IGCSE First Language English 0500

Read the following extract from the novel The Woman in Black by  Susan Hill and learn how a weather could be described:

" In the end I went back to bed. I read two further chapters

of the Scott novel, though without fully taking in their
meaning, and then switched out my lamp. Spider had
settled again on the rug. It was a little after two o'clock.
It was a long time before I slept.

The first thing I noticed on the following morning was a
change in the weather. As soon as I awoke, a little before
seven, I felt that the air had a dampness in it and that it was
rather colder and, when I looked out of the window, I could
hardly see the division between land and water, water and
sky, all was a uniform grey, with thick cloud lying low over
the marsh and a drizzle. It was not a day calculated to raise
the spirits and I felt unrefreshed and nervous after the
previous night. But Spider trotted down the stairs eagerly
and cheerfully enough and I soon built up the fires again
and stoked the boiler, had a bath and breakfast and began
to feel more like my everyday self. I even went back
upstairs and along the corridor to the door of the locked
room, but there was no strange sound from within, no
sound at all."


Now give your description of the weather you have on the last morning in the comment box below.

65 comments:

  1. it was foggy here on the highway.

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  2. when my eyes opened early in the morning, my gaze only found the blackish clouds in the sky.....
    Hoat Ali Abro

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  3. i liked it with my damped heart .
    you should have explained further.

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  4. day before yesterday when i woke up early in the morning i felt cold as well as sleepy.I did not want to get up but as a matter stood that it was necessary to go to school,i got bath ate some stuffs to have myself with energy and dashed out from home towards the school.though the weather was not that much cold but as i rode bicycle the cool air was felt by me was as any ant stung me again and again.

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  5. As i woke up today every thing was changed then yesterday. the day lo
    oked steamy and there was blowing and it looked chilly then usual. Today i needed to wear the coat because of the chilly morning and cool breeze.
    Muhammad Faisal

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  6. The Day Before You Came" was digitally recorded and mixed on 20 August 1982, with the working title of "Den Lidande Fågeln" (The Suffering Bird). Apart from Fältskog's lead vocal and a vocal line of Lyngstad mixed with the instrumental, the only instruments featured on the song were Andersson's synthesizer and drum machine, Ulvaeus' acoustic guitar and a snare drum by Åke Sundqvist.

    Many years after the song was recorded, Michael Tretow, ABBA's longtime sound engineer, recalled Agnetha performing the lead with dimmed lights and said that the mood had become sad and everybody in the studio knew that 'this was the end'. On this rumour, Stephen Emms of The Guardian continues the story by saying "finishing her vocals, our heroine was to remove her headphones and walk solemnly out into the daylight, never to return".[2]

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  7. there slilty foggy around green tree as like somke and the sunlight clouds drifted across blue sky
    [aijaz ali]

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  8. The morning started with a cold air breezing. I woke up and noticed that it was very cold, the sky filled was filled with clouds.The sun was peeping from behind the clouds and i soon got my jacket wore it and move to have breakfast.There came an sound from the room it sounded like as something fell in my room.i ran towards my room in a sense of fear , may something expansive have not fall. As i opened the door the cat had drunk the milk and and the jug fell. i cleaned the room and locked it. WAQAR AHMED GOPANG

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  9. as i woke yesterday i felt something freaky. soon i apprehended that the piercing cold and the strange darkness was what i felt mysterious moments before. i stood up and and craned my neck out of window . i noticed that the whole city was immersed in deep abyss of mist and fog. i could hear clearly the honking of vehicles but i could see nothing.danial

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  10. very good story but the words are difficult.
    SHARIATULLAH

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    1. You should use the dictionary for new words. Words are not difficult: they are new.
      You should tell about weather.

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    2. a very good appreciating style but you should give furthur comments that what more words can make it more beautiful>>>

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  11. it was a sunlit afternoon.The huge hot ball was fiery lit and my eyes dazzled i was marching towards my workplace - my sweat flew as the melting of a glacier.


    by: Remy Baloch

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    1. is it baltistan you visit with mubashir rafique???????

