ENGLISH IGCSE 2

English

100

What technique was used in the sentence below:

Arthur's scrambling apology fell harmless as cherry blossom.

simile

100

What are the features in the leaflet help to explain the process clearly?

Heading

Subheadings

Bullet points

100

The sentence below provides a contrast to the word in bold. Find the contrasting definition or example and give the correct definition of the word.

Do not belittle yourself. You have an important role to play in the company. 

important role to play - to dismiss as unimportant

English

100

Look at the following gesture, what is the most likely meaning or mood it implies?

Stamping foot

Anger

Frustration

100

What are some of the examples of connectives that indicate cause and effect?

because

so

as a result

there 

since

due to

100

What is the root word of the word below:

boredom

bore

English

100

Add parenthetical commas or dashes to the sentence below so that it makes sense:

The girl jumped up hands waving desperate to be picked for the team.

The girl jumped up, hands waving, desperate to be picked for the team. 

100

What connectives that show a sequence?

next

then

after

before

eventually

100

Use the prefix (mono, com, hydro) below to change the words.

tone

pile

mission

plane

syllable

electric

monotone

compile

commissioned

hydroplane

monosyllables

hydroelectric

English

100

Add parenthetical commas or dashes to the sentence below so that it makes sense.

The old man his skin dry and seamed as bark emerged from the shadow of the room.

The old man - his skin dry and seamed as bark - emerged from the shadow of the room. 

100

Define topic sentence

a sentence in a paragraph - usually at the beginning - that shows the reader the main subject of the writing.

100

Choose the most suitable answer to replace the underlined word in the sentence below:

Joanne felt worse compared to her other classmates for her family was poor.

a) envious     b) inferior     c) disadvantages     d) small

b) inferior

English

100

Add a colon and any missing commas to the sentence:

The class stared at their teacher in disbelief as he stood at the front of the class shredding their essays one by one and scattering them around the room Mr Jones had finally gone mad.

The class stared at their teacher in disbelief as he stood at the front of the class, shredding their essays one by one and scattering them around the room: Mr Jones had finally gone mad.

100

Define metaphor

a type of comparison that describes one thing as if it is something else. 

100

List 3 words that can be formed from the root word below:

drama

dramatise

dramatised

dramatising

dramatic

dramatist