END OF YEAR EXAM, JUNE 2021

English question paper 2

GRADE 8
1 hour plus 10 minutes reading time

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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST 8

Answer all questions in the spaces provided on the question paper. Total

You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

The total number of marks for this paper is 50.

Suggestions for how long to spend on each section are given in the booklet.
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Section A: Reading For

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Spend 30 minutes on this section.

Read the text in the Insert and then answer questions 1–13.

1 Give two details about the weather from lines 1–4.

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2 ‘Christina’s stomach had contracted again.’ (line 2)

What does this suggest about her feelings towards the flight?

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3 Look at the first paragraph.

Which words suggest that Christina does not understand much French?

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4 Look at lines 10–14.

Identify one change in the weather conditions as they get to England.

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5 Look at lines 10–20.

Complete the table below.

Simile Effect
‘the shadows running like galloping horses’

Shows how rough and bumpy the flight

was. This creates a sense of danger.

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6 Look at lines 21–25. For

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Give three things you learn about the rain from the writer’s description.

Support your answers with quotations from the text.

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7 Look at lines 27–32.

Give a phrase that shows Christina feels they are stranded and isolated.

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8 ‘the evening was all damp and still, sorry for its outburst’ (lines 34–35)

What is this phrase an example of?

Tick (9) one box.

hyperbole

assonance

personification

onomatopoeia
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9 Look at lines 35–40. For

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(a) What emotion does Cristina feel as the plane is coming down?

Support your answer with a quotation from the text.

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(b) What emotion does Christina feel as the plane lands?

Support your answer with a quotation from the text.

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10 Look at lines 38–40.

Explain the effect of the short sentence at the beginning and end of this paragraph.

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11 Look at lines 41–45.

How does the writer use language to create a sense of disappointment?

Give one quotation from the text.

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12 What three impressions do you get of Will’s character in this text?

Support your answer with examples from the whole text.

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13 Although the text is written in the third person, we view the events from Christina’s For
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Give four ways that the text would change if the events were viewed from Will’s perspective.

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Section B: Writing For

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Spend 30 minutes on this section.

14 Write a story about a long or difficult journey.

You will need to consider:

Character Friends?
Family?
A group of strangers?

Setting On a school trip?

On holiday?
Going to visit friends or family?

Plot How are your characters travelling?

Why is the journey long or difficult?
What happens on the journey?

Spend about five minutes planning your story.

[25 marks]