QWERTYUIOP by

Vivien Alcock

I (a) What does Mrs Price mean when she says'/obs don't grow on trees'?
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(b)

Vvhat word tells us that the students have completed their course?

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2 Describe

the character of Mrs Price as she spoke to her students.

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\ivhy had Mrs Price's confidence suddenly euaporatedwhen she came to Lucy Beck?

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Read the extract from the short story QWERTYUIOP below and answer the questions that follow.

I (a) Why is Lucy thanking

Uncle Bert?

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(b)

How much does Uncle Bert'expect' from Lucy?

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2 \r[hy did Lucy apologize

to Uncle Bert?

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3

Was Uncle Bert a nuisance to Lucy and her mother? Give a reason for your answer.

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Read the extract from the short story QWERTYUIOP below and answer the questions that follow.

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How did Lucy confront the typewriter?

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(b)

lVho was Miss Broome?

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2

Why did'she' ask Lucy to leave?

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Was Lury a defiant person? Give a reason for your answer.

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Yours sincerely,

Lury Beck, Secretary.

1 {a) Who was Lury communicating with?

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(b)

What does the sentence There was no one like you mean?

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2

Why did the typewriter suddenly become silent?

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3

In the words of Mrs Price, did Lucy finally go out and win? Give a reason for your answer.

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Lucy's mother and has a drinking problem.

or
No, it could not have been possible for it to have
drowned. The water buffalo is a semi aquatic
creature that can swim and suwive in the
harshest of floods.

or
No, despite his shortcomings, he is still a famity

member.
Exercise 3

I (a) She glared at it.

Exercise 4

I (a) It suggests great efforts by the couple.

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(b)

They were born amidst hardship.

They made jokes and rolled their cigarette leaves.
Yes, I would because I would do anything for a
person I loved very much.

Exercise 5

(a) The word quiet implies hidden danger /

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trying to deceive the woman.

'She did not realue'
Yes, because

Exercise 6

I (a) She means that such a thin and flimsy

(b)

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layer

can trap an unsuspecting woman.

The sense of being alert / The wisdom to stay

out ofdanger.
He is a man who deceives. / He is a cheat. / He
is an opportunist.
No, because he just wants to satisff his sexual
desires with her.

I (a) The questions

the woman would be asking

herself after being cheated by the man.
(b) It means a woman should not surrender her
seH-respect to a man for whatever reason.
It is a metaphorical expression, meaning if one
is not careful, one could be fooled.
No, they dont because they seem to suggest
deception.

Exercise 8
f (a) To be very sure of one's relationship

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Confidentandinspiring / Caring and encouraging

Because Lury had a single'O'level and had a
slow typing speed

(b)

her
Yes, because he is good

looking.

or
No, because he seems to be a flirt.
Exercise 7
I (a) He was apizza delivery man.
(b) The owner of a ptzzacomparry
2 He delivered.pwzas to them when their cooler

broke down.

kind and caring.

or
No, because he was just apizza delivery

Yes, because he is

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Exercise 8

1 (a) In an expensive French

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(b)

restauranl

He had smelt Anna's fruitcake special

David Amos / Her boss
Yes. / No. Accept any suitable or logical rEarn-

Part 3: Drarna
Exercise

I (a) Employer and employee

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(b) At an empty railway station

The thick fog all around
No, I dont because he appears to be shorttempered and arrogant.

Exercise 2

Exercise 2

I (a) Because

man
(b) It means that a wise woman can preserve
her respect and dignity.
'Though you may lose your head once or twice'
Yes she is, because she cautions women to be
wary of opportunistic pleasure-seeking men.

Part 2: Short Stories

Exercise 1
I (a) Iobs are not easyto get
(b) departing

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Exercise 5
f (a) A chemist in a cosmetics factory
(b) A piece of fruitcake
2 'There was nothing special about it'.
3 She was afraid that he would make fun of her
and tell his friends too.

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with

Broome.
Miss Broome was still the best secrctary.
It was satisfied with Lury's explanation.
Yes, she did because she refused to be
intimidated under fearfrrl circumstances

(b)

Exercise 6
f (a) The fruitcake special
(b) Pretty young models
2 Because he usually does not speak to peode

Exercise 7

women too can be deceptive like

men.

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Exercise 4
r (a) The typewriter. / The'ghost' of Miss

sense of uncertainty.

(b) He is trying to seduce the woman / He is

(b) Mr Bannister's former secretary

Because'she' claimed that'she'was still the

secretar$
Yes, she was because she flrmly insisted that
was the current secretary.

he had prepared her supper

Five pounds

2 Because she was unkind in her remarks to him

3 Yes, because he often borrows money from

I (a) It is night.
(b) Because he hates nights like this
2 Because ofthe thickfog.
3

No, he isn't because he is constantly

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