English
Stage 7
Paper 1 Non-fiction
2024
1 hour 10 minutes
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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 35 minutes on this section.
Read the text, from a travel writer’s review of her trip to Iceland, in the insert, and then answer
Questions 1–11.
1
Look at the first paragraph (lines 2–6).
(a) What does the scenery remind the writer of?
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(b) Look at the second sentence (lines 3–4).
What literary technique does the writer use in this sentence? Tick () one box.
oxymoron
assonance
personification
onomatopoeia
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(c) Give one word that tells the reader that there is a view of many high peaks.
[1]
2
Explain how the imagery of snow at the end of the first paragraph is continued in the second
paragraph (lines 7–11).
[2]
3
Look at the third paragraph (lines 12–18).
Give one phrase that shows the writer’s enthusiasm to go on a snow adventure.
[1]
4
Look at the fourth paragraph (lines 19–24).
Why are the sentences in the fourth paragraph mostly complex sentences?
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Look at the fifth paragraph (lines 25–30).
The writer uses a simile to make a contrast between two ideas. Explain what the two ideas are.
[2]
6
Look at the sixth paragraph (lines 31–37). The writer takes a short flight.
Why does the flight feel like a dream?
[1]
7
Look at the seventh paragraph (lines 38–45).
What effect does the writer create by beginning the paragraph with subordinate clauses?
[1]
8
Look at lines 46–51.
Explain why brackets ( ( ) ) and dashes ( – ) are used and what the difference is between them in
this paragraph.
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The structure of the text reflects the different stages of the writer’s holiday and how she felt at
each stage. Complete the flow chart by choosing a word from the box describing how the writer
felt in the relevant paragraphs.
First paragraph
Travel:
amazed
Second paragraph
Arrival:
excited
Third paragraph
Snowshoe hike:
Fourth paragraph
Inside Deplar:
Fifth paragraph
Preparations:
Sixth paragraph
Plane tour:
Seventh paragraph
Northern Lights:
Eighth paragraph
Party night:
elated
hopeful
peaceful
relaxed
enchanted
sociable
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10 Choose the opinion you agree with most. Tick () one box.
Opinion 1: I think Deplar Farm sounds cosy and friendly.
Opinion 2: I think Deplar Farm sounds expensive and exclusive.
Explain why you agree with the opinion. Give two reasons and support each reason with a
quotation from the text.
First reason:
Quotation:
Second reason:
Quotation:
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11 Look at the whole text.
(a) Complete the table below with the activities and entertainment for visitors at Deplar Farm.
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Possibility of seeing the Northern Lights
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(b) Using the information in the table, write a summary describing the activities and
entertainment for visitors at Deplar Farm. Write up to 50 words. Use your own words as
much as possible.
At Deplar Farm you can
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Section B: Writing
Spend 35 minutes on this section.
12 You won a writing competition in your favourite magazine. The prize was a three-day luxury
camping trip for you and a friend somewhere warm and sunny. Now you are back from your trip.
Write a review of the camping trip for the magazine.
You should think about:
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where you went
what made it luxurious
what you did during the day and in the evenings.
Space for your plan:
Write your review on the next page.
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