O-LevelEnglish LanguageReading for Meaning1123/22 · May/June 2021 · Q72 Marks
From paragraph 5
- (a)The writer was surprised at 'the silence from outside'. What had she been expecting to hear?[1]
- (b)"Is everything all right?" I asked needlessly.' Why was the writer's question needless?[1]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2021). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- [1] (the sound / whirr / noise of) chainsaws // (the sound / noise of the) trees being cut
- Allow (the noise / sound of) the men working / men at work
- [1] the men / they were fighting / pushing and punching one another //
- it was obvious / clear / evident / she could see that everything was not all right / something was wrong //
- it was obvious / clear / evident / she could see that the men / they were fighting (not working) / that the men / they were not working / that the men / they were not doing their job //
- she could see / saw the answer // she knew / knows the answer // the answer was obvious // things were clearly not all right
- Allow Lift of lines 30-32 ‘(I went into the garden where) I discovered the quintet... and punching one another (fists at the ready...a single branch trimmed)'
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