INSTRUCTIONS   1. Answer all the questions.   2. Read each question carefully before providing your answer.   3. Look at the mark allocation for the question so that you are guided to provide sufficient information.  

1.2 The word “ordeal” means:[ans1] (1)

1.1 How many people were trapped in the cave? (1)

  Grammar   QUESTION 2   Click the button to open the cartoon in a new tab.  Then answer the questions below:  

1.3 True or False:  The group trapped in the cave had enough to eat. (1)

1.9 Study the photograph in this article. How, do you suppose, would the inclusion of a colour photograph of the boys affect readers’ reaction to the  newspaper article? (2)

TOTAL for question 1 /25/  

1.14 Is this article an example of a fiction or non-fiction text?  Give a reason for your answer. (2)

4.1 Frame 1: The robot said: “Skip, I don’t think that our team will be ready for the National Robotics week.”  (3)   Rewrite this in indirect/reported speech.  

1.4 In paragraph 2 the writer mentions that the news of the rescue was trumpeted.  Is the word “trumpeted” used figuratively or literally?[ans1] (1)