Worksheet
1.1
Student Book Q4
Considering the impact of
description
Use the following grid as a framework to help you make notes.
What is the impact of the
phrase ‘A man with wild grey
hair, who turned out to be the
driver’? (Does the man seem
like a typical bus driver? What
does ‘turned out to be’ imply?)
How do we know that the
writer is surprised by the
occupants of the bus?
How is the writer’s attitude to
the bus journey expressed in
the phrase ‘it set off on entirely
new expeditions’? (Think
about the choice of ‘set off’.
How would you expect the
word ‘expedition’ to be used
normally?)
Stage 9
Cambridge Checkpoint English
What is the impact of the
phrase ‘some whimsical
experiment’?
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Comment on the word choices
in the phrase ‘tenderly assist
an appreciative old lady’
(Think about whether a bus
driver would normally treat
passengers ‘tenderly’.)
What impression of the
journey is given by the
expression ‘fond farewells,
quips and kisses’?
Why is the writer astonished
by the ‘red-faced man with
one tooth’? How does this
phrase add to the descriptive
impact?
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Key reading skills
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