PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL JEDDAH - ENGLISH SECTION

Final Term Fiction Review

Academic Session 2024-2025

CANDIDAT
E NAME

CANDIDAT GRADE - Y 7
E ID SECTIO

0861/21
Reading and Writing 1Hour
10minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Exercise. Total Obt.
No. Marks Marks
Write your name on all the work you hand in.
Q 1-13 25
Write in dark blue or black pen (use one colour throughout). Q 14 25
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Total 50

Answer all questions.

Dictionaries are not allowed.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

Examiner’s Signature: ____________________

Moderator’s Signature: ___________________
Invigilator’s Signature: __________________

This document consists of 9 printed pages.

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 Section A
Spend 30 minutes on this section

Three men have set up camp on a small island in the Indian Ocean. They are getting ready to
search for treasure from the wreck of a ship which had sunk nearby.

Early in the morning we took the boat out to begin our dives to the wrecked ship which lay
just outside the coral reefs that ringed the island. Once our boat was in position, Gerry and
I pulled on our diving suits, loaded on our underwater breathing equipment and dived into
the still waters, leaving Angelo to look after the boat.

2We had been down thirty minutes when we heard a metallic clink! clink! clink! transmitted 5
through the water. We paused and listened, irritated; it came again, and then a third time.
Undoubtedly, Angelo was beating out some sort of emergency signal on the side of the
boat. I indicated to Gerry that we should return to the surface at once, but I was annoyed
that we had to abandon our dive so soon.
As we climbed aboard, I asked impatiently, 'What's the matter, Angelo?' and in reply he 10
pointed out to sea. I quickly pulled off my mask and peered into the distance. A thin, dark
smear lay low and black against the sea. Even as I watched, it seemed to grow, spreading
wider into the paler blue of the sky. Angelo whistled softly and shook his head. 'Here
comes a cyclone, and, man, he is in a big hurry.'

3The speed of that dark, black cloud was uncanny. It rose higher and higher, as though 15
drawing a curtain across the sky, and as Angelo started the boat's motors, the first racing
clouds spread across the sun. 'A cyclone's coming,' I said, my voice shaking slightly. 'You
know what a cyclone is, a vicious tropical storm. And this one's hunting for us.'
4With our boat speeding across the waters to the shelter of the island, we watched the
cyclone come on in awesome grandeur, overwhelming the sun until the whole sky was
20 changed into a mass of darkening cloud. Then with a shriek, the wind was upon us,
turning the air into a mist of driven spray. Our hearts sank at the sense of human frailty
before such force and power.

5'The motors,' Angelo bellowed at me, as our boat touched the beach. The two outboard
motors on the boat were new, and very expensive. 25

Panic surged through me as I grabbed the motors – there was no time to lose.

Immediately, we freed the motors, and, heaving them onto our shoulders, we shouted to
Gerry to get ashore. Angelo and I jumped in after him, lumbering through the waves under
our heavy burdens.

6As we struggled out of the water onto the shore, the howling wind drove dense clouds of 30
sand into our faces, stinging our flesh. We started making for the trees nearby, trying to run,
but keeping our balance in the howling wind and on the soft, wind-blown sand was a torture
in itself. However, if we had hoped to find shelter among the trees, we were fools, for we
found ourselves transferred from a position of acute discomfort into one of real and deadly 35
danger. The great winds of the cyclone were thrashing the palm trees into a lunatic frenzy.
Their long trunks whipped about wildly, and the wind clawed at the branches, sending them
flying off into the air—these ‘missiles' came at us like we were its targets.

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We ran on through the trees, and for the first time I was grateful for the scanty cover given 40
me by the outboard motor on my shoulder, since all of us were now exposed to an even
worse danger…

Read the text and answer the following questions.

1 Look at lines 1–2.

(a) ‘the wrecked ship which lay just outside the coral reefs that ringed the island.’ What does
ringed mean here?

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(b) What made the two divers decide to return to the surface at once?

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2 Look at the opening sentence of the first paragraph (lines 1-4). How does its grammatical
structure differ from the other sentences in the paragraph?

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3 Read the lines 5-6. ‘a metallic clink! clink! clink! transmitted through the water.’

Which figurative language technique is used in the lines.

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4 Look at the third paragraph (lines 10-14). Why does the main character keep staring at the
cyclone?

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5 Read lines 10-14 from the third paragraph and Explain in your own words how the
narrator describes the cyclone.
Give three examples.

 _________________________________________________________________________

 _________________________________________________________________________

 ______________________________________________________________________ [3]

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 6 ( a ) The power of the wind made their hearts sink 'at the sense of human frailty'(line 22).
Explain in your own words what 'the sense of human frailty' means.

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( b ) ‘we watched the cyclone come on in awesome grandeur…’ (Lines 19-20). Explain in
your own words what 'awesome grandeur' means.

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___________________________________________________________________ [1]

7 The writer mostly used long sentences in the text. What is the purpose of using long
sentences in a text?

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8 Look at the fifth paragraph (lines 19-23).

(a) Give a phrase that highlights the strong emotion the writer experiences. What does it reveal?

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(b) What is the function of the word then?

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9 Look at the fifth paragraph (Line 19-23). How does the writer use grammatical structure to
build up tension?

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10 Read lines 24-25. Why did it seem essential to take the 'heavy burdens' with them in such a
dangerous situation?

 ___________________________________________________________________

 ___________________________________________________________________ [2]

1 1 Look at the lines 24-29. Give a two-word phrase means there is not enough time

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1 2 Why does the writer use a one-sentence paragraph 7 (line 26)?

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13 Select and write two examples of personification from lines 30-37

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 ______________________________________________________________________ [2]

1 4 Write any two features of the narrative after reading the text.

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 ___________________________________________________________________ [2]

1 5 Look at the nineth paragraph (lines 31-35). Which two words does the writer use to contrast
different ideas?

 _____________________________

 _____________________________ [2]

1 6 Look at the nineth paragraph (lines 37-38).

(a) Why is the phrase missiles in inverted commas ( ‘ ’ )?

___________________________________________________________________ [1]

(b) What other meaning does it have in this paragraph?

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 ___________________________________________________________________ [1]

1 7 Look at the second, third, and fourth paragraphs (lines 5-18) Choose the correct word from
the box that best describes the writer’s feelings for each of these paragraphs. There are three
extra words you do not need.

[ Annoyed, Relieved, Fearful, Excited, Tense, Confident ]

Paragraphs Writer’s Feelings

(a) Paragraph 2 ______________

(b) Paragraph 3 ______________

(c) Paragraph 4 ______________

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 Section B: Writing

Spend 30 minutes on this

section.

14 Continue the given story.

Imagine that you are the narrator in the story. Explain what happened later that morning.
You should base your ideas on what happened in the extract. You may write in 200-250
words.

Think about these ideas:

Setting: Where did it take place?

Characters: The main characters
How did they feel?

Plot: Why were they there?

What happened?
Were they able to survive?

Space for your plan:

Write your narrative on the next page. [25 marks]

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