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ead ikings the untold story and answer questions to 8. ikings the untold story iking history and stories about ikings are often dominated by dramatic events and personalities but what of everyday iking life? ummer in the year 986, ordaland fylke, orway. ome of laf and elde ordstrom and their 4yearold son, rik. his porridge has lumps, elde! laf bellowed. rik smirked. e knew what was coming and it wouldnt be pleasant. un though. elde emerged from the cooking space at the far end of the house. t was some metres to laf s seat by the window but elde covered the distance plaits flying, her bulk wiping out the grass sods stacked neatly by the fireplace in milliseconds. rik shifted quickly, just enough to keep out of the way but still retain a clear view. nother happy family scene was about to unfold in the ordstrom household! t times rik pondered his fathers neural capacity. erhaps it helped if one worked in the kitchen, as rik did every morning, observing eldes mounting frustration. lay pots cracking, spilling their contents over hot coals, elde savagely pouring porridge dregs into yet another second-hand pot, all the while cursing her husband for buying cheap pots, laf upstairs in iking alhalla oblivious. n a bad day, the hot coals, caked in porridge, spluttered into lifelessness. very bad day. ot unlike today! rik watched as laf the wful (his nickname) sat impassively as the dogs licked the porridge dripping from his shoulder, down his arm, onto the dirt floor (another bone of contention). ncongruous, rik thought, simultaneously marvelling at the extent of his vocabulary. ere we have one of the most feared ikings in the neighbourhood bloodied and bowed before breakfast. ow this is the stuff of legends! nglish ractice uestions aper
. hy are some words in the text written in italics? () () () () hey indicate that the information can be disregarded. hey have been written by someone other than the author. hey provide information which sets the scene for the narrative. hey confirm the previous statement about the stories of ikings.. elde could be described as () () () () clumsy and reckless. youthful and amusing. impatient and volatile. friendly and good-natured.. ow did rik respond to the events at breakfast? () () () () e was amazed by his mothers actions. e was amused by his fathers behaviour. e was nervous about the effects of the violence. e was annoyed at being expected to help with the meal. 4. hich sentence is meant to be ironic? () () () () e knew what was coming and it wouldnt be pleasant. nother happy family scene was about to unfold in the ordstrom household! t times rik pondered his fathers neural capacity. ot unlike today! 5. he word incongruous means () devastating. () extraordinary. () unclean. () absurd. 6. hich word from the text has a meaning to agitatedly? () () () () quickly savagely impassively simultaneously nglish ractice uestions aper
7. rom whose point of view is this story told? () () () () lafs riks eldes the authors 8. he tone of this text is () authoritative. () respectful. () thoughtful. () humorous. or questions 9 and choose the best words to complete the passage. pace exploration actually began when humans first looked at the sky and wondered about the drama above: why the un rose each morning, why the oon looked different at different times and why some stars were brighter than others. hroughout history, philosophers, writers, scientists and engineers have speculated about the nature of our universe. he first astronomical records, (9) 4 years ago in esopotamia, were used more for astrology than for science. ars, for example, were planned according to the relative positions of ars and aturn. (), understandably, gave astrologers great power. 9. () kept with remarkable accuracy () stored and surprisingly accurate () astonishingly accurate even when () with great accuracy even today compared to. () he ability to offer such advice () hen they offered such advice () he reason for offering such advice () ecause they could offer such advice nglish ractice uestions aper 4
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U nterpret the use of italics for a preface to a narrative asy U nfer a characters personality from a narrative edium nfer a characters attitude and response from events in a narrative edium 4 dentify an example of irony in a narrative ard 5 dentify the meaning of a word: incongruous edium 6 dentify a word from a narrative that is opposite in meaning to a given word edium 7 ynthesise a narrative to determine the narrative voice asy 8 ynthesise a narrative to identify the tone of the text asy 9 dentify the option that correctly maintains text cohesion ediumard dentify the option that correctly maintains text cohesion ediumard rea refers to the particular curriculum area or strand assessed by the question. eading iterary eading actual extual devices yntax ocabulary questions which require students to comprehend and interpret texts such as stories, poems, extracts from novels, reviews, plays questions which require students to understand and interpret information and argument texts, including texts which incorporate diagrams, tables and images from a range of curriculum areas, e.g. reports, editorials, advertisements, explanations questions which require students to recognise and to interpret textual devices which include figurative and rhetorical language (e.g. metaphor, rhetorical question, pun) and text conventions (e.g. use of different font sizes and types, captions) questions about accuracy and clarity within sentences or texts (e.g. pronoun reference, tense) and the recognition of grammatical terms (e.g. noun, main clause) questions about the meaning of words or phrases nglish ractice uestions aper
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