Cambridge International Examinations

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ENGLISH 0844/02
For Examination from 2014
Paper 2 SPECIMEN INSERT

Additional Materials: Answer Booklet

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Read this extract from ‘The Scarecrow and His Servant’ by Philip Pullman and then answer
the questions.

Mr Pandolfo put together a fine-looking scarecrow, dressed him in an old tweed suit, and
stuffed him with straw. The scarecrow stood in a field, where Mr Pandolfo could admire him,
and he stayed there.

But one night there was a thunderstorm. It was very violent, and everyone in the district
shivered and trembled as the thunder went off like cannon-fire and the lightning lashed down
like whips. The scarecrow stood there in the wind and rain, taking no notice.

And so he might have stayed; but there came one of those million-to-one chances that are
like winning the lottery. All his molecules and atoms and elementary particles and whatnot
were lined up in exactly the right way to switch on when the lightning struck him, which it did
at two in the morning, fizzing its way through his turnip and down his broomstick into the
mud.

On the same night, a small boy called Jack happened to be sheltering in a barn close by. By
the morning the storm had cleared away, and Jack woke up colder than ever.

Then he heard a voice calling from across the fields. Jack was curious, so, standing up he
shaded his eyes to look. The shouts came from a scarecrow who was waving his arms wildly,
yelling at the top of his voice and leaning over at a crazy angle.

‘Help!’ he was shouting. ‘Come and help me!’

‘I think I’m going mad,’ said Jack to himself. ‘Still, look at that poor old thing – I’ll go and help
him anyway. He looks madder than I feel.’

To tell the truth, Jack felt a little nervous. It isn’t every day you find a scarecrow talking to you.

‘Now tell me your name, young man,’ said the scarecrow, when Jack was close enough to
hear.

His voice was rich and sonorous. Mr Pandolfo would undoubtedly have been impressed. His
head was made of a great knobbly turnip, with a broad crack for a mouth, a long thin sprout
for a nose and two bright stones for eyes. He had a tattered straw hat, now badly singed, a
soggy woollen scarf and an old tweed jacket full of holes. His rake-handle arms had gloves
stuffed with straw on the end of them, one glove leather and the other wool. Jack scratched
his head and looked up.

‘Jack.’ he said.
‘Now, Jack, I want to move on,’ said the scarecrow, ‘but I need another leg. If you go and find
me a leg, I shall be very obliged. Just like this one, only the opposite,’ he added, and lifted his
trouser leg daintily to show a stout stick set firmly in the earth.

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The end of the stick that Jack brought was splintered and wasn’t easy to push up the soggy
trouser leg, but Jack finally got it all the way up, and then jumped as he felt it twitch in his
hand.

The scarecrow tried to move but the harder he struggled, the deeper he sank into the mud.
Finally, he stopped, and looked at Jack. It was astonishing how much expression he could
manage with his gash-mouth and stone-eyes.

Glossary

scarecrow – a model of a person put in a field to scare away birds

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Cambridge Primary Checkpoint

ENGLISH 0844/02
Paper 2 For Examination from 2014
SPECIMEN PAPER 1 hour
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
Additional Materials: Insert

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces at the top of this page.
Write in dark blue or black pen.

DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
Suggestions for how long to spend on each section are given in the booklet.
The total number of marks for this paper is 50.

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Section A: Reading

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

Read the extract from The Scarecrow and His Servant by Philip Pullman in the
INSERT and then answer these questions.

1 Read these statements about the scarecrow. Tick (
) two boxes that we
know are TRUE from the passage.

He had matching gloves on.

He spoke in a quiet voice.

He wore a tweed suit.

His hair was made of straw.

His mouth was wide. [2]

2 Why were the people in the district afraid?

[1]

3 What change took place in the scarecrow when lightning struck him?

[1]

4 When Jack awoke, he stood up and looked around. Why?

[1]

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5 Did the scarecrow seem calm?

Tick (
) one box.

Yes

No

Give a reason from the text to support your answer.

[1]

6 Although scarecrows don’t usually talk, Jack decided to go and help the
scarecrow.

What does this tell you about Jack?

[1]

7 Do you feel worried about Jack approaching the scarecrow?

Tick (
) one box.

Yes

No

Explain your answer using words and phrases from the text.

Explanation

Words and phrases to support your explanation

[2]

8 Why did Jack jump when the scarecrow’s leg twitched in his hand?

[1]

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9 What do you think the weather was like outside when Jack woke up?

Give evidence from the text to support your answer.

[2]

10 Who do you think is the point of view character in this story?

Explain how you know.

[2]

11 The sentence below is part of the description of the weather in the story. Look
at the underlined phrase.

‘…the thunder went off like cannon-fire and the lightning lashed down like
whips.’

(a) Tick (
) one box to say which technique is being used here.

Alliteration

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Simile [1]

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(b) Explain what you think the underlined phrase means.

[2]

12 (a) The text is a short extract from the book The Scarecrow and His
Servant.

From the evidence in this extract, which genre do you think the story
is?
Tick (
) the correct answer.

Biography

Fantasy

Legend

Mystery

Real-life story [1]

(b) Name two general features of the genre you chose for 12(a).

2 [2]

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Section B: Writing

Spend 30 minutes on this section.

13 Read this introduction to a story.

The government’s chief scientist looked in at the creature through the

bars of the cage. It sat there, looking back at him. The chief scientist
was there because the President had sent him to investigate. The
President was taking a real interest in the ‘monster case’.

Now continue the story yourself to explain what the chief scientist discovers
about the creature.

Character There are at least two characters:

• The chief scientist, the President and...
• The creature – what is it? A human being, an unknown
species?

Setting • The chief scientist’s laboratory?

• Do the events happen anywhere else?

Plot • How did the creature get to be in the cage?

• What did the chief scientist do to find out about the
creature?
• Why was the President ‘taking a real interest’?

Remember to include as much detail as you can in your story. It can be of

any genre that you like.

PLANNING

Spend up to five minutes making notes in this box to plan your story.

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Write your story here.

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Content [5] Punctuation [4]

Purpose and audience [4] Vocabulary [3]

Text structure [5] Spelling [4]

Sentence structure [5]

Copyright Acknowledgements:

Section A Reading © Philip Pullman; Four Tales; Random House.

Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every
reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the
publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity.

University of Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of
Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge.

© UCLES 2014 0844/02/SP/14