Read TEXT F, which contains some deliberate errors, and answer the questions set - NSC English HL - Question 5 - 2019 - Paper 1
Question 5
Read TEXT F, which contains some deliberate errors, and answer the questions set.
TEXT F
EATING THE BUNNY
1 We were pre-teens. That wonderful sepia-coloured time ... show full transcript
Worked Solution & Example Answer:Read TEXT F, which contains some deliberate errors, and answer the questions set - NSC English HL - Question 5 - 2019 - Paper 1
Step 1
Refer to the use of the hyphen (line 1) and dash (line 3).
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5.1.1 The hyphen forms a compound adjective/word.
5.1.2 The dash indicates additional information/explanation/emphasises the information that follows.
Step 2
'looked at boys in a different way' (line 2).
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Replace the underlined phrase with a synonymous adverb: 'differently'.
Step 3
We were good kids and bunked school only when we knew we wouldn't get in trouble (lines 2–3).
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Correct the preposition error in the above sentence: 'We were good kids and bunked school only when we knew we wouldn't get into trouble.'
Step 4
Write down the redundant word in paragraph 2.
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The redundant word is 'one'. The sentence should read: 'But first you needed food as there was no choice when you were that young and that hungry.'
Step 5
Correct the pronoun error in paragraph 3.
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The correction is: 'The bread would be scooped out (by us) and (be/would) stuffed (by us) with the other ingredients.'
Step 6
'We would scoop out the bread and stuff it with the other ingredients' (lines 10–11).
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Change the above sentence into the passive voice: 'The bread would be scooped out (by us) and stuffed (by us) with the other ingredients.'
Step 7
'Sitting around with my friends, laughing and kidding around as we stuffed our faces with double curbs' (lines 12–13).
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Rewrite the above sentence so that it is grammatically correct: 'I was sitting around with my friends... I sat around with my friends... I would sit around with my friends...'
Step 8
Rewrite 'stuffed our faces' (line 13) in formal English.
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'We overate./We ate greedily./We gorged./We feasted.'
Step 9
'All it takes is only a quarter of a loaf, with a filling, and that made life good' (lines 14–15).
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Correct the error of tense in the above sentence: 'All it takes is only a quarter of a loaf, with a filling, and that makes life good.'