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  12. a sprinkle twilights the wet earth along with the beam of red and yellow contrast sun today...... . Nikhil

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  13. It was the worst of time , it was summer of despair. the sun was shinning ,shinning so bright.i opened my eyes perturbed.

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  14. I woke up today early in the morning with the freshness of my mind feeling cool.Air was very cold and saying me get up look around you whats weather is?sun is lightly shredded.
    Mohsin Ali

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    1. how the air saying you the air don't say us

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  15. it was moderate as expected but when my eyes opened i felt something that puzzled my consistent consciousness i ventured toward the external look of the crunch of sky i found a piercing sunlight clutching the clouds and diminishing in my shallow shutters of window the scene was faded as the dull smoke filled the horizon it gave me a seen of inshrouding the ostentatious strength of the glistening sunlight



    by:Fahad Junejo

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    1. WELL BRO, It must be apperichatable

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    2. welldone! that is nice and i can briefly say that u will Insha Allah get {A*} IN THE ENGLISH FIRST LANGUAGE>>>

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  16. Today i wake up and it was the time when the sun was a raise and stars was hit and i was feeling sleepy and when the cool air touching my body and my face and i opened my eyes and saw the sun
    I don't want to go out of my doom because of cool air and a cold weather but i necessary go school
    SANDESH KUMAR

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  17. the light beacons my ironcly face and i stood .after warm bath i had a great bnrakfast and i moved to school .the weather seemed to be harsh at natural greenry and initially i felt drizzle spreading in surroundings but it quitely cleared out in minute...... jagdesh

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    1. it is not ''bnrakfast'' but it is ''breakfas''t>>>

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  18. it has witten such an amalgamation of relative family of words and its form,which useful to write a better narrative story [Rana Tabraiz].

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  19. It was cold morning with big black clouds which give an horror scenery.Suddenly i saw the ray of sun which passes from the clouds like a lazer.....................Sheeraz Shabir Abro

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  20. i wake up today in the morning about 5:40. I felt very much bad because last night i slept very late about 12:30. When i opened my eyes there before me the P.T teacher was standing. The cold was blowing and the weather was very cold but rather then this i changed and went to P.T.

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    1. IT WAS FROM ME SIR ( ZUHAIB ALI THAHEEM)
      THANKS

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  21. Weather was changed as object at the distance were less visible at the time of sun rise and fog was filled in whole horizon. it was first day for most of us to bath with warm water. Rafeu

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  22. VERY FRESH MORNING.......

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  23. I WAS NOT WALK UP...................................

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  24. I wake up today in the morning about 5:40.I felt very bad because last night i slept very late about 12:30. When i opened my eyes there before me the P.T teacher was standing. The cold was blowing and the weather was very cold but rather then this i changed to sport dress and went to P.T BY : ZUHAIB ALI THAHEEM

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  25. when i wake up in morning the weather was wretched,i had not identify things around me.i felt like in the cold smokes......By Ali Raza

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  26. use dictionary with the article, some words are difficult for understand.And all things are very nice.
    AMEER HAMZA

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    1. GOOD PIECE OF ADVICE BUT YOU HAVE TO DEDICATE TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT WELL IN ENGLISH AND VOCABLARY>>>

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  27. Early in the morning when i woke up it's was foggy and chilly morning.I hardly seems any thing with my naked eyes only i listened the giggling of birds "ASHHAD"

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  28. mirwais khan ziaratwalOctober 28, 2014 at 1:42 AM

    once it happened that i got up at night around 3 o,clock .i just dashed out from room and went towards the washroom.i felt sleepy and unknowingly went upstairs and just entered the upper washroom,every thing seemed was strange from those of our washroom where i always went.this was a kind of funny fair which took place with me some weeks ago

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    1. YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO CONTROL YOUR PRESSURE OTHERWISE. . . YOU CAN ALSO COME TO MY ROOM IN SLEEPY MODE BECAUSE I AM NEARER TO YOUR ROOM, SO PLEASE NEXT TIME BE AWARE ABOUT THIS THING>>>

