2021 VS Prelim S4 EL P2 - Answers

1 Answers 2021 VS S4 Prelim P2

2 VICTORIA SCHOOL 202121/S4PRELIM/EL/2 Section A [5 marks] Refer to the poster (Text 1) on page 2 of the Insert for Questions 1–4. 1 Who is target audience of the poster? Inference Individuals who are interested in environmental conservation/environmental activists X lovers of marine life, make a difference to the environment, spread the importance of saving the environment [1] 2 Refer to the section that starts with About and the text after it. What are the objectives of Project Blue Wave? Literal (i) It brings Singaporeans together. (ii) It builds a sense of ownership towards the environment through education on marine biodiversity and environment conservation. ED -1m [1] 3 Refer to the section headed Join us an Eco-Ambassador and Make a Difference in our Environment . Which phrase highlights the urgent need for volunteers to sign up for this project? Vocabulary Quote The phrase is ‘(before it) disappears for good’ [1] 4 Look at the two photographs of Eco-Ambassadors in action. What feature of the Eco-Ambassador role described in the section headed How to Sign Up?, do the photographs show? Inference (i) The photograph of an eco-ambassador talking to individuals shows that the role equips them with knowledge of saving the environment/facilitation skills. X person (ii) The photograph of people smiling as they kayak shows that the clean up activities are fun X people having fun Both parts = 1m (describe the photo + link to the feature of the role) [1] [1]

3 VICTORIA SCHOOL 202121/S4PRELIM/EL/2 Section B [20 marks] Refer to Text 2 on pages 3 and 4 of the Insert for Questions 5–16. 5 At the beginning of the text, Tengo reveals what he felt about Sundays. Explain how the writer emphasis Tengo’s feeling of dread as the day approached. Support your ideas with three details from the paragraph. Language use ‘Sunday was like a thick storm cloud’ There was a sense of foreboding that he knew was approaching which made him not look forward to the day. X moody, miserable, gloomy, wary ‘Whole body felt sluggish and achy’ He felt physically ill and lazy as the day approached, which made him feel terrible/awful about it. X change in mood, suffering ‘Appetite would disappear’ Had no desire to eat, probably because he was worried/anxious/nervous X afraid, disturbed, unsettled with no reference to him ha ving lost the desire to eat ‘dread’- the idea of the day being awful, apprehension , not sad Or hate. Students need to explain the evidence and not just come up with any kind of explanation to show dread [3] 6 Explain what Tengo means when he says he ‘clung on to Saturdays like a person in a storm grasping at a lamppost’ (lines 5-6). Vocabulary-meaning He was desperately trying/yearning to hold on to the Saturdays because he knew that