Paper 2 · Comprehension
From paragraph 7. What gave the author a clue that there was something dead in the area?
Model answer
vultures
Also accepted: the vultures, the presence of vultures, he saw vultures, circling vultures, vultures circling, the presence of vultures circling
Explanation: The answer rests on general knowledge the passage assumes: vultures circle over dead bodies. Paragraph 7 opens with the author seeing them in the air west of the river.
ZIMSEC English Language 4005/2, November 2019, Q1(d)(i)
