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Cambridge International Examinations
Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary
Education

Summative Assessment
GRADE 8 DATE:
Sample Paper 1 English TIME:
50 Marks

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the
boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
• You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.

INFORMATION

• The total mark for this paper is 50

• The number of marks for each question or part question is
shown in brackets [ ].

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Read Text A, and answer questions 1–11.
1. Look at the first paragraph (lines 1–3).
Give one word that means ‘fascinated’.

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2. Why do you think the boys moved carefully down the hole?

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3. Look at line 10. Why does the writer begin a new paragraph?

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4. Why does the writer begin a sentence with to their surprise (lines
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5. What does mesmerised (line 15) mean?

Select one and tick the correct option.

i.energised

ii.excited

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iii.remembered

iv.captivated [1]

6 Look at lines 18–20. Give one word which means ‘promise’.

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7 Why do you think Marsal says this is the first commercial exploitation of
the cave?

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8 Look at this phrase: the news spread like wildfire (line 23).
(a) What literary technique is used in the phrase above?

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(b) Why is this an appropriate description of the way the news of the
discovery travelled?

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9 Why is the writer’s use of flocked appropriate in the end ?

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10. Give two features of a newspaper report used in Text A.

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11. Look at the title.

(a) Why has the writer used inverted commas ( ‘ ’ )?

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(b) Explain why you think it is appropriate to use the word cinema in the
title. Give one quotation from the text to support your answer.

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Read Text B and answer questions 12–16.

12. What is the purpose of Text B? Select the correct

options & tick.

i.to instruct

ii.to discuss

iii.to narrate

iv.to persuade [1]

13. Look at the first paragraph (lines 1–7).

Give two ways in which the writer engages the reader.
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14. Look at the last sentence of the first paragraph (lines 6–7).
Give one word which contributes to the idea of sequencing information.

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15. Look at the third paragraph (lines 11–14).

Give one phrase that tells the reader that something has been
successfully completed.

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16. (a) Imagine a friend has a bat trapped in their house.

List the ways in which the bat could be removed, using at least five
suggestions from Text B.

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(b) Using your list, write a summary to describe ways to remove a bat
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Section B: Writing
Spend 30 minutes on this section.

17.Write a letter to the Head of your Institution, regarding, including Music

in the regular curriculum
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TIPS:
Draft a formal letter
Consider the following:
• Music is effective for relaxation
• Stress Management etc.

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