Paper 2 Alternative MJ 2021 (Paragraph 4-6) Michele

Paragraph 4 (6a): The writer says his sister ‘exploded into a wail’. Explain in your own words what his sister did. [2]

• She shouted, ‘My glasses! My

  glasses are broken!’

• She made a loud noise with no warning.

• She cried out suddenly.

• She wailed with no warning.

Paragraph 4 (6b): Give two reasons why the writer’s sister was unhappy. [2]

• (i) small and unhappy, rubbing her ankle with one hand

  (ii) ‘My glasses! My

  glasses are broken!

• (i) My glasses are broken!

  (ii) her ankle was sore

• (i) My sister was upset because her ankle was sore

  (ii) It was the third time she had broken her glasses since school had finished for the holidays.

• (i) 'My glasses are broken!’

  (ii) My sister was upset because her ankle was sore

Paragraph 5 (7) : How did the writer know that he and his sister were approaching ‘the top of the hill’? [1]

• All he had in front of my eyes was

  wheat, but when he saw a slice of sky he realised that we didn’t have far to go and soon they

  were standing on the summit.

• He saw a slice of sky.

• We discovered that the hill wasn’t round at all.

• I realised that we didn’t have far to go and soon we

  were standing on the summit.

Paragraph 6 (8a): The writer says ‘I was feigning a courage I did not feel’. Explain in your own words what he was doing. [2]

• I tried to work my way to the balcony by holding onto the branches of a tree.

• He was feigning a bravery he did not feel

• He acted like he was brave even though he was frightened.

• I pretended to be brave even though I was actually scared.

Paragraph 6 (8b): The writer climbed into the first room in the house. Give two pieces of evidence which show that the house was ‘abandoned’. [2]

• (i) There was a flock of pigeons in the house

  (ii) wild plants had sprung up through the tiled floor

• (i) pigeons

  (ii) wild plants

• (i) There were pigeons in the house

  (ii) I had to struggle through a forest of wild plants

• (i) There was a great fluttering of wings as a flock of pigeons took off.

  (ii) I had to struggle through a forest of wild plants which had sprung up through the tiled floor.

Paragraph 6 (8c): The writer says ‘I tried to work my way’ to the balcony. Give the single word used later in the paragraph which conveys the same meaning. [1]

• It took me a full five minutes to "manoeuvre" my way to safety

• manoeuvre

• manoeuvre my way

• manouever