2023 MGS EL Prelims P2

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Page 2 of 11 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Methodist Girls’ School English Language Paper 2 Sec 4 Preliminary Examination 2023 Name:_______________________________ ( ) Class: Sec 4___ SECTION A [5 marks] Refer to the online poster (Text 1) and the blog (Text 2) on page 2 of the Insert for Questions 1– 4. 1 Look at Text 1. Tick (✓) the phrase that best describes the purpose of the advertisement. To raise diners’ awareness of how dirty hawker centres are To educate diners on the need to clear their trays To encourage diners to do their part to keep hawker centres clean [1] For Examiner’s Use 2 How does the image in Text 1 support the statement ‘EVERY BIT ADDS UP’? …..………………………………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………... [1] 3 Identify the phrase in Text 2 which reinforces the idea in Text 1 that clearing the tables has ‘a rippling effect’. …………………………………………………………………………………………… [1] 4 Look at Texts 1 and 2 and statements (a) and (b) below. Decide whether the statements refer to Text 1, Text 2, both texts, or neither text. Circle the answer you have chosen for each statement. (a) Readers are encouraged to take action. Text 1 / Text 2 / Both / Neither (b) Tone suggests that the reader and writer are of the same status. Text 1 / Text 2 / Both / Neither [2] 5

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Page 4 of 11 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Methodist Girls’ School English Language Paper 2 Sec 4 Preliminary Examination 2023 Name: ______________________________ ( ) Class: Sec 4___ SECTION B [20 marks] Refer to Text 3 on pages 3 & 4 of the Insert for Questions 5–14. 5 In Paragraph 1 the writer gives the violent heat a human quality. (a) Identify the word that the writer uses when he personifies the violent heat. (b) Explain in your own words the impact this heat has on the earth. (a) ………………………………………………………………………………………… (b) …………………………………………………………………………………………[2] For Examiner’s Use 6 In Paragraph 1, the writer describes how the intense heat was intolerable. Explain how the language used in this paragraph shows that the intense heat was unbearable for the writer. Support your ideas with two details from lines 3 – 7. …