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Junior Cycle English: Interviews, podcasts and radio

How often Interviews, podcasts and radio comes up on the English papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

HL Asked on 2 of the last 8 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

OL Asked on 1 of the last 8 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2017.

Interviews, podcasts and radio, Higher Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Interviews, podcasts and radio.

(a)Which type of interview question usually gets the fullest answer?
  1. A closed question
  2. An open question
  3. A yes-or-no question
(b)With no pictures to rely on, what does a radio drama mainly use to create its setting?
  1. Costumes and set design
  2. Camera angles
  3. Sound effects and voices
(c)A podcast host says 'That's a great point, go on...' What skill is the host showing?
  1. Active listening
  2. Interrupting the guest
  3. Closed questioning
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(a) An open question

(b) Sound effects and voices

(c) Active listening

Your turn: Higher Level questions on Interviews, podcasts and radio.

Higher Level

Asked on 2 of the last 8 Higher Level papers, most recently in 2025.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Q8, Q9
2024Not asked
2023Not asked
2022Not asked
2019Not asked
2018Not asked
2017Q1

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Interviews, podcasts and radio questions

Interviews, podcasts and radio, 2 marks

A podcast script includes the note [MUSIC FADES]. What is this note?

  1. A line the host reads out
  2. A caption shown on screen
  3. A sound cue, not spoken
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A sound cue, not spoken

Notes in square brackets or capitals tell the producer what to do with sound. They are never read aloud, just like stage directions in a play script.

Ordinary Level

Asked on 1 of the last 8 Ordinary Level papers, most recently in 2017.

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Not asked
2024Not asked
2023Not asked
2022Not asked
2019Not asked
2018Not asked
2017Q1, Q2, Q16

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

More Interviews, podcasts and radio questions

Interviews, podcasts and radio, 2 marks

In an interview transcript, what does the letter Q usually mark?

  1. A quotation from a book
  2. The guest's answer
  3. The interviewer's question
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The interviewer's question

Transcripts label who is speaking. Q or the interviewer's name marks each question; A or the guest's name marks each answer.

Interviews, podcasts and radio, 3 marks

Which question will get the fullest answer from an interview guest?

  1. Did you enjoy living in Galway as a child?
  2. What was it like growing up in Galway?
  3. Were you born in Galway or somewhere else?
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What was it like growing up in Galway?

An open question (what, how, why) invites a full answer. A closed question can be answered in a word or two, so the guest says little.

Interviews, podcasts and radio, 3 marks

A radio play has no pictures. What does it rely on to set the scene?

  1. Sound effects and voices
  2. Camera angles and lighting
  3. Costumes and make-up
Show the answer

Sound effects and voices

Radio audiences only hear, so footsteps, rain, music and the actors' voices must create the place and mood in the listener's imagination.

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