QER Practice

QER Qn Type Revision 1Name: _______________________ ( )Class: _______Date: _______Practice 1SMSS MYE 2022The cluster of paddy fields round his hut seemed to stretch forever. Old Uncle Chui himself had never been beyond to find out. At any rate, there were no houses within a two kilometre walk in any direction. The paddy was cool to the eye in the time of rain. At other times, the land was parched and the paddy appeared baked brown. The earth cracked while the hut that stood on it faced south towards the road. Occasionally, there were cars, but the cars played so small a part in his consciousness. If he needed anything, which was rarely, he went only as far as the house of the village headman, the Pu Yai Ban, at the eastern edge of the paddy on the canal. Just across the way was the market, but he never went to market. He needed nothing. He planted rice and at harvest time, could pick up as many fallen grains as he liked. When the rains came, he was ready for any pale movement in the water. He did not wonder where the fish came from. They were there, from early morning, big fresh fish, asking to be caught. Once he had stocked up his larder with fish, vegetables were a minor matter. Some grew all by themselves in the flooded paddy.(a)At the beginning of the text, the writer describes the effect of the heat on the land. Explain how the language used in Paragraph 1 emphasises the impact of the intense heat. Support your ideas with three details from Paragraph 1.……………………………………………………………………………..………....………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………....………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………....………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………....………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………....………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………....………………..…………(b)In Paragraph 1, why did the cars play ‘so small a part in his consciousness’?……………………………………………………………………………..………....………………..………………………………………………………………………………………..………....………………..…………[3][1]

2Practice 2CGSS Prelims 2022Rafaela Cortes spent the morning barefoot, sweeping both dead and living things from over and under beds, from behind doors and shutters, through archways, along the veranda, sweeping them all across the deep shadows and luminous sunlight carpeting the cool tile floors. Her slender arms worked the broom industriously through the air which was already thick with suffocating heat. Along the floor, her feet followed, printing their moisture in dark footprints that the tiles ate up. Every morning, a small pile of assorted insects and tiny animals — moths and spiders, lizards and beetles — collected, their brittle bodies tossed in waves along the floor, a cloudy hush of sandy soil, cobwebs, and human hair.(a)At the beginning of the text, Rafaela was cleaning the house in the morning. Explain how the language used in Paragraph 1 indicates the morning’s weather. Support your ideas with two details from Paragraph 1.……………………………………………………………………………..………....………………..……………………………………………………………………………