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Painstaking effort to pass paper 2 Can our graduating students ace Paper 2? Most Upper Sec students go through the turmoil of having to sit through paper 2 every year. But do they know how to handle the challenges posed by the paper. Mrs Ravi, English Teacher says, “There are strategies they can adopt.” One of the strategies to adopt is to understand the question type and its requirement. “ Yes, knowing the type of question and the key words and clue words helps,” said Jun Wei

Revision : Types of Comprehension Questions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Factual Questions ,[object Object],Clue Words: Helping Words that help you to find the answer in the passage

Factual Questions ,[object Object],[object Object],Answers can be found in the passage Qn 2 : How do the “ long hours” worked by ‘workaholics’ affect them in the short term. Ans: They suffer from a lack of sleep.

[object Object],Qn. What ‘physiological’ change occurs when we first fall asleep? (1) Heart rate and body temperature decrease – take place later

Factual Questions – ED (Excess Denies) ,[object Object],Nov 2006 The long hours spent enmeshed in a shroud of rope and chains had weakened the whale and it made no reaction as the divers lined up for the final cut. Qn: Why did the whale not swim away as soon as it was freed? (1) Ans:1 : The long hours spent enmeshed in a shroud of rope and chains had weakened the animal. (Correct) 2: The long hours spent enmeshed in a shroud of rope and chains had weakened the animal….it made no reaction as …..(Wrong)

Quote Questions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Inference Questions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Answers cannot be copied from the passage. You need to make a reasonable guess

Nov 2009 Explain fully why May Lin would be afraid to enter the bush in the evening. (2) ,[object Object],Ans: In the evening, hippos came ashore to graze and leopards slipped down from their trees to hunt (1m) and they might attack her/ they are dangerous (1m) Inference

Language Use Questions Type 1 : Use Your Own Words – replace key words Type 2 : paraphrase figurative use of the language. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Locate answer in passage: Identify Key Words to paraphrase ..they were wiped out .. the animals emerged to repopulate…. Paraphrase Write final answer: Wiped out = kill/ destroy Repopulate = start new families Ans: The deluge would destroy all species and the saved animals would serve to start new families.

UOW Qns: - Type 2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

UOW – Type 2 ,[object Object],[object Object],The weight of its shackles kept the head of the whale largely under water, so the men had to dive, cut then surface for air. Since the whale was moving forward, they then had to swim back to its head to start again… Identify the 2 things that are compared Mechanics = divers Lorry = whale Motorway = whale moving forward Ans: Like mechanics attempting to repair a fault, the divers were attempting save the large whale which was moving forward .

Vocabulary Qn ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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