CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, DUBAI

PRACTICE EoT2 EXAM FEBRUARY 2023

SUBJECT: English DATE: Feb 2024

PAPER/S: Reading, SPaG and Extended Writing

TIME: 2 hours YEAR: 9

CANDIDATE NAME:

SUBJECT TEACHER: SMO

Component Max Mark Marks Awarded

Reading 15

SPaG 10

Writing 25

Total 50

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

 Use black ink or ball-point pen.

 Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name.
 Answer all questions.
 Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than you
need.
 Dictionaries may not be used in this examination.

INFORMATION

 The total mark for this paper is 50

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

This document consists of 5 printed pages

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 Assessment Focus

ASSESSMENT OBJECTIVES:

Reading (50%)
RAF2: Select or retrieve information from texts and use quotation and reference.
RAF3: Deduce, infer or interpret information or ideas from the text.
RAF4: Identify and comment on the structure and organisation of texts.
RAF5: Explain and comment on writers’ use of language.
RAF6: Identify and comment on writers’ purposes and viewpoints, and the effect on
the reader.

Writing (50%):
WAF1: Write imaginative, thoughtful and interesting texts.
WAF2: Produce texts which are appropriate to task, reader and purpose.
WAF3: Organise and present whole texts effectively.
WAF4: Construct paragraphs and use cohesion within and between them.
WAF5: Vary sentences for clarity, purpose and effect.
WAF6: Write with technical accuracy of syntax and punctuation.
WAF7: Select appropriate and effective vocabulary.
WAF8: Use correct spelling.

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 Reading Comprehension: Poetry

Read the poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, then answer the questions which
follow.

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same, 10

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back. 15

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. 20

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1. Identify an example of anaphora (repetition of the beginning of a line). (1 mark)
And sorry
And be

2. Select and retrieve an example of enjambment. (1 mark)

And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

OR

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same

OR

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black

OR

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence

3. What is the effect of the phrase “I took the one less traveled by, / And that has
made all the difference” (2 marks)
The speaker took the road that looked less walked on and it meant that he chose
a different choice than others, but it’s a good thing

4. What is the main message in this poem? Give a quotation to support your
answer. (2 marks)
It discusses all of the emotions that come with needing to make a decision, and
how these choices can often lead us to having regrets or wondering what could
have happened differently. “I took the one less traveled by, / And that has made
all the difference”

5. Explain the explicit and implicit meaning of the poem? (3 marks)

Explicit – speaker takes a specific road out of a choice of two

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 Implicit - life is full of decisions that must be made before moving on

6. In your own words, what is meant by “And sorry I could not travel both”. (2
marks)
The speaker is sorry that he could not experience both choices, as he must
choice one and accept his fate.

7. Write a PEEL paragraph explaining how the importance of choice and freewill is
a key theme in the poem The Road Not Taken.
P Point Your idea that answers the question

E Evidence Quotations/examples from the poem that support

your point

E Explain Explain the point you have made and how your
evidence supports it.

L Link Link back to the poem’s overall ideas/message

(4 marks)

Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar

Correct the SPaG errors in the following paragraph about the poet of Shoulders.

robert lee frost march 26 1874 – january 29 1963 was an american poet his work was
initially published in england before it was published in the united states known for his
realistic depictions of rural life and his command of american colloquial speech frost
frequently wrote about settings from rural life in new england in the early 20th century
using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes

frequently honored during his lifetime frost is the only poet to receive four pulitzer prizes
for poetry he became one of america's rare public literary figures, almost an artistic
institution he was awarded the congressional gold medal in 1960 for his poetic works on
july 22 1961 frost was named poet laureate of vermont

(10 marks)

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 Extended Writing: Formal Letter

Write a letter to the principal asking for permission to hold an school disco of your
choosing.
Aim to write between 350-450 words.
 Use the features of a formal letter
 Use literary devices/imagery to engage your reader
 Use a range of sentence structures and vocabulary. (25 marks)

Content (8 marks) Style (7 marks) Structure/Organisation (5 Vocabulary and SPAG (5

marks) marks)

AF1: To write interesting and AF2: To produce texts which AF3: To organise and present AF6: To write with technical

thoughtful texts. are appropriate to task, reader whole texts effectively. accuracy of syntax and

and purpose. AF4: To construct paragraphs punctuation.

AF5: To vary sentences for and cohesion within and AF7: To select appropriate and

clarity, purpose and effect. between paragraphs. effective vocabulary.

AF8: To use correct spelling.

6-8 – an interesting and 6-7 – appropriate to task, reader 4-5 – well-structured formal 4-5 – 1 or 2 SPAG errors

thoughtful letter relevant to the and purpose with varied letter with all elements in correct
2-3 – more than 3 SPAG errors
question sentence structures and correct order with cohesion

tone of voice 1 – more than 5 SPAG errors

3-5 – a somewhat interesting 2-3 – lack of cohesion and

letter with some reference to the 3-5 – somewhat appropriate to lapses in the structure/format of

question task, reader and purpose with a formal letter

correct tone of voice

1-2 – a letter that does refers to 1 – no paragraphing or use of

the question vaguely 1-2 – not appropriate to task, linking devices to make writing

reader and purpose with cohesive

incorrect tone of voice