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Taken from GMSS Sec 3 EOY 2022

Study the online advertisement (Text 1) and the social media post (Text 2) and answer
Questions 1-4.

Text 1 is taken from an online advertisement for World Health Day.

Are we able to reimagine a world where clean air, water and food are available to
all?
Where economies are focused on health and well-being?
Where cities are liveable and people have control over their health and the health of
the planet?

Text 2 is taken from a commentary article written about World Health Day 2022.

In the midst of a pandemic, a polluted planet, increasing diseases like cancer, asthma,
heart disease, on World Health Day 2022, WHO will focus global attention on critical
actions needed to keep humans and the planet healthy and foster a movement to create
societies focused on well-being.

WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to
avoidable environmental causes. This includes the climate crisis which is the single
biggest health threat facing humanity. The climate crisis is also a health crisis.
1 Look at Text 1. Tick (√) the most effective title for the image in this advertisement.

Looking After Our World

Taking Good Care of Our Health

Our Planet, Our Health

[1]

2 The advertisement encourages readers to ‘reimagine a world where clean air,

water and food are available to all’

What does the word ‘reimagine’ suggest?

……………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

3 Identify the phrase in Text 2 which implies an urgent need for change.

[1]
……………………………………………………………………………………………

4 Look at Texts 1 and 2 and statements (a) and (b) below.

Decide whether the statements refer to Text 1, Text 2, both texts or neither text.

Circle the answer you have chosen for each statement.

(a) Readers are encouraged not to take basic needs for granted.

Text 1 / Text 2 / Both / Neither

(b) The text/s aims to educate readers on the health and climate crisis.

Text 1 / Text 2 / Both / Neither [2]

 Answers

1. Look at Text 1. Tick (√) the most effective title for the image in this advertisement.
Looking After Our World

Taking Good Care of Our Health

Our Planet, Our Health

2. The advertisement encourages readers to ‘reimagine a world where clean air,

water and food are available to all?’

What does the word ‘reimagine’ suggest?

To think/visualise/ about a world where clean air, water and food are available
again

3. Identify the phrase in text 2 which implies an urgent need for change.

“single biggest threat facing humanity”

X “13 million deaths around the world each year are due to avoidable
environmental causes” 🡪 can stand alone as a sentence
“CRITICAL ACTIONS NEEDED” 🡪 DOES NOT IMPLY, TELLS YOU DIRECTLY

4. Look at Texts 1 and 2 and statements (a) and (b) below.

Decide whether the statements refer to Text 1, Text 2, both texts or neither text.

Circle the answer you have chosen for each statement.

(a) Readers are encouraged not to take basic needs for granted.

Text 1/ Text 2/ Both/ Neither

(b) The text/s aims to educate readers on the health and climate crisis.

Text 1/ Text 2/ Both/ Neither