2015 1128 EL P1 and P2_version

GCE O-Level 2015 1128 Answer Key Paper 1—Editing Incorrect Word Correct Form Item Type 1 Me I Pronoun (subject vs. object) 2 Lucky Luckily Word form (adjective) 3 where which Relative pronoun 4 astonish astonished Tense 5 enjoy enjoyable Word form (adjective) 6 No error -- -- 7 although however Connector 8 No error -- -- 9 drove driven Word form (aspect) 10 are were Tense Paper 2—Text A 1 The webpage begins with the words ‘The world is yours’. What effect is this intended to have on the reader? (1 mark) Inferential The effect is to excite the reader about the available opportunities. OR The effect is to appeal to the reader’s sense of excitement / opportunity 2 Refer to the paragraph headed Volunteer Overseas with Projects Abroad. Identify the two phrases of not more than six words each which suggest that ‘Projects Abroad’ can look after its volunteers successfully. (2 marks) Inferential (i) Organise all aspects of your projects (ii) have over twenty years of experience 3 Look at the photograph under the heading Teaching. What impression of teaching do you think the photograph aims to present? (1 mark) Visual inferential Teaching is a happy job that involves close interaction with children 4 Projects Abroad offers a wide range of activities and packages. Which sentence is intended to give the impression that, for this firm, nothing is impossible? (1 mark) Inferential Whatever it is you would like to do, we can arrange it for you. Paper 2—Text B 5 From paragraph 1, give two ways in which the writer emphasises the extremely inquisitive nature of the foreigner who ‘was full of questions’ (2 marks) Language inferential (i) The foreigner’s insistence on asking questions was emphasised by the repetition of the phrase “he wanted to know” (ii) The foreigner’s large number of questions was emphasised through how he was described as “full of questions”. 6 Which one word in paragraph 1 suggests the domineering nature of the engineer? (1 mark) Vocab inferential Demanded 7 In paragraphs 2, 3, and 4, the writer suggests that the engineer is a Language

very irritating person. Pick out and write down one expression from each of these paragraphs and explain in each case the characteristic that makes him irritating. (3 marks) inferential (i) Paragraph 2: “incessant questioning”, which shows how the engineer was being irritating by asking questions continuously (ii) Paragraph 3: “if I had been foolish enough to ask him” shows how the author was so irritated by the engineer that he considered it foolish to speak to him further (iii) Paragraph 4: “the engineer would shut up and poke his long nose elsewhere” describes the engineer as a loud and intrusive person 8 In paragraph 4, what made the student sound as if he were speaking about “an old classmate”? (1 mark) Language inferential He referred to Marco Polo by first name as “Marco”. 9a In paragraph 5, the writer says that t