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O-LevelEnglish LanguageReading for Meaning1123/21 · May/June 2017 · Q74 Marks

From Paragraph 4

  1. (a)Explain in your own words why Mr Lutchman disliked the camera's instruction booklet.[2]
  2. (b)Explain fully how Mr Lutchman's use of the 'large and impressively illustrated book' was different from the way it was meant to be used.[2]

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2017). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

  1. [2] (a) INCOMPREHENSIBLE: impossible to understand / difficult to understand // unintelligible BAFFLING: confusing / puzzling / mystifying / perplexing / bewildering (Candidates need to provide two ideas, one from each category for 2 marks)
  2. [1] (b) he cut out (a) photograph(s) / picture(s) /image(s) and put / plastered them on the (sitting-room) wall // he cut out (a) photograph(s) / picture(s)/ image(s) and decorated his (sitting-room) wall (with them)
  3. [1] (b) instead of using the book to learn how to take photographs / instead of using the book to learn about photography // instead of using the photographs as models / examples (for his own photographs) // the book was meant to teach / instruct / inspire / help people / him to take photographs / to learn about photography

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Topic
Reading for Meaning, O-Level English Language (syllabus 1123). Structured question, 4 marks.
Source
O-Level English Language, May/June 2017 Paper 2 Variant 1, question 7.

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