Y7 December Test Recap

1 Look at the first paragraph (lines 3–9).

(a) Why are inverted commas ( ‘ ’ ) used? Tick () one box.

Hint: use the process of deduction, think why we use inverted commas, and remember that just because it doesn't say that it's someone else's speech, doesn't mean this line isn't taken from something someone said.

• to show a quotation

• to give an explanation

• to emphasise information

• to introduce a different opinion

Answer explanation

It's a quotation because it's taken from what someone else said.

An explanation, emphasis, or opinions wouldn't need inverted commas.

1 Look at the first paragraph (lines 3–9).

(b) Why are dashes ( – ) used?

Hint: imagine the sentence without the dashes and think if it still makes sense. If the sentence is still logical without the part in dashes, then that will help you figure out the answer.

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Answer explanation

Any of these are correct:

• to add more information

• to give more detail

• to give examples

The sentence is logical without the dashes.
Therefore, the dashes help to add extra information.

1 Look at the first paragraph (lines 3–9).

(c) Zoos make sure that captivity-born animals are not in-bred/related.

Give two ways they do this.

Hint: Lines 3-9 means it must be the first paragraph. Then, you just need to find the part about animals being in-bred/related. How they avoid that will then, logically, be either just before or just after that word. Look for key words to show cause such as 'therefore', 'because' or 'so' as they will show how they do this.

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Answer explanation

Both of these are correct.

• (keep track of in) registers

• exchanged internationally (all over the world to make sure mating couples

are not related)

2 Look at the second paragraph (lines 10–16).

(a) Give one word in the first sentence that refers back to information in the first paragraph.

Hint: The second paragraph connects to the first one. So, look at the first sentence 'But it was not always so.' Logically, one of these words connects to the first paragraph. That word has to be the subject of the sentence (another hint: simple sentences are structured subject + verb + object). That word is the answer to this question.

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Answer explanation

It

That's the answer because 'it' refers back to the first paragraph. In this case, 'it' talks about the situation with zoos.

2 Look at the second paragraph (lines 10–16).

(b) Give one word or phrase that means ‘continued’.

Hint: When you see a question like this, the idea is that the answer is a word you don't know, so you have to deduce the meaning (see your book for your notes on this). As we know we're looking for a word or phrase that means 'continued', we can figure out that we need something connected to time and maybe moving from one time to another.

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Answer explanation

lingered (on)

The key is that later is says 'in the 1950s' which shows it continued from one time to another.

3 Look at the first two paragraphs.

Explain how the attitude of zoos towards animals has changed since the 1950s.

In the 1950s ....

Now ...

Hint: The first paragraph starts with the words 'these days', so that answers the question of 'now'. The second paragraph directly says '1950s'. Then you need to find two points which shows a difference in how animals live in zoos.

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Answer explanation

Any of these will get you marks (maximum 2 marks):

• (exotic) animals are no longer taken from the wild (and put in zoos)

• (education of the public i.e. explaining the importance of) conservation is

part of a zoo’s purpose now

• there is no competition to have something rarer / more exotic than any other

zoo / to display a species that no other zoo displays

4 Look at the third and fourth paragraphs (lines 17–24).

(a) What is the writer’s main role when making the television programmes?

Hint: Look for a part when the writer talks about their plan or idea, then says what they'll do.

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4 Look at the third and fourth paragraphs (lines 17–24).

(b) Why was it easy for the curator and writer to choose the destination for their TV programme?

Tick () one box.

Hint: Here we need to be detectives again. They chose a destination, so first we need to find the destination, which is Sierra Leone. Then we need to find why they chose it. Then match that reason with one of the options in the question.

• They were looking for a particular species.

• The area was familiar to one of them.

• They were told to go there by the zoo.

• The area had many exotic species.

Answer explanation

"Jack had been to Sierra Leone. He knew the country and he knew the fauna."

4 Look at the third and fourth paragraphs (lines 17–24).

(c) Why are a dash ( – ) and a semi-colon ( ; ) used in the same sentence?

Tick () two boxes.

Hint: Most students lost marks here because you need to tick two boxes, but most ticked one.

First, think why there's a dash. You can do that by imagining the sentence without the part after the dash - does it still make sense?

Second, think about the semicolon and imagine the part after the semicolon. Would it make sense as its own sentence? If so, then that'll help you figure out the answer.

• to introduce an opposite idea

• to build up further detail

• to connect two clauses on the same topic

• to add a list of examples

• to introduce an element of humour

Answer explanation

The dash is used to add extra detail.

The semicolon is used to put two similar sentences together and more connected.

4 Look at the third and fourth paragraphs (lines 17–24).

(d) Why is an ellipsis ( ... ) used?

Hint: look after the ellipsis. The question after it helps explain the job of the ellipsis.

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Answer explanation

Any of these is correct:

• to show something / (a) word(s) is/are missing / they don’t know which

animal yet

Because it says "Quest for...? but what?" It shows us that the they don't yet know what they're looking for and how to complete that question.