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ENGLISH 0844/02
Paper 2 April 2017
1 hour
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
Additional Materials: Insert

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page.
Write in dark blue or black pen.

DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
Suggestions for how long to spend on each section are given in the booklet.
The total number of marks for this paper is 50.

This document consists of 8 printed pages and 1 Insert.

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Section A: Reading

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

Read the passage from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
in the INSERT and then answer these questions.

1 Read the statements about Dickon. Tick () two boxes that we know are
TRUE about him from the passage.

His speech was slow and strange.

He had untidy hair.

He wore clean, new clothes.

He had a pale face.

He smelt of natural things.

[2]

2 What did Mary think was the most unusual thing about Dickon’s appearance?

[1]

3 When Mary first saw Dickon under the tree, playing his pipe, what was
surprising about the scene?

[1]

4 Why did Dickon speak to Mary in a low voice when he first saw her?

[1]

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5 Was Dickon expecting to meet Mary?

Tick () one box.

Yes

No

Give a reason from the text to support your answer.

[1]

6 The wild animals were not frightened of Dickon. What does this tell you about
Dickon?

[1]

7 Do you think Dickon is a confident boy?

Tick () one box.

Yes

No

Explain your answer in your own words.

Explanation

Words and phrases from the text to support your explanation

[2]

8 What made Dickon go to the shop to buy the gardening tools for Mary?

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9 During this meeting between Mary and Dickon, how do Mary’s feelings
towards Dickon change?

Give evidence from the text to support your answer.

[2]

10 Who is the point of view character in the story?

Explain how you know.

[2]

11 The sentence below comes from the text. Look at the underlined phrase.

‘Mary stood frozen, not daring to move a muscle.’

(a) Tick () one box to say what technique is being used here.

Alliteration

Metaphor

Personification

Rhyme

Simile
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(b) Explain what the underlined phrase means and why it is appropriate.

[2]

12 (a) The text is a short extract from the book, The Secret Garden.

From the evidence in this extract, which genre do you think the story is?

Science fiction

Legend

Horror

Adventure

Ghost story
[1]

(b) Name two features of the genre you chose for 12(a).

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Section B: Writing

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

13 Read a second extract adapted from The Secret Garden. It is the moment
that Mary shows a disbelieving Dickon a door to a secret garden.

She led him round the laurel path and to the walk where the ivy grew so
thickly. Dickon followed her with an odd, almost pitying look on his face.
When she stepped to the wall and lifted the hanging ivy he gasped in
amazement. There was a door! Mary pushed it slowly open.
‘It’s a secret garden …’

Now continue the story yourself.

Characters There are at least two characters:

● Mary
● Dickon
Are there any other characters?
● a gardener?
● someone else who knows about the secret garden?

Setting ● The secret garden?

● The house which the garden belongs to?

Plot ● What do they find in the secret garden?

● Why is the garden secret?
● Does something happen to the children in the secret garden?

PLANNING

Spend up to five minutes making notes in this box to plan your story.

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Write your story here.

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Content [5] Punctuation [4]

Purpose and audience [4] Vocabulary [3]

Text structure [5] Spelling [4]

Sentence structure [5]

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