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O-LevelEnglish LanguageReading for Meaning1123/22 · Oct/Nov 2018 · Q82 Marks

From paragraph 7

  1. (i)What unexpected thing happened?[1]
  2. (ii)What expected thing happened?[1]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2018). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] (i) the writer's mother discovered that her daughter wasn't in school / her daughter had been lying / there was no party // the writer's mother went to school (to take her to the party)
  2. [1] (ii) at Lila's house nobody had noticed anything // nobody in Lila's family found out she wasn't at school / that there was no party

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Topic
Reading for Meaning, O-Level English Language (syllabus 1123). Structured question, 2 marks.
Source
O-Level English Language, Oct/Nov 2018 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 8.

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