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Question: Question 2 Read the following text critically and answer the questions set. Bear in mind that your response to each question should be guided by mark allocation, instructional key verb and main content knowledge that is relevant. TEXT A The rise of the screenagers Wired-in teenagers, or “screenagers” are the most affected by the Internet’s forces of change. By the time they reach their 20s, the average student will have digested 30 000 hours of digital information. A Kaiser Institute survey of eight to 18-year-olds found that the total amount of leisure time devoted to media – almost all of it digital – was nearly the same as a full-time job. And it’s no wonder, says Willim Powers, author of Hamlet’s Blackberry . . .. “Everything they see and hear around them tells them the screen is where all the fun and action are. The occasional news reports tut-tutting digital addiction can’t undo a thousand others touting the new ‘must-have’ gadget, the social networks everyone is joining, and so on. This is how, we, grown-ups, are teaching them to live, implicitly and explicitly, with a conviction they can’t fail to miss.” Source: True Love, July-September 2024, p.130 2.1 A suffix is a morpheme added at the end of a word. Explain the grammatical function of the underlined suffix in each of the word listed below: 2.1.1 devoted 2.1.2 digital 2.1.3 implicitly (3 marks) 2.2 Write down a suitable synonym for each of the following words taken from the text. Pay attention to context. 2.2.1 digested 2.2.2 occasional 2.2.3 chatting (3 marks) 2.3 Each of the words listed below is conjoined into one word. Refer to these words and do the following. grown-ups multitaskers 2.3.1 Provide a name that is used to refer to conjoined words in English. (1 marks) 2.3.2 Identify the two words that make up each of the word listed above. (4 marks) 2.4 There are different types of sentences in English. These include a simple sentence, a compound sentence and a complex sentence. Based on this knowledge, study the sentence listed below and do the following: By the time they reach their 20s, the average student will have digested 30 000 hours of digital information. 2.4.1 Identify the type of a sentence listed above. (1 mark) 2.4.2 Justify your answer by referring to the sentence. (3 marks) 2.5 Construct a sentence where you have used a sentence type that is different from the one used above and do the following: 2.5.1 Identify the type of a sentence you have used. (1 mark) 2.5.2 Justify your answer by referring to the sentence. (2 marks) 2.6 The word “screenagers” in TEXT A above is in inverted commas. Why do you think the author used this punctuation mark? (2 marks) [20 marks]
2.1 A suffix is a morpheme added at the end of a word. Explain the grammatical function of the underlined suffix in each of the words listed below: 2.1.1 devoted - The suffix "-ed" creates the past participle form of the verb "devote," indicating that the action of devoting has been completed. 2.1.2 digital - The suffix "-al" transforms the noun "digit" into an adjective, indicating that something is related to or characterized by digits. 2.1.3 implicitly - The suffix "-ly" converts the adjective "implicit" into an adverb, describing the manner in which something is done (in this case, done in an implicit manner). (3 marks) 2.2 Write down a suitable synonym for each of the following words taken from the text. Pay attention to context: 2.2.1 digested - absorbed 2.2.2 occasional - infrequent 2.2.3 chatting - talking (3 marks) 2.3 Each of the words listed below is conjoined into one word. Refer to these words and do the following: 2.3.1 Provide a name that is used to refer to conjoined words in English: Compound words (1 mark) 2.3.2 Identify the two words that make up each of the words listed above: grown-ups: grown + ups multitaskers: multi + taskers (4 marks) 2.4 There are different types of sentences in English. These include a simple sentence, a compound sentence, and a complex sentence. Based on this knowledge, study the sentence listed below and do the following: By the time they reach their 20s, the average student will have digested 30 000 hours of digital information. 2.4.1 Identify the type of sentence listed above: Complex sentence (1 mark) 2.4.2 Justify your answer by referring to the sentence: The sentence is complex because it contains an independent clause ("the average student will have digested 30 000 hours of digital information") and a dependent clause ("By the time they reach their 20s"). The dependent clause cannot stand alone and provides additional information about the time frame in which the main action occurs. (3 marks) 2.5 Construct a sentence where you have used a sentence type that is different from the one used above and do the following: 2.5.1 Identify the type of sentence you have used: Simple sentence (1 mark) 2.5.2 Justify your answer by referring to the sentence: Example sentence: "The screenagers are always online." This is a simple sentence because it contains only one independent clause, which is a complete thought on its own. (2 marks) 2.6 The word “screenagers” in TEXT A above is in inverted commas. Why do you think the author used this punctuation mark? The author likely used inverted commas to indicate that "screenagers" is a coined term or a neologism. By placing the word in inverted commas, the author signals to the reader that this is a relatively new or context-specific term that might not be widely recognized or accepted in formal language. (2 marks) [Total: 20 marks]
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