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This document consists of 12 printed pages. IB17 05_0844_01/7RP © UCLES 2017 [Turn over   Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge Primary Checkpoint ENGLISH 0844/01 Paper 1 April 2017 1 hour Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. 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.

2 © UCLES 2017 0844/01/A/M/17 Section A: Reading Spend 20 minutes on this section. Read the text and then answer the questions. Swimming the English Channel The English Channel is 34 kilometres across at the shortest point, from Dover in England to Cap Gris Nez in France. Every year, hundreds of people attempt to swim across this part of the channel, but the success rate is lower than 10%, and the swim has become known as ‘the Everest of open-water swimming’. ‘There are a lot of factors that combine to make the swim hard but the cold is the biggest hurdle,’ says Alison Streeter, who holds the world record with a staggering 43 successful swims across the channel. ‘It’s not about the distance – lots of people can swim the equivalent in a pool,’ she says, ‘It comes down to the cold. Athletic swimmers are often all muscle and don’t have much fat on them. This means they get cold more quickly, and once cold gets into your muscles it is very hard to continue.’ Besides hypothermia* and the risk of cramp*, there are also external horrors to contemplate such as jellyfish and raw sewage. Then, because this is a shipping lane, there are 600 commercial ship movements and 80 to 100 ferry crossings between Dover and Calais every day to avoid. The tides in this part of the Channel are particularly strong and change direction approximately every six hours. The wind and weather are a problem too as the Dover Straits are dominated by local weather conditions that can change very quickly and are hard to forecast accurately. The first person to swim unassisted across the Straits of Dover was Captain Matthew Webb on 25 August 1875. The current world record holder for the fastest Channel swim is Christof Wandratsch, a German athlete, who completed his swim in just over seven hours in 2005. The youngest person to make the crossing, a boy called Thomas Gregory, was just 11 years old. Glossary hypothermia: the condition of having an extremely low body temperature cramp: contraction of muscles 1st paragraph 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 1 Name the places at either side of the narrow part of the English Channel. [1] 2 Why do fit athletes in particular have problems with the cold when they are trying to swim across the English Channel? [1]

3 © UCLES 2017 0844/01/A/M/17 [Turn over 3 Tick () two boxes to show what problems, according to the text, swimmers may encounter when they attempt to swim across the Channel. private sailing boats [2] sea birds shark attacks ships and ferries waste matter 4 Rewrite the fifth paragraph to include most of the main points, using no more than 25 words. [2] 5 Tick () the best description of the text Swimming the English Channel. It contains only facts. It contains mostly facts. It contains mostly opinions. It contains about half facts and half opinions. [1]

4 © UCLES 2017 0844/01/A/M/17 6 Compare these texts. Text 1 Text 2 You should start training for your swim months in advance. You can start this at your local pool. Most Channel swimmers, however, acclimatise themselves to local conditions on the beaches of Folkestone or Hythe in England. It’s a good idea to start training for your swim a few months ahead of it. Your local pool is a great place to start with but it’s probably best to get used to the really cold water by taking a dip in the sea at Folkestone or Hythe in England. The information in both texts is the same but the language used is different. Tick () the text you prefer to read. Text 1 Text 2 Explain why you chose that text. [1]

5 © UCLES 2017 0844/01/A/M/17 [Turn over Read this text about jellyfish, and then answer the questions. Facts about jellyfish What are jellyfish? Jellyfish have existed for more than 650 million years and happen to be the oldest living creatures on the planet. Despite their name, they are not fish but simple marine invertebrates. What are they made of? The jellyfish body lacks any skeletal structure, and is made up of a gelatinous or jelly-like substance which is 95% water. This is protected by a thin outer layer called an epidermis. Only 5% of the jellyfish body is solid matter. They have no heart, lungs, brain or nervous system. Some, though, possess eye spots capable of sensing light from dark. How do they breathe? The walls of their bodies and tentacles are so thin that oxygen is able to pass directly from the water into their internal organs. Why do some jellyfish sting? Some jellyfish have millions of very small cells in their tentacles called nematocysts. These cells are used to capture food by injecting toxin into the prey. How do they swim? Jellyfish swim by jet propulsion. The jellyfish will expand then quickly contract its bell-shaped body, which forces water away from the bell and pushes the jellyfish in the opposite direction. What do they eat? They feed on tiny fish, larvae, crustaceans and zooplankton. Some even eat other jellyfish! 7 (a) Which animal group does the jellyfish belong to? [1] (b) In which part of a jellyfish do you find nematocyst cells? [1]

