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ANSWERS DUNMAN SECONDARY SCHOOL CANDIDATE NAME CLASS INDEX NUMBER PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2023 SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1184/02 Paper 2 Comprehension August 2023 Text 1 and 2 1 hour 50 minutes Candidates answer in the Question Booklet. Additional Materials: Insert READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and index number on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided in the Question Booklet. The Insert contains the text for all the sections. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question. Submit each section separately. ___________________________________________________________________________ This question paper consists of 10 printed pages and 1 Insert.

2 1184/02/PRELIM/4EXP/2023 SECTION A [5 marks] Text 1 and Text 2 Refer to the online advertisement (Text 1) and the social media post (Text 2) on page 3 of the Insert for Questions 1– 4 1 Look at Text 1. Tick ( ) the most effective title for the image in this advertisement Be a hero. Stop bullying. Don’t use words to bully others. / Voice out against bullying. Most students were able to answer this question correctly. [1] 2 The advertisement states ‘Just speak up.’ What does the word ‘just’ suggest? It suggests that it does not take much to speak up./ Speaking up is a simple/easy action to take. Students gave a variety of answers to this question. Response should focus on the impact of the word ‘just’ in context of the advertisement. Other accepted an swers: It is a simple action / Stopping bullying is as simple as speaking up / It is not hard / difficult to stop bullying. The following answers are not accepted: ● X Should not hesitate or endure bullying / should immediately voice out / should not be afraid 🡪 The modal verb ‘should’ suggests a kind of advice or recommendation which the word ‘just’ does not suggest. ● X There is not much needed to do other than speaking up / bare minimum task / the action required to be done is minimal 🡪 A minimal act may not necessarily be easy. ● X It suggests that it is the easiest / best / simplest way to stop bullying 🡪 Response should not be in the comparative form. Additionally, speaking up may not be the ‘easiest’ solution. For some people, reacting verbally or physically may be simplest. ● X it suggests that to stop bullying, you simply have to speak up 🡪 ‘simply’ here is a paraphrase of ‘just’ and does not explain what ‘just’ suggests ● The following answers are inaccurate responses: Speaking up is an obvious and straightforward solution/ speak out without caring about any other thing / speak up no matter what happen