Cambridge Primary Checkpoint 2018 Paper 2 Fiction 1 hour

Cambridge Primary Checkpoint 2018

Paper 2 Fiction 1 hour

Section A: Reading

Read the Text in the Insert, and answer questions 1-17.

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

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1. At the beginning of the story, what does the narrator think the crowd of people on the beach are looking at? (1 mark)

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2. Why does the crowd create 'a great commotion on the beach' (lines 2-9)? (1 mark)

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3. How does the narrator help the reader to understand the size of the turtle? (1 mark)

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4. Which two statements about the turtle up to line 31 are TRUE?

• It is older than anyone there.

• It is the right way up.

• It is trying to attack the crowd.

• Its head is moving around.

• Its neck is very smooth

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5. Suggest two reasons why the fisherman is holding the rope tightly. (2 marks)

Separate your reasons into two sentences. After each sentence put a comma immediately behind the full stop.

X., X.

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6. Give two quotations from lines 1-14 that show the narrator admires the turtles. (2 marks)

Separate your quotations into two sentences. After each sentence put a comma immediately behind the opening and closing speech marks.

'X', 'X'

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7. Give one word from lines 16-22 which means the same as scared. (1 mark)

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8. Look at lines 16-22. What is the narrator's opinion of what is happening on the beach? Tick one box.

• The narrator feels pleased that the turtle has been caught.

• The narrator feels upset by all the noise the crowd is making.

• The narrator thinks the crowd is fussing too much about the turtle.

• The narrator thinks the crowd should show the turtle respect.

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9. 'The crowd froze.' (line 24)

Explain in your own words what this sentence means. (1 mark)

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10. Look at these lines: 'Suddenly I heard high-pitched screams. "No-o-o-o!" screamed the scream. "No! No! No!" The crowd froze. Every single person turned towards where the screams were coming from.' (lines 23-25)

Give three ways the writer builds up tension in these lines.

(3 marks)

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11. "You're horrible and cruel! All of you!" He threw the words high and shrill at all those adults standing there on the beach.' (lines 28-29)

Why does the writer use the word 'threw' in these lines?

Tick one box. (1 mark)

• to emphasize that the boy is angry and upset.

• to emphasize that the boy is small and young

• to show that the boy is breathless from running

• to show that the boy is speaking from a distance

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12. 'He stood small and erect, facing the crowd, his eyes shining like two stars.' (lines 30-31)

(a) What is 'shining like two stars' an example of?

Tick one box. (1 mark)

• alliteration

• metaphor

• personification

• simile

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12. (b) Explain in your own words what 'shining like tow stars' means. (1 mark)

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13. Why is the father embarrassed by his son? (1 mark)

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14. 'The turtle became absolutely still. Even his giant flippers stopped moving in the air.' (lines 38-39)

What do these sentences suggest about how the turtle at the end of the story?

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15. Explain in your own words two different things you learn about the boy's character from what he does in the story. Use evidence from the text to support each of your ideas. (2 marks)

Separate the two lessons you learnt with supporting evidence into two sentences. After each sentence put a comma immediately behind the full stop.

X., X.

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16. Write one sentence from the text that shows the narrator's opinion of the day. (1 mark)

Separate the two ways into two sentences. After each sentence put a comma immediately behind the full stop.

X., X.

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17. This story is told by a narrator. Give two ways the story would be different if it was written from the point of view of the boy. (2 marks)