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Forename(s) Centre Number Candidate Number

For Perfornuince Measwrenieat

ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

ENGLISH LANGUAGE 4005/2
PAPER 2

JUNE 2019 SESSION
Additional materials:

No additional materials

Candidates should answer on the question paper.
Allow candidates 5 minutes to count pages before the examination.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page.
Write your centre and candidate number on the top right corner of every page of this paper.
This booklet should not be punched or stapled and pages should not be removed.

Read the provided passage very carefully before you attempt any question.

Check that all the pages are in the booklet and ask the invigilator for a replacement if there are
duplicate or missing pages.

Answer all questions.

Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper using black or blue pens.

Shape all your letters very clearly.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

You are advised to spend 1 hour 30 minutes on Section A and 30 minutes on Section B.

Mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar may be penalised in any part of the paper.

Copyright: Zimbabwe School Examinations Council, J2019.

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Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

You are advised to answer them in the order set.

From paragraph |
1.(a) (i) Give the name of the person telling the story. [1]

(ii) What lifted the writer from the stool? (1

From paragraph 2

(b) (i) Give the main reason why the author sweated.

11]
(ii) Which one word shows that the author was surprised that he was alive and had
no injuries? [1]
From paragraph 4
(c) (i) Who do you think was firing the guns? {ll

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(ii) Write a phrase of three words, from this paragraph, which shows that there was total destruction. [1]

From paragraph 5
(d) (i) Why was Lotta singing? {1

From paragraph 7

(e) According to Winston Churchill, which two aspects of London life were
affected by the bombardment? [2]

[Total: 11]
From paragraph 8

2. (a) What was the main reason why the author returned from Canada to Balham? [1]

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From paragraph 9

(b) (i) What does ‘it’ refer to in the phrase: ‘It stretched a little ...?’

(ii) Why was it unusual for Balham to boast three cinemas, countless pubs and the Balham
Hip? [1]

From paragraph 13

(c) Why did the siren wail? fi
From the whole passage

(d) Choose five of the following words or phrases which are in bold print in the passage. For

each of them, give one word or a short phrase (of not more than seven words) which has the
same meaning that the word or phrase has in the passage.

L AdjOINING (Paragraph 1) csesscexnsorseesnenausaneresswesmeawcmenewewcomesneniesendenereneammnnees a}
2. shattered (paragraph 1).............ccecceceeeeeceeeeeeenectecseeeenseeteceeteeseeneeeeeeceeeneeeees ag}
S.UNCERSING, (Paravta phi?) vccimesennsummemeimomnewnenaentnnrmnmneenannaueremenpumemamensusmioseeeeess {]
4 SSCorted (PALA TA PHN 2 «.56.cccascnsmnmnmeveanmmmanenaaamnnecannraiinimniannmmnenaaneuramesanmnammnenee [1]
S.dhuddled,. (Garae tap 5) ccssceaessccesrinsncn nareteretemerreimmce amen stenerlenteneneeentraswarenrientnenmanans fl
6. rubble (paragraph 16).............:cccseeasenecneceeeeeeeecaeeccaeeeeaeeeeeeseceeeueeeneceeeeeees QO
7 squashed tipi (paragraph 2 1). ccssmnosesmicnesmeasmammorenamananesinanamenmmemmeceenmemeneemmens 3)
8..lamented (paragraph: 2:1) n.vccwerncnusncesamanssncneaeneninsseninens auawenniosenenemaasesenenenaness {1]
[5]

[Total: 9]
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3. Part of the passage describes the experiences of two families, Len Webb’s family and Grace Dalton’s family, when their areas were being bombed.

Write a summary describing what the two families did, saw and felt during the
bombardment of their residential areas. Link each process to the appropriate character
or characters.

Use only material from paragraph 15 up to the end of paragraph 20.
Your summary, which should be in continuous writing (not note form), must not be
longer than 160 words, including the given ten (10) words. Each word should be

written in a separate box. If you make a mistake, cancel the word(s) and write the
correct word(s) in the same box(es) above or next to the cancelled word(s).

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Write your summary on this page putting one word in each of the cells for ease counting. Hyphenated words are counted as one word. Begin your summary as follows:

When bombs started falling on

the

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SECTION B (10 MARKS)

Answer all the following questions. You are advised to spend not more than 30
minutes on this section.

4. (a) Fill in the blank spaces with the correct words in the brackets. Write the correct
word only in the answer space provided below each sentence.

(i) The air raid warden came and told us to go to the school. We ran towards a bus
which was (stationery/stationary).

(ii) The Kellys have been in business since 1938. Many farmers went to their shop
to buy farming (equipments/equipment).

(b) Identify a word which is wrongly spelt in each of the following sentences and then
write the correct spelling of the word in the space provided.

@ It was October 14, 1940, the night we were harrassed by the Germans and lost
our second house. As a result, we faced a big problem of accommodation.

(ii) | When London was being bombed, members of the security committe were
attending a meeting.

(c) Re-write the sentences below using the words in brackets in their past tense
forms.

(i) The bombs (begin) to fall.

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(d) Clearly show the difference between ‘its’ and ‘it’s’ as used in the following two sentences:

The bombardment was very heavy and so many families were required to face its
associated problems and terrors.

(ii) ‘It’s a pity that the international community did not quickly intervene when Britain
was attacked by Germany.

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(e) (i) What is the use of the word ‘rueful’ in the following sentence?
Len looked up with a rueful smile.

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(ii) Join the two sentences below into one sentence without using the word ‘and.’

(a) There were many German planes in the sky.

(b) They were bombing the city of London.

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[Total: 10]

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