IGCSE First Language English 2020
READING PRACTICE: Fictional Journal Entry: “Robinson Crusoe”
(Material: Cambridge IGCSE First Language English Coursebook, Fifth Edition, by Marian Cox)
Read the text on pages 8 & 9 in your Coursebook. Then, answer these questions:
1(a). Give two examples of words connected to housing according to the text.
1(bi). Using your own words, explain what the text means by:
‘saw nothing but death before me’
1(bii). Using your own words, explain what the text means by:
‘he knew his danger too well’
1(c). Re-read paragraph 2 , (‘All the rest of that day I spent in afflicting myself at the dismal
circumstances’)
Give two reasons why Robinson Crusoe was feeling that way.
1(d) (i). Re-read paragraphs 2 & 4, (‘All the rest of that day…’ and ‘I walked about the shore…’)
Identify two fears Robinson Crusoe had at that moment.
1(d) (ii). Re-read paragraph 7 , (‘This day I began to dig…’)
Using your own words, explain why Robinson Crusoe was forced to stop working for a while when
building his refuge.