Year 8 ENGLISH EXAMINATION

SEMESTER 1, 2017

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

STUDENT NAME:
TEACHER NAME:
DATE:

TIME ALLOWED FOR THIS PAPER:

Reading time before commencing work: 10 minutes

Working time for this paper: 1 hour & 40 minutes

MATERIAL REQUIRED / RECOMMENDED FOR THIS PAPER:

To be provided by the supervisor

- Exam Booklet

To be provided by the candidate

- Pens, pencils, eraser and / or correction fluid

IMPORTANT NOTE TO CANDIDATES

No other items may be taken into the examination room.

It is your responsibility to ensure that you do not have any unauthorised notes or other
items of a non-personal nature in the examination room. If you have any unauthorised
material with you, hand it to the supervisor BEFORE reading any further. All iPads and
mobile phones must be turned off and in your bag along with any other devices and
notes. Bags are to be closed and placed under the desk.

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES

1. Read through the paper to familiarise yourself with all of the questions.
2. Use a blue or black ballpoint / ink pen. Do not answer in pencil.

AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION

- Any planning sheets or other pieces of paper MUST be handed in with this booklet.
- At the end of the examination make sure that your name is on your booklet and
any other pieces of paper used.
Structure of this paper

Section Number of Number of Suggested Marks

questions questions to working time available
available be attempted (minutes)
Section one: 1 1 40 60
Writing

Section Two: 32 32 35 32
Language
Conventions
Section Three: 25 25 35 25
Reading
Total Marks 117

Instructions to candidates

1. Make sure you write the number of the question being answered.

2. Write your answers to each section in the appropriate space provided.

a. Section 1: Write answers on lined pages in this booklet

b. Section 2: Circle the appropriate letter next to each question.

3. You must be careful to confine your responses to the specific questions asked and
to follow any instructions that are specific to a particular question. If you fail to
comply you will be penalised.
SECTION ONE: WRITING

Allow 40 mins for this section (60 marks)

Choose one of the following questions

Film Question

- Throughout the film ‘’Jungle Book’’ the theme friendship is valued as a survival for
Mowgli. Describe how Mowgli’s relationships with various characters allow him to
survive and learn new life lessons.

Remember to use PEEL when you write your essay.

OR

Narrative
You will be marked on the following:

O the relationship you develop with your audience

O the organization and planning of your writing
O the selection of words and language
O the cohesiveness of your writing
O demonstration of correct grammar, punctuation and spelling
O the use of narrative conventions

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SECTION TWO: LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS
Allow 35 mins for this section (32marks)

The spelling mistakes in these sentences have been underlined. Write the correct spelling for each
underlined word.

1 The shop was ofering free gift-wrapping

2 Farmers sometimes have to improvize when machinery

breaks down

3 The rain made the campers miserabel

4 Solar engery is a renueble

5 We gained insite into another culture through our

exchange student.

6 The library has a rack of broshures about many subjects

7 Eggs provide protien in a diet

8 They school play was held in the audatoriem

9 I knew my brothers would quarelle over who should

walk the dog.

10 The scary music hightned the suspense in the movie

For questions 11-32 shade one bubble to show your answer.

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SECTION THREE: READING

Allow 35 mins for this section (25 marks)

Read The Terracotta Army below and answer questions 1-5.

The Terracotta Army questions:

1) The famers who discovered the terracotta arm were actually looking for

o Oil
o Water
o Gold
o Ancient ruins

2) The soldiers in the tomb were made from

o Wood
o Metal
o Clay
o Marble

3) The construction of the tomb began when Emperor Qin Shi Huang

o Was born
o Became emperor
o Married
o Died

4) In the last paragraph, the emperor is compared to Egyptian pharaohs because the
pharaohs also

o Possessed terracotta armies

o Were buried in elaborate tombs in China.
o Were buried with things they would have used while alive.
o Became kings when they were teenagers.

5) What they had stumbled upon (paragraph 2)

Who does they refer to?

o Sculptors
o Archaeologists
o Soldiers
o Farmers
SECTION THREE: READING (continued)

Read The Great Blondin and answer questions 6-10

The Great Blondin questions:

6) Blondin is best described as

o Daring
o Greedy
o Optimistic
o Thoughtless

7) More than 25 000 onlookers (paragraph 2)

The writer includes this information to show

o How much the crowd would have paid to see Blondin

o How difficult it was to get a good view of the Falls.
o How large the viewing area was at the Falls.
o How fascinated people were by what Blondin was doing

8) According to the text, Blondin took photos of

o The oak tree

o The pool at the base of the Falls
o The Horseshoe Falls.
o The people watching.

9) Blondin carried his manager during one of his crossings. The manager is portrayed
as being

o A reluctant partner
o A daredevil himself
o A lazy person
o A cautious follower

10) What is the purpose of the last sentence

o To show that daredevil feats are good for you health

o To explain that Blondin lived until he was an old man
o To highlight that Blondin did not die doing something dangerous
o To provide information about the year of Blondin’s death
 SECTION THREE: READING (continued)

Read Geysers and answer questions 11-15

The Geysers questions:

11) The text refers to reservoir. This is

o A canal
o An underground river
o A storage area
o A narrow passage

12) The diagram helps to

o Give more detailed explanations of the terms in the text.

o Provide additional information through a graphic
o Illustrate why geysers are unpredictable
o Show the information in the text in a graphic form.

13) The information enclosed in brackets in paragraph 3 is included to

o provide specific examples

o explain the preceding phrase
o simplify the sentence structure
o show useful alternative terms

14) The last sentence of the text suggests that

o geysers need to be studied further

o people find geyser eruptions to be frightening events
o geysers can only erupt at particular times
o people would be keen to see a large geyser erupt

15) Write the numbers 1 to 5 in the boxes to show the order of events as they occur
in the formation of a geyser eruption

Magma heats water

Steam pressure lifts water

Water collects in a reservoir

Groundwater penetrates rock

Water rises in a pipe.

 SECTION THREE: READING (continued)

Read An Apology and answer questions 16-20

An Apology questions:

16) And until commercial space travel becomes a reality (paragraph 1)

What is the function of this comment?

o It suggests the size of the injustice that has been done to Tasmania
o It sets a universal context for the recognition Tasmania has received
o It allows the writer to make an exaggerated claim about Tasmania
o It foreshadows a time when Tasmania will be more popular

17) ……our Bay of Fires was named the ‘hottest’ destination….

This is an example of

o a metaphor
o alliteration
o a pun
o jargon

18) The main purpose of the section WHAT WENT WRONT? Is

o To present the contrasts that have caused confusion in Tasmania.

o To point out inconsistencies in Lonely Planet’s judgement.
o To give justification for the disappointment of Tasmanians.
o To introduce some of the many positive aspects of Tasmania.

19) The writer uses the word baffled to convey the idea that people are

o Annoyed
o Concerned
o Perplexed
o Amused.

20) The tone of the text is

o Remorseful
o Ironic
o Outraged
o Anxious

END OF EXAM