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    2. mirwais khan ziaratwalNovember 26, 2014 at 10:08 PM

      it was just a imagery story and you are not supposed to reply on any thing .Concentrate on your own writting

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  29. WATCHING OF TV
    TV is a source of communication. But nowadays many other things are available on the TV such as advertisements of different companies, dramas, talk shows, Cartoon for the children, Entertainment shows & news reports.
    TV brought a great revolution in the modern world. Make a lot of things easy to know that make easy to know what are happening in the world & what a new things are invent, e.g. wars, friendships treaties between the countries.
    Watching of TV is one of the hobbies of most people
    AMEER HAMZA 8043

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  30. Impact of excessive screen-viewing on young kids; children are three to four times more likely to spend on watching TV or playing games on computer if their parents do same.Parents are have to spend less time on watching screen.If parents will spend less time on watching TV, likely their children use less time.Mostly children use TV because of lack impact of their parents on their children. There are lot of risk of using more time on TV watching, cardiovascular disease increased risk of obesity in children.

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  31. very good story. but there are difficult words. it is quite understandable.

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  32. Sir:
    The youngster of our country are watching T.V most of their time when they feel they have free so they switch on the T.V.In this modern world i think that the youngsters should watch T.V because to increase their knowledge and now a days i think the news and other thing are on T.V.and if in this modern world,Someone don't watch T.V so he or she can't compare or take step with the world because he don't know WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS WORLD?
    Their are some disadvantage of T.V if someone watch T.V more so his/her eye-site will weak and if some children watching T.V so they will change and some of them going on wrong way
    SANDESH KUMAR

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  33. day before yesterday when i woke up early in the morning i felt cold as well as sleepy.I did not want to get up but as a matter stood that it was necessary to go to school,i got bath ate some stuffs to have myself with energy and dashed out from home towards the school.though the weather was not that much cold but as i rode bicycle the cool air was felt by me was as any ant stung me again and again.

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  34. I wake up in the morning today but recognized very angered because at 5:30 the P.T teacher came and said to me to change the night dress into sport dress my heart was saying to me at that time that kill the P.T teacher because at that time the cold weather was.But rather then to see the cold weather i got changed and went to P.T BY :(ADRASH CHAWLA)

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    1. i wake up in a very boring mode because today is the chemistry test

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    2. today sir shafiq wake us for morning pt we enjoy the fresh air and after exercising for half hour we returned back to house and after taking a bath all the house gathered in the front of the house attendence was taken by the prefectorial team and then all proceed towards mensa ;hassan moin

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  35. What are the benefits of studying Cambridge IGCSE First Language English?

    The First Language English syllabus will develop students' ability to communicate accurately, appropriately and effectively in speech and writing. Students will be encouraged to use relevant vocabulary, to employ correct grammar, spelling and punctuation, and to display a sense of style and audience. While there is a strong emphasis on reading and writing skills, an optional test or school-based assessment in speaking/listening is available.

    The syllabus will help students to understand and respond appropriately to what they see, hear and experience, and to enjoy the full variety of the English language. In addition, it will complement their other studies by developing general skills such as the ability to analyse, synthesise, make inferences, order facts and present opinions.

    A study of First Language English will promote personal development and an understanding of self and others. The aims of IGCSE English as a First Language are to:

    enable students to communicate accurately, appropriately and effectively in speech and writing;
    enable students to understand and respond appropriately to what they hear, read and experience;
    encourage students to enjoy and appreciate variety of language;
    complement students' other areas of study by developing skills of a more general application (e.g. analysis, synthesis, drawing of inferences);
    promote students' personal development and an understanding of themselves and others.

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  36. mirwais khan ziaratwalNovember 26, 2014 at 10:20 PM

    Descriptive writing
    topic=the stranger
    He sited himself on a whitely painted rock,rested his backbone on a behind wall,seemed as was days without food,some parts were covered with the clothes,had a ups and downs on his forehead,the shoulders tolerated the burden of the head which seemed stationary,

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