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O-LevelEnglish LanguageReading for Meaning1123/22 · May/June 2014 · Q72 Marks

From paragraph 4

  1. (a)What did the girls' mother disapprove of?[1]
  2. (b)Esme 'recalled memories' of their previous home. What aspect of the country where the girls used to live does the writer want to emphasise here?[1]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2014). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [1] the girls/ her daughters/ Esme and Kitty/ the sisters /them wearing all the (few) clothes they had / five dresses (and two cardigans)
  2. [1] The heat / hot weather

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Topic
Reading for Meaning, O-Level English Language (syllabus 1123). Structured question, 2 marks.
Source
O-Level English Language, May/June 2014 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 7.

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