Mr. Wizzet was busy rearranging his room and changing desks here and there at Sparks Vocational Institute, Abu Dhabi. He quickly swapped the boards and turned on the projector. He brought out a fresh set of files and folders and dumped them on the front desk. Abdul was still bent over his task. “You must […]
Read the story below and answer the questions that follow. Juan was screaming and yelling. The fire chief tried to console her. “Send helicopters in there, send helicopters in there. My whole family is trapped in there” she yelled. The fire chief ushered her to safety. She needed to be evacuated. Mothers were crying, children […]
“I feel so sorry for you.” “You feel sorry for me?” “Yes.” “Why?” “Because you are a loser. That’s why you go about bullying people. That’s why you do what you do.” “I’m gonna bust ya face” “There you go. You don’t have anything to offer than busting people’s faces. Coward that you are” Derrick […]
(The metaphors in this story and the characters of captain Javert and Mr. Valjean are borrowed from the story of Les Miserables written by Victor Hugo) —————————————————————————————————————————————- His mind was working overtime. He was perspiring profusely. He searched for his small towel and wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead. The back of his […]
Please use the answer key to self assess your work. The answers may not be the same exactly but the sense will be the same. The judge will mark questions 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12 Write in your own words the meaning of the following words: (16 marks) trickled – flow in […]
Read the text below and answer the questions that follow. When Mr. Atta came for his campaign, the following weekend, the field was a quarter full. People trickled in to the field of the opposition party. Mr. Atta was a scholar par excellence. He had spent a considerable amount of his time in Europe. […]