Section A - Graphic Stimulus - 2013 P6 English Exam Paper           
The Awful Egyptian and the Ruthless Romans

For each question from 1 to 5, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1,2,3 or 4).  (5 marks)

For advertisement type of questions,  it is better to read the question first then scan the advertisement row by row for answers or hints.

1.         ‘The Awful Egyptians’ and ‘The Ruthless Romans’ advertised in the text are __________.

(1)       stage plays ü

(2)       travel shows

(3)       History lessons

(4)       children’s books       

Q1 Answer Explained

Top left hand corner shows “Spotlight Children’s Theatre”  and “Make History Lessons come alive”. Answer (1) “stage plays”, relates with Theatre and is the answer. (4) “History lessons” is not the answer as they are stage plays that make history lessons come alive but are not history lessons per se.

2.         ‘The Awful Egyptians’ and ‘The Ruthless Romans’ are held at __________.

(1)       SISTIC

(2)       The Arts Centre ü

(3)       National Book Centre

(4)       Spotlight Children’s Theatre

Q2 Answer Explained

Second last row on Performance Details indicated the venue for both plays at The Arts Centre, (2) is the answer.

3.         Madam Siti saw the ‘Horrible Histories’ advertisement on Tuesday 27 August and decided to get tickets for herself and her daughter.  She can get tickets for __________.

(1)       ‘The Awful Egyptians’ only

(2)       ‘The Ruthless Romans’ only ü

(3)       both ‘The Awful Egyptians’ and ‘The Ruthless Romans’

(4)       neither ‘The Awful Egyptians’ nor ‘The Ruthless Romans’

Q3 Answer Explained

27 August is after the 22 August “The Awful Egyptians” play, so that can only watch (2) ‘The Ruthless Romans’ only

4.         Mr. and Mrs. Tan want to take their teenage son to ‘The Ruthless Romans’. They are not eligible for the 20% discount because __________.

(1)       their son is too old to get a discount.

(2)       they are not going to ‘The Awful Egyptians’ as well.  ü

(3)       there are too many family members to get a discount.

(4)       they can only get a discount if they buy Schools tickets.

Q4 Answer Explained

Bottom right hand corner shows that the 20% discount is only for those who booked both plays. The answer is (2), as they only book one play.

5.         Which of the following statements is true?

(1)       SISTIC is the organiser of ‘Horrible Histories’.

(2)       To watch ‘The Ruthless Romans’, one has to go to Britain.

(3)       The innovative effects help make ‘The Awful Egyptians’ special. ü

(4)       ‘Horrible Histories’ is all about how the Romans and Egyptians fought each other.

Q5 Answer Explained

 (1) is not true as the organiser is “Spotlight Children’s Theatre”   and “National Book Centre”. (2) is not true as it was just a virtual trip to Roman Britain, in third row ‘The Ruthless Romans’. (3) is true is shown in row 2, “Using ground-breaking special effects”

(4) is not true as Romans and Egyptians are in two separate plays.