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Kent English Skills Paper 2

What a Shadow Leaves Out · Extended subject practice

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English · Reading: inference from actions

An unexpected route

The shuttle bus usually ran straight across the bridge, but today a barrier stretched across the road. Nia unfolded her map as the driver turned towards the riverbank. She had promised to meet her cousin at the station, and the minute hand on her watch seemed unusually eager. Through the window she could see the station clock, close enough to read but on the other side of the water.

Then the driver pointed out a narrow footbridge ahead. “The bus goes round to the next road bridge,” he said, “but anyone walking to the station can get off here.” Nia checked the map before she stood up. The footbridge led directly to the station square. She put her watch back beneath her sleeve and pressed the stop button.

What best explains why Nia puts her watch back beneath her sleeve at the end?

Choose one answer.

  1. AShe has discovered that the watch cannot tell the time.
  2. BShe intends to stay on the bus until it crosses the next road bridge.
  3. CChecking the walking route has made her less worried about reaching the station.
  4. DHer cousin has told her that their meeting is cancelled.
  5. EThe station clock has stopped working.
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C: Checking the walking route has made her less worried about reaching the station.

At first Nia is anxious about the time. She then checks that the footbridge leads directly to the station and gets ready to leave the bus. This supports reduced worry after finding a useful route. Nothing says either clock is faulty or the meeting is cancelled.

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What this paper practises

Retrieval: object and imagined creatureInference: knowledge and responseStructure: explanation after an opening sceneEvidence selection: the basic arrangementInference: useful detail in a mediumReasoning: controlled changeApplying a stated explanationLanguage: playful illustrationComparison: different ways to alter an imageInference: viewpoint and preparationRetrieval: material propertyEvidence selection: comparing coloured cardsInference: admitting rather than blocking lightLanguage: personification and its limitInference: purpose affects suitabilityReasoning: one cause, more than one visible resultRetrieval and causal explanationLanguage: qualified generalisationInference: movement and interpretationEvidence selection: unwanted hand shadowInference: why a viewing check mattersStructure: recurring ideaWhole-text purposeVocabulary: silhouetteVocabulary: elaborateVocabulary: negotiable in figurative useVocabulary: diffuseVocabulary: displacedVocabulary: betraySpelling: unusual consonant sequenceSpelling: legitimate no-error decisionSpelling: detecting a single errorSpelling: exact pair of correct formsSpelling: negative prefix and rootSpelling: related noun formationPunctuation: legitimate no-change decisionPunctuation: irregular plural possessionPunctuation: exclamation and reporting clausePunctuation: complete clauses after a semicolonPunctuation: an unfinished thoughtPunctuation: identifying an unnecessary apostropheGrammar: possessive determinerGrammar: cloze linking reasons and resultsGrammar: modal verb followed by base formGrammar: formal pronoun after a prepositionGrammar: active and passive meaningGrammar: legitimate no-error decisionGrammar: identifying a subordinate clauseGrammar: scope of only

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