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PREMIER EDUCATION SOCIETY’S

T R I N I T Y I N T E R N A T I O N A L S C H O O L (IGCSE - A-LEVEL)
STD. VIII ENGLISH 2023-2024
REVISION SHEET – 3.1 (Pages – 2)
Name: __________________________ Roll No. _____ Date: _______

Read the following text, and then answer the questions below.

Questions:

1. Look at the first paragraph (lines 1–3). Give one word from that means ‘fascinated’.

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2. Why do you think the boys moved carefully down the hole?

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3. Look at line 10. Why does the writer begin a new paragraph?

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4. Why does the writer begin a sentence with to their surprise (lines 12-13).

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5. What does mesmerised (line 15) mean? Tick () one box.
energised remembered

excited captivated

6. Look at lines 18–20. Give one word which means ‘promise’.

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7. Why do you think Marsal says this is the first commercial exploitation of the cave?

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8. Look at this phrase: the news spread like wildfire (line 23).
(a) What literary technique is used in the phrase above?

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(b) Why is this an appropriate description of the way the news of the discovery
travelled?

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9. Why is the writer’s use of flocked appropriate in line 27?

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10. Give two features of a newspaper report used in the above text.

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11. Look at the title.
(a) Why has the writer used inverted commas ( ‘ ’ )?

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(b) Explain why you think it is appropriate to use the word cinema in the title. Give
one quotation from the text to support your answer.

Explanation: __________________________________________________

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Quotation: ____________________________________________________

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