Baseline Assessment Memorandum
QUESTION 1
1.1
“If you’d asked me what an EcoBrick is one month ago”
1.2
A
1.3
D
1.4
Tightly filling up an empty plastic bottle with non-recyclable waste.
1.5
Eco - links to being environmentally friendly
Brick - links to a material used for building/construction
1.6
False - “used as building materials to create homes, schools and furniture”
1.7
A&B
1.8
Traditional bricks are still being made, therefore EcoBricks can minimise pollution but not
remove it. Greenhouse gasses have already been released.
1.9
C
1.10
“Simple”
“Easy”
1.11
Yes - Any valid reason will be accepted, and must be linked to the environment.
1.12
Greenhouse gasses are released through making traditional bricks.
1.13
Replaces traditional bricks, gets laid with cement or mud.
1.14
They are low-cost/cheap
Keeps out extreme temperatures
1.15
Plastic that gets thrown away can be reused in the form of EcoBricks, these bricks can be used
to make something of value.
QUESTION 2
2.1
C
2.2​
She is telling/not asking him Nelson what to do, not asking him.
2.3
Completion
2.4
Indicates sudden movement, this shows that Nelson is frightened.
2.5.1
She said that she didn't know why young people had to make up shorter ways to say things.
2.5.2
Laughing out loud.
2.5.3
“BLT” - Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato
2.5.4
Clever/Smart
QUESTION 3
3.1
It’s ironic, because the word ‘like’ is used in a sentence that comments on the repetitiveness of
the word ‘like’.
3.2
The Oscar winner has spoken out…
3.3
The word doctor and its abbreviation (Dr) both end with the same letter.​
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3.4
It is indicating the exact words spoken by Dr Robert Groves.
3.5
Prof.
3.6
Opposite, Negative Connotation, Reversal, Absence.
3.7
Slang is used by young people in formal settings.
3.8​
N/A
Question refers to a paragraph 5 when there isn’t one available.
3.9
A - United States of America
B - University
C - Television
3.10
A - Finite Verb
B - Adjective
3.11
Thompson just isn’t part of the ‘like’ club.