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SECTION A
Items 1 – 7
Instructions: You will hear an extract. It will be read twice. Listen carefully before answering the
questions based on the extract.
1. What is the setting in the first stanza? 5. Which of the following expressions from
the poem does NOT refer to the central
(A) A funeral theme of the poem?
(B) An airport
(C) A train station (A) “ready to say goodbye”
(D) An underground station (B) “Each time we die a little”
(C) “These moments devastate”
2. Which of the following BEST expresses the (D) “blowing his nose to clear the sadness
meaning of the phrase “blowing his nose to of departure”
clear the sadness of departure”?
6. The main idea of the poem is that
(A) The young man is crying.
(B) The young man is devastated by the (A) the author learns to accept paintings
departure. (B) people find it painful to deal with
(C) The young man copes with his grief partings
by weeping. (C) people eventually learn to deal with
(D) The impending departure has made partings
the young man ill. (D) two young people are parting
company on different flights
3. Which of the following BEST explains the
purpose of stanza two? 7. Which of the following literary devices are
NOT used in the poem?
(A) To show that everyone has to die
(B) To include all young people in the I. Pun
grief of partings II. Metaphor
(C) To encourage people to empathize III. Oxymoron
with one another
(D) To show that the speaker is not alone (A) I and II only
in the departure lounge. (B) I and III only
(C) II and III only
(D) I, II and III
4. The tone of the poem can be described as
(A) sober
(B) caustic
(C) nostalgic
(D) regretful
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SECTION B
Items 8 – 10
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 8 – 10.
A researcher was gathering information on the impact of streaming within a particular high school. He
held a discussion with five sets of students from remedial classes in different forms or grades on how
they are being affected by their placement.
(A) Interview
(B) Focus group
(C) Questionnaire
(D) Participant observation
9. Apart from the students, which of the following persons may be the BEST source of primary data for
this research?
(A) Parents
(B) Teachers
(C) Education Officers
(D) Deans of Discipline
10. Which of the following is an advantage of using a questionnaire for this particular study?
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Items 11 – 15
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 11 – 15.
At a recent meeting with the principal of Argyle Secondary School, the Ministry of Education revealed
that a check of the most recent census documents shows that some senior students of the school have
been attending classes irregularly. The Ministry decided to hire a research company to investigate the
likely reasons for the students’ irregular attendance.
11. Which of the following would be the MOST 13. If the research company only collected data
appropriate population for this study? in the morning, which of the following
would affect the data?
(A) All students of A rgyle Secondary
that have been attending classes I. Validity
irregularly II. Time spent in the field
III. Access to information
(B) All senior students of Argyle
Secondary that have been attending
(A) I only
classes irregularly
(B) II only
(C) All students of secondary students in (C) I and III only
the country that have been attending (D) I, II and III
classes irregularly
14. If the research company was observing the
(D) All senior students of secondary
patterns of absenteeism among senior
students in the country that have been
students, which of the following would be
attending classes irregularly
an advantage?
12. Relevant demographic data about the (A) Directly experiencing the behaviour
student that the researcher might seek to of participants
obtain would include (B) Allowing its biases to affect what is
observed
I. Age (C) Spending a long enough period of
II. Address time collecting data
III. Number of days absent (D) Participants changing their behaviour
while being observed
(A) I and II only
(B) I and III only 15. Which of the following URLs is NOT likely
(C) II and III only to provide trustworthy information on
(D) I, II and III student attendance.
(A) www.argylesecondary.edu
(B) www.ttministryofeducation.gov
(C) www.parentsargylesecondary.org
(D) www.argyleabsentstudents.com
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Items 16 – 20
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 16 – 20.
The boy come back home for a few days holiday, see some crabs Crosby have in a barrel. This is the
son: “Dad, what are those thangs there?” Talking like Englishman. Crosby ain’t tell him nothing. When
he poke his finger in the barrel and the crab catch hold of him, he bawl: “Pa! The crab! The crab!” A
well-educated boy, yes. Lawyer, economist or something.
Lovelace E., 1982, The Wine of Astonishment, p. 14.
16. Which of the following expressions 19. What does the extract suggest about the
contains syntactical features common to relationship between the boy’s education
Caribbean English Creoles? and his use of language?
Items 21 – 25
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 21 – 25.
Miss Clemmie keep on looking at Ascot as if he is stranger and Dagoman sit on the bench outside as
if he too fraid to come near the lady. The children start play round the car and make as if to open the
door and Ascot snap at them so bad that my mother had to say, “Hi Ascot, is your own little brothers
yu treating so?”
From then on things just get from bad to worse. Ascot look like he real vex with Miss Clemmie, and the
wife and stepfather look like they real vex with Ascot. So finally Ascot say, “Come let me take you all
home for I have to get back to Kingston tonight.” But by this time Dagoman face set and he say he
prefer to walk and Miss Clemmie and the children get into the car alone, and even though Miss
Clemmie look like she going to cry, you can still see she feeling proud to have her son driving her in
car. But as they drive off, all we can hear is Ascot shouting at the children to take their dirty feet off
the car seat.
Adapted from “Ascot” Summer Lightning and other stories
By Olive Senior, Longman Caribbean Writers, 1986.
