English

Stage 8

Paper 1 Non-fiction 2023

1 hour 10 minutes

Additional materials: Insert

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting.

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

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Section A: Reading

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

Read Text A in the insert, and then answer questions 1–5.

1 Look at the first paragraph (lines 3–9).

(a) The writer uses powerful imagery to describe the sounds made by elephants.
Give one example.

[1]

(b) Give one word that tells the reader that forest elephants are mysterious and difficult to
understand.

[1]

(c) Give one word that tells the reader that forest elephants are hard to track.

[1]

(d) Look at the last sentence (lines 7–9).

Explain how the last sentence links the first paragraph to the second paragraph.

[2]

2 Look at the second paragraph (lines 10–15).

(a) Why does the writer use direct speech instead of indirect speech?

[1]

(b) How does the writer build up detail in the last sentence (lines 13–15) through the use of
punctuation? Give one way.

[1]

3 Look at the third paragraph (lines 16–19).

Why does the writer use a conjunction in the last sentence?

[1]

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4 Look at the fourth paragraph (lines 20–24).

(a) Explain how the sentence beginning Such insights connects the fourth paragraph to the third
paragraph.

[2]

(b) How does the writer connect two equally important pieces of information in the sentence?

[1]

(c) Give one phrase that tells the reader that it is not yet certain that the new research methods
will be successful.

[1]

5 Look at the fifth and sixth paragraphs (lines 25–33).

Explain how the writer uses the word songs in different ways.

[2]

Read Text B in the insert, and then answer questions 6–10.

6 Look at the first paragraph (lines 3–6).

Explain the difference in structure between the first and second sentences.

[2]

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7 What is food time is a breeze (line 23) an example of? Tick () one box.

personification

hyperbole

an oxymoron

an idiom

[1]
8 Look at the whole text.
Why does the writer use the word fingers to describe part of the elephant’s trunk?
Tick () one box.

They remove ticks.

They are used for communication.

They can pick things up off the ground.

They are made of bones.

[1]

9 Text B is less formal than Text A.

How does the writer achieve this effect? Give two ways.
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[2]

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10 (a) How does an elephant use its trunk? Make notes in the table below.

How does an elephant

Notes
use its trunk …

when drinking?

when eating?

when looking after

itself?

at other times?

[3]

(b) Summarise how an elephant uses its trunk. Use up to 50 words.

[2]

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Section B: Writing

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

11 Our hands are one of a human’s most remarkable features.

Write an information text about human hands as part of a ‘Guidebook for Visitors to Planet Earth’.

You should include information about:

• how humans use their hands in their everyday lives

• some special ways that humans use their hands
• how humans take care of their hands.

Space for your plan:

Write your information text on the next page. [25 marks]

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