2023 NCHS PRELIM P2 (ANS KEY)

NCHSPRELIM2023P2ANSWERS SectionA[5marks] Refertotheonlinebanner(Text1)andthesocialmediapost(Text2)onpage3oftheInsertforQuestions1–4. 1 LookatText1.Tick(√)themosteffectivetitlefortheimageinthisadvertisement. Thedawnofgoodleadership-means‘Startof’,butthisphotoalreadyshowstheeffectsofgoodleadership.‘Leadership’isalsonotanideathatisshownintheimage. Reflectonpastachievements-thephotoshowscurrentachievements,andthefocusofthephotoisnotonthewater √ Illuminatingpossiblesuccess-captionsays“building”governmentcapacityandgoodleadership=future-looking [1] 2 Theonlinebannerstatesthat‘goodgovernmentsarethefoundationofflourishing,prosperouscommunitiesandnations’. Whatdoyouthinktheword‘foundation’suggestsabouttheway‘flourishing,prosperouscommunitiesandnations’canbeachieved? Itsuggeststhatacountryneedstohaveagoodgovernmentfirst./goodgovernancecomesfirst. Accepted:(withreferencetogovernance)● (underlying)basis,base,beginning,startwith,principle● buildon(notconsideredfigurativelanguageasitispartoftheactualdictionarydefinitionof‘build’thananactualmetaphor) Rejected:canonlybeachievedwith,mostimportant,basicbuildingblock(figurativeanswer) [1] 3 IdentifythephraseinText2whichsuggeststhatSingaporehasrisenaboveFinlandbyasmallmargin. Itis‘edgingout(Finland)’. Reminder:Thephase‘edgingout’→isstillnotacompletesentence!Need‘IS(verb)’.(drawcarrottoremindstudents,butgivethemark) [1] 4 LookatTexts1and2andstatements(a)and(b)below. DecidewhetherthestatementsrefertoText1,Text2,bothtexts,orneithertext. Circletheansweryouhavechosenforeachstatement.

2(a) Readersareaddresseddirectlybythewriter. Text1 / Text2 / Both / Neither (b) Thetonesuggeststhewriterandreaderareofthesamestatus. Text1 / Text2 / Both / Neither [2]Text2:‘Howtheydoitissuperamazingandyoushouldreallycheckitouttoo’‘should’–imperative=differentstatus‘superamazing…really’-emphasis=strengthensimperative SectionB[20marks] RefertoText3onpages3-4oftheInsertforQuestions5-14. 5 InParagraph1,whatwasMaureenfeelingthatwas‘strange’? Shestoppedfeelingtensedafterstartingtherace./Thetensionshefeltintypicalraceswasgone. Accept:● antonymoftensed-relaxed,atease● anyideaof‘notension’e.g.‘Thetensioneased’ Reject:wistful→doesnotreferto‘strangefeeling’inPara1 [1] 6 ReferringtoParagraph2,givetworeasonswhyMaureen‘washappytobeawayfromthestartingline’(line6-7).Answerinyourownwords.

3(i) PW:Athirteen-year-oldgirldidstandoutafterallamongthetwenty-eightorsogrownmen Shewasnoticeableasagirlamonggrownmen. Accepted:ideaof‘easilyseen/noticed’-conspicuous,visible,obvious,stickout(it’sanidea,notarealmetaphor),attractedmoreattention,prominent Reject:centreofattention,different,oddoneout(strongerideaof‘different’),exception [1] (ii) PW:Andshewasfinallydoingwhatshelovedtodo. Shecouldrunatlast,somethingsheloved. Accepted:ultimately [1] 7 (a) Identify a phraseinParagraph3whichsuggeststhat runningpacecanbeeasilyaffected. Itis‘(withthe)smallestadjustment’. Reminder:Thephase‘smallestadjustment’→isstillnotacompletesentence!Need‘IS(verb)’.(drawcarrottoremindstudents,b