Paper 2 · June 2019 · Comprehension
From paragraph 1.
What lifted the writer from the stool?
Model answer
a blast
Also accepted: the blast, blast, an explosion, explosion, a bomb blast, bomb blast, a terrible blast of hot air, the blast of hot air
Explanation
The word 'Then' at the start of the next sentence marks the blast as the cause of the lift.
ZIMSEC English Language 4005/2, June 2019, Q1(a)(ii)