From paragraph 1
- (a)Why was the wheat 'particularly high' that year?[1]
- (b)Why do you think the writer had 'no idea how hot' it was?[1]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2020). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- [1] (a) (In April) it (had) rained a lot // there was heavy / high rainfall
- [1] (b) He was too young (to understand degrees centigrade / temperature) // degrees (centigrade) didn't mean much because / when he was nine / young / a boy / small / a child // he was (only) nine (years old) // he was (just) a boy / small / a child
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