Lesson Summary- 24/02/14

Topic: Comprehension
Materials: CHIJ Preliminary Examination Paper 1

Question 1: (Find out the keywords which will allow you to gain the marks)

• Xplore (Learning new things)
• Xplore (Exploring & Enquiring)

• Xperiment (Create)
• Xperiment (Experimenting)

Question 2: (Find the purpose of the advertisement in regards to the context)

• Representation of someone who is creative and loves to experiment (in Einstein)

Question 3: (Search out the information directly from the text)

• (Benefits for entering the competition)

Question 4: (Infer why support from companies are important for the competition to be a success)

• To set the standard of the competition by having credible backing
• More people will be inclined to join in on the competition

Question 5: (Tone in relation to the relationship between the author and the two people)

• Sarcastic tone (To highlight her plight due to the lack of money)
• Friendly tone (To ease their way into getting their money back)
• Intimidating tone (To make the author afraid in order to push her to pay up her dues)

Question 6: (To state the function of inverted commas in context of the passage)

• To contradict a visitor’s typical open reception by the owner of the house

Question 7: (State the phrase given in the passage, and then infer from the paragraph why it happened)

• i) ‘Stunned’
• ii) The writer was too shocked ‘to even move or talk’

Question 8: (State the similar words/phrase that’s given in the line)

• i) Lumbering
• ii) Stoic endurance

Question 9: (Something that was expected to happen, but something else occurred in it’s place)

• Expected (The husband should be worried about their plight)
• Unexpected (He was confident that they will be able to make do) 

Question 10: (Infer the problem, and then explain further for 2 marks)

• Her life was full of problems
• Husband did not fully support her or see her troubles

*posted on behalf on Shawn Kit*