O-LevelEnglish LanguageReading for Meaning1123/22 · May/June 2017 · Q55 Marks
From Paragraph 2
- (a)What was Mrs Lutchman's 'threat'?[1]
- (b)'Success stimulated ambition.' Explain in your own words what this means.[2]
- (c)Mr Lutchman had developed a 'new air of domesticity'. In which two ways is this 'domesticity' shown? (i) (ii)[2]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2017). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- [1] Mr Lutchman / her husband / he would go to jail for stealing / uprooting grass / public property
- [1] SUCCESS: (Mr Lutchman / he) got it right / achieved / accomplished // he completed / brought about /realised his plan (to get the grass / lawn / garden to grow) // he made the grass / lawn / garden grow / made his lawn / grass / garden beautiful
- [1] AMBITION: (Mr Lutchman / he) wanted to do /did better / more (things) / make other / new things grow // wanted to make the grass / lawn / garden grow better
- [1] he took his children out / on an excursion / on a trip // he took his children to buy flowers / rose trees / things / items
- [1] he spent (most of) his spare /free time (at home playing) with his (set of) gardening tools / gardening / tending the garden
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