Quick fire language questions
Edexcel IGCSE anthology – An Explorer’s Daughter
Find …
Extension
1. A pair of adverbs in line 5 which help create a
calm atmosphere.
How do they do this?
2. A verb in line 6 that suggests the author is
hurrying.
3. A noun in line 6 suggesting the majesty of the
landscape.
4. A verb in line 7 used to show how insignificant the
hunters are in their kayaks.
How is this effective?
5. A phrase in line 9 that highlights the calmness of
the evening.
6. An adjective in line 19 used to strengthen the
writer’s argument in favour of hunting.
7. The words ‘essential’, ‘necessary’, ‘only’ and
‘entire’ in lines 19-25. Which is the odd word out
and why?
8. An adverb in line 39 that reveals how important
the hunt is for the women.
9. A verb in line 44 that helps ‘personify’ the
whales.
10. An adjective in line 48 used to describe the
whales.
11. In line 50 an adverb that is repeated in the
description of the hunter.
12. An adjective in line 51 that describes the kayak.
13. A word in lines 65-67 repeated 3 times that
strengthens the author’s argument.
14. In the final line, an adjective that is used to
reinforce her assertion.
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In the same line, what emotive
noun reinforces this effect?
What is the importance of the
other three words?
What adjective in line 39
reinforces this effect?
How might this affect the reader?
How does this create a sense of
danger for the hunters?
How might this make us feel about
the man?
How does this create a sense of
danger for the hunters?
How?
Can you comment on the effect of
this being the final sentence?
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Quick fire language questions
Edexcel IGCSE anthology – An Explorer’s Daughter
Teaching notes and suggested answers
Ideas for using these questions
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Students race to find as many as they can in a set time.
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You could read out each, question by question, while your students underline and
number each answer on a clean copy of the text.
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‘Test’ students at a later date (exam revision) by asking them to take each
numbered point and explain why it is significant. Turn answers into annotations
on the text.
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Use the question and answer as the basis of a PEE paragraph.
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Select important ‘topics’ referred to in the list (e.g. danger for the hunters,
importance of hunting to the Inuit, sympathy for the whale) and group the
questions accordingly. Allocate topics to groups, to find other language points or
techniques and report back. This can lead to ‘mini-essays’ on each topic, for
example: How does the author help us to share her sympathy for the whale?
The words:
1.
slowly, methodically
2.
Scrambling
3.
kingdom
4.
(were) dotted
5.
soft billows
6.
essential (noun: survival)
7.
entire
8.
intently (adjective: crucial)
9.
talk
10. huge
11. so
12. flimsy
13. only
14. absolute
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