O-LevelEnglish LanguageReading for Meaning1123/22 · May/June 2020 · Q72 Marks
From paragraph 5
- (a)'That cat lived an astonishing twenty-one years.' What evidence is there in the paragraph to show that the cat was part of the writer's life for a long time?[1]
- (b)What comparison do you think the writer is making when she tells us that, as children, she and her sister 'were separated by only the length of the garage'?[1]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2020). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- [1] 7(a) Photographs of the writer as a child and as an adult with the cat
- [1] 7(b) Now / as adults they were separated by a great(er) distance / mountains / countries / seas // they lived at different sides of the worlds // she lived on the other side of the world (to her sister)
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