6 © UCLES 2017 0844/01/A/M/17 8 Tick () two boxes to show which statements about jellyfish are FALSE. The outer layer of a jellyfish is called gelatine. [2] Jellyfish existed before sharks. Some jellyfish eat each other. Jellyfish absorb oxygen through their mouth opening. The body of a jellyfish consists mainly of water. 9 Using the text, explain why the body of a jellyfish collapses as soon as it is removed from water. [1]

7 © UCLES 2017 0844/01/A/M/17 [Turn over 10 These questions refer to both texts. (a) What is the purpose of the sub-headings in the text Facts about jellyfish? [1] (b) In the text Swimming the English Channel, paragraphs are used. Draw lines to link each paragraph with its main topic. The first two have been done for you. 1st paragraph Who are the world record holders? 2nd paragraph What is the English Channel swim? 3rd paragraph What other factors make it difficult to swim across the Channel? 4th paragraph What is the main problem you face when swimming across the Channel? 5th paragraph Why is the cold such a problem? 6th paragraph Why can the tides and weather conditions also make the swim difficult to complete? [1]

8 © UCLES 2017 0844/01/A/M/17 Section B: Writing Spend 25 minutes on this section. 11 Swimming the English Channel and Facts about jellyfish are both articles taken from information books. Write your own article for an information book about a topic or an object that you know something about. It could be: a sport or sport event for example  cycling  skateboarding  tennis  football. an unusual animal for example  a tortoise  a tiger  a dragonfly  a dog. PLANNING Spend about five minutes making notes in this box: Purpose and audience [6] Punctuation [2] Text structure [5] Spelling [2] Sentence structure [5]

9 © UCLES 2017 0844/01/A/M/17 [Turn over Write your article here:

10 © UCLES 2017 0844/01/A/M/17 Section C: Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary Spend 15 minutes on this section. 12 Join the underlined word in each of these sentences to match the correct word class. They have no brain, heart or bones. noun There are external horrors to contemplate. adverb Weather conditions are hard to forecast accurately. adjective Only 5% of the body of the jellyfish is solid matter. conjunction [2] 13 (a) Underline the main clause in this sentence: The current world record holder for the fastest Channel swim is Christof Wandratsch, a German athlete, who completed his swim in just over seven hours in 2005.[1] (b) Rewrite this sentence: David Walliams completed the crossing in 10 hours and 34 minutes. Include this clause: who is a famous actor Remember to add punctuation. Do not add or change any words. [2]

11 © UCLES 2017 0844/01/A/M/17 [Turn over 14 (a) Change this sentence from the past to the present: The swimmers were crossing the centre of the Channel when they suddenly saw a shoal of fish ahead. [1] (b) Complete the sentences by writing the passive forms of the verbs given in brackets. The first one has been done for you. Jellyfish (find) are found in oceans around the world. In 2004, the world record (break) by a 70-year-old woman. A jellyfish’s body (make) of 95% water. The swimmers (support) by people in boats. [2] 15 Correct two mistakes in this sentence. Do not change the meaning. S o m e j e l l y f i s h i s t r a n s p a r e n t w h i c h k e e p s t h e y h i d d e n f r o m h u n g r y t u r t l e s. [1] 16 Choose from simple, compound or complex to describe these sentences. Sentence Type of sentence [1] It was a really challenging swim but he enjoyed it. Due to the terrible weather conditions, the swimmer ended up swimming 56 km to avoid swells.

12 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. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge International Examinations Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cie.org.uk after the live examination series. 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 2017 0844/01/A/M/17 17 Add two apostrophes to this sentence: T h e s w i m m e r s a r m s a n d l e g s w e r e a c h i n g s o m u c h t h a t h e d i d n t s e e t h e j e l l y f i s h w i t h i t s t e n t a c l e s s p r e a d o u t. [1] 18 Add the missing punctuation to these sentences: “D i d y o u g e t s t u n g b y t h a t j e l l y f i s h a s k e d t h e m a n i n t h e b o a t. “Y e s s a i d t h e s w i m m e r a n d i t r e a l l y h u r t s” [2] 19 Reread this extract from Swimming the English Channel. ‘There are a lot of factors that combine to make the swim hard but the cold is the biggest hurdle,’ says Alison Streeter … Write other words or phrases that mean the same as the underlined words. Your new words must keep the meaning and make sense in the sentence. factors hurdle [2]