Friday, April 7, 2017

1617 2nd Test Key

A. Comprehension I.
-0.5 per mistake, 1% goes to grammatical mistakes and 1% goes to key answer

1. What does Tim’s family like doing on Saturdays?
They like swimming on Saturdays/ they like to swim on Saturdays.
Tim's family like/ likes (OK)
Saturday (-0.5 for missing -s)

2. Why did Tim’s family have dim sum for lunch instead of lunch buffet?
It was because the dim sum was cheaper/ the lunch buffet was more expensive.
It was because ... (-1 for missing "it was")
... cost 500 dollars without comparing the price (cheaper/ more expensive) (-0.5 from key answer)

3. When did Tim’s mum take him to the fresh market?
  She brought Tim to the fresh market in the afternoon/ after lunch. 

4. Where did Tim’s family celebrate Dad’s birthday?
  They celebrated Dad’s birthday at home.


5. Who can eat a lot in Tim’s family?
  Tim’s father can eat a lot in their family.
Father/ Dad (OK)

6. How would you celebrate your parent’s birthday?
  Students’ answers.


 A. Comprehension II.
-1 per mistakes about spelling/ copying/ key answer/ unclear answer (MIND YOUR HANDWRITING)
-0.5 for spacing/ capitalization

(1) Kids’ Magazine (-0.5 if missing or misplace s')
(2) reporter
(3) visit/ visit the
(4) excited
(5) spacesuit (-1 for extra -s)
(6) stay/ go
(7) isn’t
(8) special
(9) crumbs/ bread/ bread bits/ food
(10) dangerous

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the following diary. (12% @ 1%)

(1) _______is/was________ (be)
(2) _______went______ (go)
(3) ___sailed______ (sail)
(4) _______fished_____ (fish)
(5) _____did______ (do) not (6) ____catch____ (catch)
(7) ________looked_____ (look)
(8) _______fell_________ (fall)
(9) _____will visit__ (visit)
(10) ___will watch_____ (watch)
(11) _are shopping _____ (shop)
(12) _____is_____ (be)

C. Underline the wrong words and correct the mistakes. There is ONE mistake in each    sentence. (18% @ 2%)

1.  does; is            
2. consideratest; most considerate      
3. go; went          
4. cross; across            
5. humorous; intelligent/smart/clever  
6. buy; bought          
7. on; upon          
8. tells; told            
9. bad; worst          



D. Read the maps and complete the conversations. (10% @ 1%)
-0.5 per mistake if the answer is more than 1 words
-1 per mistake if the answer is only 1 word
-0.5 per spacing/ capitalization mistakes

(1) how to get to (ignore the pencil mark on the paper if you put down "how can I get to", this is to remind students about using inversion in English. Since this was not taught explicitly (not part of the key structure) so no points will be taken off)
(2) go out of
(3) turn right
(4) straight ahead
(5) next to

(6) walk across
(7) right
(8) on
(9) left
(10) opposite


E.   Fill in the blanks with appropriate question words. Each word should be used ONCE only.
(6% @ 1%)
1. How

2. What

3. Where

4. Who (-1 if you put down "What" because each word can only be used once only as in the instruction)

5. Why

6. When

F. Fill in the blanks with the correct prepositions. (10% @ 1%)
1. off
2. on/ off/ out of (in/ into/ out is not acceptable)
3. along/ past/ on/ off (in/ into is not acceptable)
4. in
5. on
6. for/ by
7. on/ for
8. to
9. at (in is not acceptable because "in the end" refers to the time)
10. at

G. Guided Writing (22%)

No points will be given or taken off from "My notes" because Candy will not send out her notes with the invitation card/ email to Ron.
Marks are distributed as below.

Content ~ Developed /Complete            10%
Format:
(0.5) Dear  (0.5)Ron,
(-0.5) Best wishes,
(0.5) Candy
(1) What
(1) Why
(1) When (-1 for today, she would have called instead if the party was on that day/ was that urgent!)
(1) Where
(2) How
(1) Introduction/ greetings
(1) Ending/ asking for reply

Organisation (logical flow of your writing) 3%
(3) A, (2) B, (1) C, (0) F

Accuracy ~ Grammar/ Spelling/ Punctuation    6%
(2%) Grammar/ (2%) Spelling/ (2%)Punctuation

Others ~ Paragraphing/Tidiness             3%
(1.5%)-0.5 per inappropriate paragraphing
(1.5%)Tidiness



 





 -END-

No comments:

Post a Comment