QUESTION 5: USING LANGUAGE CORRECTLY

Question

Read TEXT F, which contains some deliberate errors, and answer the set questions.
TEXT F
THE REALITY OF WHAT MAKES PEOPLE CLICK
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Do you know who created the world’s first social network? It was the
person who kindled the first fire. The fire’s loud crackling; billowing smoke,
and beautiful orange glow attracted others in the village towards it.
Fire became a cornerstone of human survival. It was instrumental in
protecting the village from predators, cooking food, and providing light in
the dark. And it transformed how people connected. The light from a fire
extended the day giving humans more time to connect, providing warmth
that wondrously enabled relationships to deepen like never before.
Fireside conversations put people on the same emotional wavelength, elicit
understanding, and elevate trust and empathy, ultimately strengthening
people’s social networks.
Fire then, and still today, cultivated so much connection between people
because it created a shared reality. Individuals were jointly experiencing
something beyond themselves in real-time.
According to Columbia University psychologist Maya Rossignac-Milon, the
theory of shared reality suggests that we are most likely to feel closer to
each other when we turn our mutual attention to something beyond
ourselves.
Shared reality is the third party in any social connection. And it matters. It's
not enough to have common interests with a friend or colleague but to
share experiences together.
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7 According to Paul Eastwick, a professor of psychology at the University of
California at Davis who studies close relationships, “Shared reality serves as
a reminder that similarity is often a thing that two people create or
discover together in the moment. It wasn’t ‘there’ on paper before the
interaction took place.”
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Sourced and adapted from: Jenkins, R. 2023. The Reality of What Makes People Click: Connection
with someone takes more than common interests. It takes this. 13 March 2023. (Online) [Accessed
13 August 2024].
QUESTIONS: TEXT F
5.1 Refer to the title. Provide a synonym for the word “click”. (1)
5.2 Refer to paragraph 1, line 2. Correct the punctuation error. (1)
5.3 Refer to paragraph 2. “Fire became a cornerstone of human survival.”
What type of sentence is this?
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5.4 Refer to paragraph 2, line 7. Provide the noun form of the verb
“extended” by changing only the suffix of the word.
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5.5 Correct the concord error in paragraph 3. (1)
5.6 Identify the following parts of speech:
5.6.1 wavelength (paragraph 3) (1)
5.6.2 between (paragraph 4) (1)
5.6.3 experiencing (paragraph 4) (1)
5.7 Refer to paragraph 7. State the function of the apostrophe in line 25. (1)
5.8 Refer to paragraph 7. Name the punctuation mark used to highlight the
word ‘there’ in line 25. (1

Answer 1

5.1 A synonym for the word "click" in the context of the title is "connect." (1)

5.2 The punctuation error in paragraph 1, line 2 can be corrected by replacing the semicolon with a comma: "the fire’s loud crackling, billowing smoke, and beautiful orange glow attracted others in the village towards it." (1)

5.3 The sentence “Fire became a cornerstone of human survival” is a declaring sentence. (1)

5.4 The noun form of the verb "extended" is "extension." (1)

5.5 The concord error in paragraph 3 can be corrected by changing "put people" to "puts people": "Fireside conversations put/puts people on the same emotional wavelength." (1)

5.6 Identify the following parts of speech:

• 5.6.1 wavelength (paragraph 3) - noun (1)
• 5.6.2 between (paragraph 4) - preposition (1)
• 5.6.3 experiencing (paragraph 4) - verb (1)

5.7 The function of the apostrophe in line 25 is to indicate possession. The phrase "two people’s" shows that the similarity belongs to or is attributed to the two people. (1)

5.8 The punctuation mark used to highlight the word ‘there’ in line 25 is quotation marks. (1)