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Questions: ZIMSEC O-Level English Language Paper 2 June 2019 Question Paper
This is the ZIMSEC O-Level English Language marking scheme for Paper 2 from June 2019. It shows how marks are awarded, so you can mark your own answers to the matching question paper. See the question paper.
Question 1: 11 Marks: $(1+1+1+1+1+1+1+2+2)$
1. From paragraph 1
(a) (i) Name of person
Accept: Cameron Thomas.
Give Zero', Wrong spelling('cameron' or 'Thomas' alone
[1]
(ii) Lifted the writer
Accept: a blast/explosion/bomb blast/terrible blast (of hot air)
[1] Give 0: inclusion of "there was" / 'bomb' alone
From paragraph 2
(b) (i) Why author sweated
fear fright
Accept: terror/He was afraid/scared/frightened
Λ
[1]
(ii) one word that shows that the author was surprised that he was alive and had no injuries.
Accept: miraculously
[1]
GIVE O: wrong spelling \& excess (denies the mark)
From paragraph 4
(c) (i) Who was firing the gun
Accept: British/English soldiers army/troops
[1]
GIVE 0: London soldiers/Londoners
(ii) Phrase of three words
Accept: 'mound of debris'
[1]
GIVE O: Excess or wrong spelling denies the mark
From paragraph 5
(d) (i) Why Lotta was singing of her captive audience
Accept: to keep up the spirits/ motivate/ strengthen/ give hope. to her captive [1] audience, $\wedge$
GIVE O: indusion of "she insisted"
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