Cambridge Primary Checkpoint
ENGLISH 0058/01
Paper 1 Non-fiction April 2023
1 hour
You must answer on the question paper.
You will need: Insert (enclosed)
INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Use a black or dark blue pen.
• Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
• Do not write on any bar codes.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
• The insert contains the reading passages.
This document has 12 pages. Any blank pages are indicated.
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Section A: Reading
Spend 30 minutes on this section.
Read Text A, in the insert, and answer Questions 1–7.
1 Look at lines 3–10.
(a) Look at the first sentence. It uses both repetition and onomatopoeia. Name
one other figurative language technique the writer uses here.
[1]
(b) Give one opinion from this section.
[1]
(c) Give one example of a relative pronoun.
[1]
2 Look at lines 11–15.
Find a short phrase which means to begin to do something enthusiastically.
[1]
3 Look at lines 16–22.
(a) What punctuation mark could replace the dash ( – ) in this paragraph?
[1]
(b) Explain the meaning of the phrase ‘Dashing from one to the next’.
[2]
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4 You are going on a birdwatching holiday. Would you prefer to stay in one place or
go to many different places?
Tick () one box.
I would prefer to stay in one place
I would prefer to go to many different places
Explain your choice giving evidence from the text.
Reason for your choice:
Evidence from the text:
[2]
5 Look at lines 23–28.
(a) ‘On the other hand’ is often used to introduce an opposite idea. Which phrase
is used in the same way in this text?
[1]
(b) Look at line 25. Why has a modal verb been used here?
[1]
6 The text is structured in different ways to make the information easy to read.
Give two of the ways.
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7 Where do you think you would find a text like this? Tick () one box.
Encyclopaedia of birds
Specialist travel brochure
Sightseeing guidebook
Zoology textbook
[1]
Read Text B, in the insert, and answer Questions 8–12.
8 Look at lines 4–11.
(a) The writer is impressed by how much music Mozart wrote.
Give one word which tells us this.
[1]
(b) The text is mainly in the past tense. Why is the present tense used in the
second paragraph?
[1]
(c) Find an adverb which, as used in this text, means exactly.
[1]
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9 Look at lines 12–18.
(a) What is the purpose of the dashes ( – ) here? Tick () one box.
to add a detail
to add a meaning
to add a comment
to add an explanation
[1]
(b) Give one example of a passive verb form from this section.
[1]
(c) Give one example of an adverb used to show that something is surprising.
[1]
10 Which two themes occur throughout Text B? Tick () two boxes.
kind characters
copying sound
musical birds
writing music
special operas
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11 (a) The writer uses many adverbial phrases to help structure the text.
Give one example of a three-word adverbial phrase of place.
[1]
(b) Give one example of an adverbial phrase of time which introduces a new
paragraph.
[1]
12 Text B is a biographical text. Give one feature of a biography used in Text B.
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Section B: Writing
Spend 30 minutes on this section.
13 You work at an activity centre and your manager has asked you to write a
persuasive text to go on the website to attract more visitors.
The activity centre could be at:
• a museum
• an aquarium
• a theme park
• an adventure playground
• a site of historical/geographical interest
• an activity centre of your choice.
Remember to use the features of persuasive writing.
Space for your plan:
Write your text on the next page. [25 marks]
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