secretive ways, and the spice – the cursed spice. But here was a mission that required personal attention from a Bene Gesserit who had the secret sight, and even the Emperor’s personal Truthsayer couldn’t evade that responsibility when the duty call came.
The Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam sat watching the Lady Jessica and her son approach. Windows on each side of her overlooked the curving southern bend of the river and green farmlands, but the Reverend Mother ignored the view. She was feeling her age this morning. She blamed it on space travel and on the abominable Spacing Guild and its secretive ways, and the spice – the cursed spice. But here was a mission that required personal attention from a Bene Gesserit who had the secret sight, and even the Emperor’s personal Truthsayer couldn’t evade that responsibility when the duty call came.
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She is watching Jessica and her son approach
She has windows on either side of her
She ignored the view
She was feeling her age
She was a Bene Gesserit with the secret sight
She was the Emperor's personal Truthsayer
She is watching Jessica and her son approach
She has windows on either side of her
She ignored the view
She was feeling her age
She was a Bene Gesserit with the secret sight
She was the Emperor's personal Truthsayer
Example 3: Extract from A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Example 3: Extract from A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Q: List four reasons why the narrator remembers Owen Meany.
Q: List four reasons why the narrator remembers Owen Meany.
I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice. But I don’t remember him only because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death. I remember him because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany. I make no claims to have a life in Christ, but my faith plays a part in everything I do and for that I have Owen Meany to thank – or curse. I guess I won’t know the truth of that until I die.
I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice. But I don’t remember him only because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death. I remember him because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany. I make no claims to have a life in Christ, but my faith plays a part in everything I do and for that I have Owen Meany to thank – or curse. I guess I won’t know the truth of that until I die.
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He had a wrecked voice
He was the smallest person the narrator ever knew
He was the instrument of the narrator's mother's death
He is the reason the narrator believes in God
He had a wrecked voice
He was the smallest person the narrator ever knew
He was the instrument of the narrator's mother's death
He is the reason the narrator believes in God
Remember that you can always find more writing to practice on inside the classroom
Remember that you can always find more writing to practice on inside the classroom