English

Stage 6

Paper 1 Non-fiction 2024

1 hour

Additional materials: Insert

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• You should pay attention to punctuation, spelling and handwriting.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• Suggestions for how long to spend on each section are given in the booklet.

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Section A: Reading

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

Read the text from a blog about food waste in the insert, and answer Questions 1–8.

1 Look at the first paragraph (lines 2–6).

(a) Give one phrase which means the same as occasionally.

[1]

(b) Give one adjective used to express an opinion.

[1]

(c) Give one phrase which means the same as unimportant.

[1]

2 Look at lines 7–18.

(a) How is the text structured so that the information is easy to read? Give three
ways.
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[3]

(b) Give a three-word phrase which means ‘food served but not eaten’.

[1]

3 Look at lines 19–25.

Waste is an abstract noun. Give two more abstract nouns.
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[2]

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4 Look at lines 26–38.

Give one connective which:

(a) introduces an opposite idea

[1]

(b) introduces another point.

[1]

(c) Which of these consequences of food waste do you think is worse?

Tick () one box.

the effect on the environment

the effect on people around the world

Explain your answer and support your explanation with a quotation from the
text.

Explanation:

Quotation:
[2]

(d) Why is a dash ( – ) used?

Tick () one box.

to repeat the previous idea

to join two separate sentences together

to add emphasis to the point that follows

to show the idea is not complete

[1]

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5 Look at lines 39–49.

(a) Why is a colon ( : ) used?

[1]

(b) Look at line 48. What literary technique is the phrase green fingers?
Tick () one box.

simile

idiom

rhyme

alliteration

[1]

(c) What does this phrase mean in the text?

[1]

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6 Look at lines 50–52.

(a) Why is a modal verb used? Tick () one box.

to show certainty

to show a condition

to show possibility

to show the future

[1]

(b) Look at line 52. What is the writer referring to when he says any small
change?

[1]

(c) Explain how the ideas in the final paragraph link back to the ideas in the first
paragraph. Give two ways.

Both paragraphs mention:

Both paragraphs mention:

[2]

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7 Why do you think that the writer compares food waste with plastic waste in this
text?
Give two ideas from the text.

Idea 1:

Idea 2:
[2]

8 This text has been written for a young audience. Give two different quotations
from the text that tell us this.

Quotation 1:

Quotation 2:
[2]

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Section B: Writing

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

9 The blog post in the insert is about wasting food but we waste other things too.
Here is the topic for a student writing competition:

Waste not, want not!

Think of something other than food that is wasted a lot by students.

It could be electricity, water, time, money or something else.

Now write an article persuading them to make some changes so they waste
less.

Think about:

• how it is wasted
• why it is wrong to waste it
• what students can do to stop wasting it.

Space for your plan:

Write your article on the next page. [25 marks]

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