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Answers GCE O Level English Paper 2 2015 updated 28 July 2016 1 ANSWERS BASED ON MARKER’S REPORT Text 1 ** - challenging questions Highlighted in yellow: changes to be made 1. R&V LO3 (recognise writers’ intention) 1. It is to convince (P) the reader to feel excited (E) about the possibility of travelling to anywhere in the world/countless destinations around the world so that they would sign up with Projects Abroad (A). [1] 2 R&V LO3 Provide and interpret evidence in the text to support understanding 2i. ‘organise all aspects of your project’ ii. ‘have over twenty years of experience’ [2] 3 R&V LO2 (identify and analyse techniques used in written and visual texts to achieve a variety of purposes) 3. The photograph shows a volunteer (teacher) smiling with a group of children with happy faces.(observation) This shows that volunteering to teach children abroad is an fun/enjoyable experience. Note: nature of the experience is inferred from the smiling teacher [1] 4 R&V LO2 Scan for details ‘Whatever it is that you would like to do, we can arrange it for you.’ [1] Section B - Text 2 Question 5 - 13 5 R & V LO3 Provide and interpret evidence in the text to support understanding 5. ‘He wanted to know all (about Chinese computers and keyboards’) - shows that he wants to know everything in entirety, leaving no details out. Repetition of the phrase, ‘He wanted to know’ – emphasises that he was curious about many things. The ellipses used in the sentence, ‘He wanted to know about methods of road construction, systems of irrigation, types of farming…’ – shows that his questions were never-ending and did not stop there. [Students can choose to just quote the ellipses, however they must provide explanation] [3]

Answers GCE O Level English Paper 2 2015 updated 28 July 2016 2 6 R&V LO2 + 4 (scan for details+ interpret evidence in text to support understanding) 6. ‘ demanded’ [1] [1] 7 R&V LO3 (scan for details + make inference to draw conclusion 7. ‘(As I tried vainly to close my ears) to this incessant questioning’ – shows continuous/non-stop badgering/ endless interrogation [Students must explain the first part ‘As I tried vainly to close my ears’ if they chose to include it in the quote. ‘the engineer would no doubt have enlightened me’ – overly eagerly, boastful individual who wants to show off his knowledge ‘poke his long nose elsewhere’ – intrusive, meddlesome [1] [1] [1] 8 R&V LO 8. Addressing ‘Marco’ using his first name shows a sense of familiarity. / causal way of addressing Marco by using his first name [1] 9a (i) ‘like a mirage’ implies that the road seems like an illusion/is surreal as the writer is unable to see the road in its entirety. (ii) ‘teased’ is effective in showing that it was difficult for the writer to see the road in its entirety as it only appears in occasional glimpses. [1] [1] 9b (i) ‘no