ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ESSAY TYPE
Your sister is about to enter senior high school. Write a letter to her, stating two problems she is likely to face in school
Your school is organizing an inter - sectional debate on the motion "childhood is the happiest time in one's life". Write either for or against the motion.
Write a story that ends with... I said to myself "never will I do that again"
Write a letter to your headteacher telling him or her about two games that should be maintained in your school.
Write an article for publication in your school magazine on the topic "The need for every student to be a computer literate".
Write a story that ends "it pays to be kind to strangers "?
COMPREHENSION ASPECT
*Read the passage Carefully and answer all the questions which follow*
Now the chimpanzee was completely free, but he remained *motionless*. He was much smaller than I am, but much stronger.
Even with his disabled hand he was quiet capable of breaking most of my bones. Pushing his big lips forward, he saluted me with a rising crescendo of hooks, climaxed by a broad, winning smile. *I hooked back at him with a matching smile*. still squatting, he moved towards me slowly. He raised his hand and *peered at the wound with a melancholy expression*. I extended my own hand and he rested his swollen fingers in my palm.
I must have held the hand for five minutes, while I tried to *determine* the extent of the injection. James hooked a running commentary, until I tried to leave the garage to get medical aid. As soon as I unlocked the door, he shrieked and shot out of the garage past me. When he was about sixty metres away, he sat down, screaming hysterically. I walked towards him slowly. To my surprise, he let me close the gab and take him by the left hand. I squeezed it tightly in my own, trying to *reassure* him and yet also trying to give him the illusion of my superior strength and authority. Gently, I *persuaded* him back to the garage. I sat down and waited quietly. After some moments, he sat down himself.
'stay here!' I said, holding a finger in front of his nose, but as soon as I got up he tried to follow. We did this again... and again... and again... for more than an hour. Finally, he *gave in* and decided to stay there. I left in a hurry, locking the door from the outside..
*ai)* State one reason why the author "left in a hurry"
*aii)* what was wrong his fingers?
*b)* what figure of speech is contained in the expression *"screaming hysterically"*
*c)* Mention one way in which the author shows concern for the injured chimpanzee
*d)* Explain the following meaning of the below expression
*i)* "I hooked back at him with a matching smile"
*ii)* "peered at the wound with a melancholy expression"
*e)* Give one word or phrase that could be replace each of the following in the passage
*i* motionless *ii* gave in
*(iii)* reassure *(v)* determine