Just remembered, our english teacher also said the test was quite hard but not sure if she just said that to comfort us lol.
I got back my trials for maths, only 94%. Its a band six but still I wanted something like 97. It was an easy test overall, just made some silly mistakes.
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Now to share some correct answers:
English Paper:
The question about what commemorate meant was: b) to honour [got that right yay!!!!!!!]
The correct answers for the last section about the biography are as follows:
a,c,c,a,b,a,a,c,a,d,c,a,c,c.
Lol I doubt this will be useful cos no one would remember but you never know.
The one about the connotation about the bird in the poem is: "freedom'. (I think, 90% sure thats what it said in the answers, can't remember clearly)
The correct answer for the question about golden compass' purpose is: to influence the reader to buy the dvd (something along the lines of that). [I got this wrong and chose the "to entice the reader to watch the movie", I mean according to the ending of the article, the underlying purpose is to make ppl watch the movie!!!!]
The one about what creates humour or makes the Mr. Bean script funny is in fact: situational farce. [got this wrong
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Definition of trepidation is: Fear [Got it right! Xd]
Wayward Ward is in fact: Alliteration
The poem question about "What language technique is used in 'concrete slabs lie baking in the sun'?" is in fact: Imagery. [I put personification cos of "lie baking", the emphasis being on "lie". lol but got it wrong]
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Argggg!!!! So many silly mistakes! The stupid beyond blue section where I am going to lose 4 marks cos I gave visual techniques, is probably going to jeopardize my chance to continue to be top of the year!
My current results:
ENGLISH
Multiple Choice (45):
Text 1- DVD Promotion: 8/10
Text 2 - Television Script: 13/15
Text 3 - Poem (Peter Skyrznecki): 8/10
Text 4 - Autobiography (Chicken bite lol): 14/14
3 Line Answers (15):
UNKNOWN - (lost 4 marks for sure)
Writing Task 1 (10) - Speech
UNKNOWN - (Have a feeling I got ten marks [at least I want to lol])
Writing Task 2 (20) - Creative Writing
20/20 (Wrote about a childhood lost dog that a toddler found)
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I totally agree! The SC trials tests can be so ambiguous. I mean we had this question in maths where the wording was so unclear. I think it was "Calculate the profit if the overcost (total of things to pay) is $XXXX (in addition to the farmer's pay)".
Even our english teacher said its unfortunate the SC doesn't always test skill but instead tests common sense.
