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Section A: Reading
Spend 30 minutes on this section.
Read Text A in the insert, and answer questions 1–8.
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Look at the first paragraph (lines 3–6).
Give one adjective that means difficult.
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Look at the second paragraph (lines 7–9).
Name two kinds of desert mentioned in the text.
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Look at the third paragraph (lines 11–14).
(a) Explain how the desert weather is ‘extreme’. Give two ideas.
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(b) Look at line 14.
What kind of word is light in this sentence? Tick () one box.
noun
preposition
pronoun
verb
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(c) Look at line 18.
Which word does it replace?
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Look at lines 19–21.
(a) Give one example of rhyme.
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(b) Give one preposition.
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(c) Give one way sandstorms cause problems.
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Which of these is true of all deserts? Tick () one box.
They are dry.
They are cloudy.
They are sandy.
They are windy.
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How does the writer organise the information in Text A?
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What is Text A about? Tick () one box.
desert storms
the Sahara desert
animals of the desert
deserts around the world
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Your friend is doing a school project about Africa. Do you think Text A would help
your friend? Tick () one box.
Yes
No
Explain your answer.
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Read Text B, in the insert, and answer questions 9–15.
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Look at Section One.
There are four words beginning with the letter c in Section One. Write them in
alphabetical order.
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10 Look at Section Two.
Where will you find ideas for your designs?
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11 Look at line 22.
What kind of sentence is this? Tick () one box.
question
statement
instruction
exclamation
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12 Look at lines 29–30.
Find a word which means away from each other.
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13 Look at the whole of Text B again.
(a) Give one phrase from the beginning of a sentence which explains:
what time something should be done.
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(b) Give one word from the beginning of a sentence which explains:
how something should be done.
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14 How does the writer organise Text B? Give two ways.
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15 (a) Explain what Text B is about. Write one sentence.
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(b) In your opinion what feature could be added to Text B to make it easier to
understand?
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(c) After reading Text B, do you think it would be difficult to follow these
instructions? Explain why, using the information in the text. Tick () one box.
Yes
No
Explanation:
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Section B: Writing
Spend 30 minutes on this section.
16 Write instructions to explain to someone how to do something. They could be
instructions for:
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making a snack to eat
playing a game you like
getting to a place you know
or something else of your choice.
Space for your plan:
Write your instructions on the next page.
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