Paper 2 · 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)
