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Total Marks: 27
School Journal Part 2, Number 1, 1988
Learning Media Ltd, Wellington, NZ
(Various authors)
Learners' Grid, http://www.learnersgrid.com
A.J. Berghuis,2004-2019©

Comprehension and Vocabulary
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ANALYSIS - SYNTHESIS - EVALUATION

Read "Sounds in Space"
1.   In your own words, say how sounds are actually caused.   [3 marks]
2.  Why are movies and TV programs and cartoons, etc, wrong to have their cool space sound effects, like exploding space-ships and loud laser beam guns??   [3 marks]

Read "The Island of Seals"
3.  What sort of feelings might the great-grandmother have about the large flat stone in front of her door? Why?   [3 marks]
4.  Why do you think Garth felt pleased when he chased the seals into the ocean by throwing stones at them?   [3 marks]

5.  How do you think Garth's adventure on the Island of the Seals affected him - his attitude towards the seals? Give some reasons for your ideas.   [3 marks]  

Read "Street Sellers of India"
6.  If you had to live in India and have to make money by selling goods on the streets like the people in this article, how would you fell about it? Why? What would be difficult? What might even be good? Give a thoughtful answer!   [3 marks]

Read "Who Will Buy"
7.  Explain what "town criers" are and where they came from. In other words, give a brief history of "town criers" based on this article.   [3 marks]


VOCABULARY SKILLS
FIND WORDS FROM THE TEXT WHICH MEAN THE SAME AS:

8)   cry (p41)   [1 mark]
9)   numerous (p41)   [1 mark]

FIND THESE WORDS IN THE TEXT, THEN PUT THEM IN SENTENCES OF YOUR OWN:

10)   goods (p41)   [1 mark]
11)   cries (p43)   [1 mark]

FIND THESE WORDS IN THE TEXT, THINK OF A BETTER SYNONYM, THEN PUT THEM IN SENTENCES OF YOUR OWN, PRESERVING THE MEANING OF THE KEY WORD AS PER THE TEXT:

12)   loud (paragraph 1, p41)   [1 mark]
13)   let (paragraph 2, p41)   [1 mark]