Lesson AO1-1
AO1-1 Identify and interpret explicit information and ideas Quiz: AQA English Language, Unit 3
20 questions
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Lesson AO1-1, Identify and interpret explicit information and ideas: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA GCSE English Language (8700), Unit 3: Assessment objectives, written with Revision Ninja.
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The 20 questions
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What does AO1 require students to do with text?
- Write creative fiction
- Evaluate writer's methods
- Compare two texts
- Identify explicit information
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Which term describes information stated directly in a text?
- Implicit
- Explicit
- Subtextual
- Allegorical
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What is the best way to prove understanding of an explicit point?
- Guess the ending
- Quote or paraphrase
- Invent a backstory
- Ignore the detail
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If a text states 'the library closes at six', what type of information is this?
- Implicit meaning
- Writer's bias
- Hidden metaphor
- Explicit detail
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What does 'interpreting' explicit information mean in reading tasks?
- Copying verbatim
- Ignoring context
- Inventing quotes
- Explaining stated meaning
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A text says a river rose three metres overnight. What does this mean?
- Slow current flow
- Sharp depth increase
- Dry riverbed
- Gradual temperature drop
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Which of these is an example of explicit information about a character?
- Hidden motivations
- Stated travel plans
- Subconscious fears
- Unspoken thoughts
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Which type of question tests explicit information most directly?
- Underlying themes
- Hidden meanings
- Implied motives
- What is stated
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A school has 400 pupils and 20 teachers. What is the pupil-teacher ratio?
- 20 to 1
- 4 to 1
- 40 to 1
- 10 to 1
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Which of these represents an explicit statement about a sports team?
- Tactical formation
- Stated match result
- Team morale
- Player fatigue
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What is an accurate paraphrase of 'the shop was closed for repairs'?
- Shut for fixing
- Open for business
- Relocated permanently
- Undertaking stocktake
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A text lists bread, milk and eggs. Which detail is explicitly true?
- The shop was busy
- Shopping was cheap
- A recipe was needed
- Items were listed
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What does explicit information mean in a reading text?
- Stated directly
- Implied quietly
- Guessed broadly
- Hidden deeply
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Which response correctly interprets a stated budget cut?
- More free resources
- Reduced spending money
- Increased staff wages
- Better facilities built
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A passage says a bus 'arrives every fifteen minutes'. How many buses arrive in one hour?
- Sixty buses
- Six buses
- Fifteen buses
- Four buses
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Which of these is a checkable fact rather than an opinion?
- Three floors
- Boring exhibits
- Best museum
- Too expensive
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Which phrase states explicit information about a setting?
- Beside a frozen lake
- Probably quite cold
- Seemed very lonely
- Felt like winter
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A passage states a man worked at sea for thirty years. What is this?
- Subtle metaphor
- Vague opinion
- Hidden inference
- Explicit detail
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What does interpreting an idea in a text involve?
- Inventing new plots
- Ignoring the context
- Copying the quote
- Explaining its meaning
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Which phrase provides explicit evidence that a character is a nurse?
- employed as nurse
- walked past hospital
- carried medical bag
- wore blue tunic
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