My Perfect Day

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terial. A 12 page answer book. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the separate answer book provided. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark available for this unit is 40. The number of marks in brackets will give you an indication of the time you should spend on each question or part-question. GCSE 4171/01 ENGLISH/ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOUNDATION TIER UNIT 1 (READING) A.M. TUESDAY, 10 January 2012 1 hour 2 Answer all of the following questions. The separate Resource Material is a leaflet about the Beamish Museum: ‘STEP INTO THE PAST’. The passage on the opposite page is a newspaper article ‘A Day Out at Beamish’. Look at the Beamish Museum leaflet ‘STEP INTO THE PAST’. 1. (a) List three of the people that visitors might meet in Beamish and talk to about life in the past. [3] (b) How many years has the museum been in existence? [1] (c) List two places in the museum to see life in Edwardian England. [2] (d) List two places in the museum where gifts may be bought. [2] (e) List two ways in which Beamish Museum tries to help disabled visitors. [2] 2. How does the leaflet try to persuade you to visit Beamish museum? You should include: • what the leaflet says; • how it says it; • the use of photographs. [10] Now look at the article, ‘A Day Out at Beamish’ on the opposite page. 3. What are the family’s thoughts and feelings about their visit to Beamish? You should include: • what the mother liked and disliked about the visit; • why her children enjoyed the visit; • the mother’s overall impression. [10] You should now use details and information from both texts to answer the following question. 4. Use two columns to list what each text says about: (a) the trams at the museum; (b) eating at the museum; (c) visiting the mine. [10] You should make sure that you

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