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General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

ENGLISH LANGUAGE 4005/1

PAPER |
NOVEMBER 2018 SESSION 1 hour 30 minutes

Additional materials:
Answer paper

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer paper/booklet.
Read the paper carefully before answering the questions.

Answer two questions.

Answer one question from Section A and the one from Section B.

Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.

If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question.

You are advised to spend 50 minutes on Section A and 40 minutes on Section B.

Copyright: Zimbabwe Schoo] Examinations Council, N2018.
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Write a composition on one of the following topics. You should not treat question 7 as a
character’s name. Your answer should be between 350 and 450 words in length. You are
advised to spend 50 minutes on this section.

1. Describe the changes that have taken place at your school since the introduction
of the new curriculum. [30]
2. Write a story based on one of the following statements:

(a) Her contribution will always be remembered by everyone in the

community. [30]
(b) When he saw his mother in the Head’s office, he ran away. [30]
3. What, in your opinion, should be done to fight the abuse of children in
your area? [30]
4. Describe an incident when peace was restored in your family. [30]
5. ‘The land reform programme has improved the lives of the people in
Zimbabwe.’ Discuss. [30]
6. ‘Drivers are the major cause of accidents on our roads.’ Do you agree? [30]
7. Revenge. [30]
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Answer the following question. You are advised to spend 40 minutes on this section.
Begin your answer on a fresh page.

8. As the Chairperson of the Environmental Health Club at your school, you have been
tasked with the responsibility of mobilising the youth in your ward to take part in a
clean-up campaign at the nearby health centre. Write an article for the local
newspaper educating the youth and encouraging them to take part in the clean-up
campaign. Use the ideas below to write your article and add any other that are
relevant:

- arrangement made at the right time
- threats of disease outbreak

- sense of patriotism and sacrifice

- role models

- idea of national youth service

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