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OBED – PAPER 1 MODEL ANSWERS The main impression I get of the mines is that it’s dangerous . The workers were told ‘rocks could fall and crush’ them. The word ‘crush suggests the mines are violent and powerful and it could destroy the men if they were ‘careless’ in the mines. In the text, the writer makes the lines tense and dramatic by using the phrase ‘blasted’ . This word (verb) makes it sound like Obed is in an explosive and dangerous situation. Things were bad in Botswana To find work His father told him to go They did not have much money He felt a duty to his family In the text, the writer describes what Obed went through by using the phrase ‘Run up and down’ which suggests Obed was physically tested and had to be in good shape to become a miner.

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OBED – PAPER 1 MODEL ANSWERS

The main impression I get of the mines is that it’s dangerous. The workers were told ‘rocks could fall and crush’ them. The word ‘crush’ suggests the mines are violent and powerful and it could destroy the men if they were ‘careless’ in the mines.

In the text, the writer makes the lines tense and dramatic by using the phrase ‘blasted’. This word (verb) makes it sound like Obed is in an explosive and dangerous situation.

I agree that the writer encourages the reader to feel sympathy for Obed with the phrase ‘I would be killed’ meaning Obed is in fear of his life.

Things were bad in Botswana To find work His father told him to go They did not have much money He felt a duty to his family

In the text, the writer describes what Obed went through by using the phrase ‘Run up and down’ which suggests Obed was physically tested and had to be in good shape to become a miner.