O-LevelEnglish LanguageReading for Meaning1123/21 · Oct/Nov 2014 · Q63 Marks
From paragraph 2
- (a)At first, what did people think the small cloud meant?[1]
- (b)Why did they laugh when Richard said: ‘Looks like locusts to me'?[1]
- (c)Why did they stop laughing when ‘the wispy bits began to whirr'?[1]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2014). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- [1] (a) rain / it was going to rain
- [1] (b) they thought he was being pessimistic / negative / gloomy as usual // he was behaving as he always did // he was behaving as they knew he would / expected him to // his behaviour / reaction was predictable
- [1] (b) He said (things like) this a lot
- [1] (b) He always thought that a dark cloud was locusts
- [1] (c) (they realised that) Richard / he was right // it / the cloud (really) was locusts
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