21. Which of the following does NOT 24. The writer’s use of English Creole throughout
contribute to the tension among the the extract suggests all of the following
characters? EXCEPT that she
(A) Ascot snapping at the children (A) accepts that English Creole is a
(B) Miss Clemmie looking at Ascot as if broken language
he is a stranger
(B) thinks that English Creole is an
(C) Dagoman silently angry with Ascot for
snapping at the children authentic language
(D) Miss Clemmie feeling proud to have (C) thinks that English Creole can be
Ascot drive her in his car used for literary purposes
(D) accepts that English Creole is a
22. When Ascot says “Come let me take you means of communication by people
all home ...”, he aims to
25. Which of the following grammatical
(A) make Dagoman angry features is NOT present in the first sentence
(B) get back to Kingston that night of the extract?
(C) ease the tension among the family
(D) take his mother and her other children (A) Reduplication
for a drive (B) Subject-adjective structure
(C) Unmarked noun with singular
23. Which of the following does NOT convey
meaning
a communicative behaviour?
(D) Unmarked verb with past-time
(A) ‘Ascot snap at them’. reference
(B) ‘Dagoman sit on the bench outside’.
(C) ‘The children start play round the car’.
(D) ‘The wife and stepfather look like
they real vex with Ascot’.
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Items 26 – 28
Instructions: Read the following extract carefully and then answer Items 26 – 28.
“Eh-eh! Don’t shout at me,” was all he got for his pains. “Don’t you deafen me. What’s that the young
varmint says, Maud?”
Mrs. Dovecot came over and got him to understand after two or three attempts.
“Three pence, Maudie,” he cackled. “Three pence! Did yo’ hear thet, Maud? Did yo’ ever hear the
like? I’ll bet you ain’t never did. Three pence! The lad’ll have money what I’s got to sweat blood for,
just to gi thet Megahey what’s got his bread so well-buttered off ‘pon both sides, not to mention the
middle. Three pence! Ha ha! … oh Maudie … .” And he broke down once in helpless laughter. Clement
went out and sat under the breadfruit tree that grew before the door, resting his back against the trunk.
(A) Frozen
(B) Formal
(C) Intimate
(D) Consultative
I ‘he cackled’
II ‘he broke down once in helpless laughter’
III ‘Clement went out and sat under the breadfruit tree’
(A) Proxemics
(B) Paralanguage
(C) Verbal communication
(C) Non-verbal communication
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Items 29 – 30
Instructions: Select the most appropriate answer for Items 29 – 30.
29. Which of the following BEST explains the meaning of the term ‘lingua franca’?
(A) A language which is derived from French and used by African slaves.
(B) Any language which is native to African peoples who have been transplanted.
(C) Any language which is foreign to a speaker who moves to a new speech community.
(D) A language used as a common means of communication by speakers whose native languages
are different.
30. Which of the following are examples of language performing a social function?
I Making a request
II Talking to oneself
III Audio conferencing
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Items 31 – 33
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 31 – 33.
A group of ten students from McIntosh High in Jamaica are visiting Cuba to improve their knowledge
of Spanish and Cuban culture. They are being hosted by students from José Martí High. When they
return to school, they will be required to write a report on their experience.
31. Which of the following contexts of communication BEST describes the interaction between the two
groups of students?
(A) Intercultural
(B) Small-group
(C) Interpersonal
(D) Organizational
32. In which of the following genres will the report MOST likely be written?
I Narrative
II Exposition
III Argument
33. While in Cuba, the students attended a seminar. The guest speaker noticed that many of the visitors
seemed restless during his presentation, even though he was speaking audibly. Which of the following
was NOT likely responsible for their restlessness?
(A) He was speaking too fast.
(B) He was speaking in a monotone.
(C) He was using many unfamiliar words.
(D) He complemented his speech with projected slides.
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Items 34 – 37
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 34 – 37.
During assembly, Sally, a fifth form student, gives the following speech on the topic “Why I am proud
to be from the Caribbean.” While she is giving her presentation, some students keep covering their
mouths and snickering. However, Sally does not notice this because her eyes are glued to the paper
from which she is reading.
‘A pleasant good morning. How are you, friends and family? Let me see the hands of those who are
having a good time. Come on: let me see the hands of those who are having a good time. Wave your
hands and say, “Yeah, yeah!”
Okay. I am proud to be from the Caribbean because my parents are of African descent. The Caribbean
is mostly black country; therefore, most of the people are black. I am one of them. My father black,
my mother black and my brother black. We all black.’
34. Which of the following is the stage of the 36. Which of the following is NOT a message
communication process at which Sally that Sally’s lack of eye contact could be
generated ideas for her speech? sending?
35. Which of the following BEST explains why 37. Which of the following BEST describes the
some students covered their mouths and method of discourse in Sally’s speech?
glanced at one another?
(A) It is argumentative.
(A) They identified with Sally. (B) It is mainly expository.
(B) The presentation was too boring. (C) It is mainly conversational.
(C) They were angry at Sally’s choice of (D) It is a mixture of narrative and
words. argument.
(D) They were amused by Sally’s choice
of words.
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Items 38 – 42
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 38 – 42.
38. Which of the following categories of non- 40. What barrier to the communication process
verbal communication are at work in the is the response of Barry’s father
scenario? highlighting in Frame 2?
(A) slang
(B) jargon
(C) dialect
(D) profanity
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Items 43 – 45
Instructions: Read the following scenario carefully and then answer Items 43 – 45.
A sixth-form class was practising to write expository essays. The students were exposed to the various
features of exposition and guidelines for producing this type of essay in an academic context.
44. Which of the following would be MAIN organizational strategy used in an expository essay on the
topic: “Types of luxury vehicles”?
(A) Description
(B) Classification
(C) Chronological order
(D) Comparison and contrast
END OF TEST
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