CERTIFICATE for GENERAL EDUCATION SEMESTER ONE SAMPLE QUESTIONS (2006 / 07) LISTENING ( 15 mks)

LST 1 (6 mks) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. B C B C B A (three) (600) (visitors from Europe) (on the coast) (Wednesday) (asks)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE MARKING GUIDE, page 1 GRAMMAR (7.5

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. by these to and the

VOCABULARY ( 7.5 mks)

VOC 1 (2.5 mks) 1. decided 2. attacked 3. called 4. took 5. lost Notes: Ignore spelling mistakes, as long as correct answer is clear. VOC 2 ( 2.5 marks) 6. G 7. C 8. K 9. D 10. A depressed diplomat whisper merchant rude

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1. E 2. F 3. D 4. J 5. A 6. I

READING ( 20 mks)
RDG 1 (6 marks)

GRM 1 (2.5 marks)

Notes: Accept letter or word(s) or both (if matching). LST 2 ( 5 mks) 7. seven to eight hours 8. stress and eating 9. both beverages have caffeine 10. eating many keep people awake 11. counting sheep Notes: Ignore spelling or grammar mistakes, if answer is otherwise correct. LST 3 ( 4 mks) 12. 13. 14. 15. G C E A (Disasters) (Economy) (Crime) (Sport)

Notes: Answers must be spelt correctly. GRM 2 ( 2.5 marks) 6. (C ) were rebuilt 7. (D ) aside 8. ( B ) since 9. ( A) themselves 10. ( D ) Who Notes: Answers must be spelt correctly. GRM 3 ( 2.5 marks) 11. anywhere 12. gone 13.did 14. will 15. in

Notes: Letters must be clearly legible. RDG 2 ( 6 marks) 7. (85) years 8. 2,000 million 9. September 10.France 11. farmer 12. hungry Notes: Ignore spelling or grammar mistakes, if answer is otherwise correct. RDG 3 ( 8 marks) 13. B (name) 14. B (2) 15. A (nearby) 16. B (one) 17. C ( police station) 18. A ( mother) 19. C ( Brain) 20. C the Lost Child Notes: Accept letter or word(s) or both (if matching).

Notes: Accept letter or word(s) or both (if matching). VOC 3 ( 2.5 marks) 11. cheerful 12. preserve 13. delicious 14.wrinkled 15.communication

Notes: Letters must be clearly legible.

Notes: Half-a-mark each. Accept alternative grammatical forms of the correct word.

Notes: Half-a-mark each. Answers must be spelt correctly.

CERTIFICATE for GENERAL EDUCATION SEMESTER ONE SAMPLE QUESTIONS (2006 / 07) WRT A.1 (4 mks) WRT A.2 (6 mks)
Description and comment are obviously appropriate. Meaning is clear, and language shows a good level of accuracy and range. Description and comment are appropriate and meaning is sufficiently clear. However, language is very limited in range and/or contains several noticeable errors. Task is attempted, but only partially or in a limited way. OR Language contains frequent errors, and meaning may be unclear in parts. A very unsatisfactory attempt at the task: much too short, or of dubious relevance, or language is seriously flawed.

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Conveys all the information in a coherent, well-organised way. Language is mostly correct.

Conveys the information with reasonable coherence, but with several noticeable language errors OR Conveys the information in language which is reasonably correct, but writing lacks coherence.

Manages to convey most of the information, but there are frequent language errors and noticeable problems with coherence.

Important information is missing or unclear. Language errors are frequent and serious, and writing obviously lacks coherence.

Conveys very little information; language is very limited, disjointed and seriously flawed.

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No attempt at the task: EITHER Irrelevant. (Not related to the picture) OR No writing at all, or not written in English. OR Complete nonsense.

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No attempt at the task: EITHER Irrelevant. (Not related to the information given in the box) OR Words simply copied from the question with no attempt at linking or sentence-formation. OR No writing at all, or not written in English. OR Complete nonsense.

CERTIFICATE for GENERAL EDUCATION SEMESTER ONE SAMPLE QUESTIONS (2006 / 07) WRITING B (8 mks)
OPTION ONE: Topic/ Title/ Question Discusses the topic in a lively, interesting way. Writing is well-organised and clear. Not many language errors.

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Discusses the topic reasonably well, but there are several noticeable language errors.

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Manages a limited discussion of the topic, but writing lacks clarity and coherence, and contains frequent errors.

4.5
Makes some attempt to discuss the topic, but the resulting text is obviously incomplete and sometimes unclear. Language used is limited and/or contains frequent serious errors.

4.5

A very feeble attempt to discuss the topic. Very little relevant content. Language is extremely limited or seriously distorted.

1.5
No attempt at the task: EITHER Irrelevant. (Not related to the topic/ task.) OR No writing at all, or not written in English. OR Complete nonsense.

1.5