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4062

LTE
LTE

London Tests of English

Session One: 2006

Mark Scheme
For Level 3

N15

Level Three

Session One

Mark Scheme

Task One
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Native Americans
Italian
New Amsterdam
Sunny weather/new future
Farmers / farming
1783
33,000
Immigration (from Europe) accept various spellings, but not
emigration
9. (grand) mansions / skyscrapers
10. (new) roads
11. Computer technology
12. Tourist attractions
13. Character

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Total: 15 Marks

Task Two
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

East 59th Street (allow East 59 Street)

1.5
Jeans
1.5
theyre) (really) stylish / (quite) unusual
(mark for either or both)
1.5
(It had) more mens clothes
1.5
(8) shirts
1.5
Not many/enough/sufficient (different) colours
1.5
(free) fireworks (display) (no mark for firework)
1.5
West 34th Street (allow West 34 Street)
1.5
really) crowded, busy
(or any suitable word/phrase relating to too many people)1.5
(interesting) food (from different countries)
1.5
Total: 15 Marks

Task Three (a)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

d
c
b
a
b

2
2
2
2
2
Total: 10 Marks

Task Three (b)

Writing tasks are awarded a mark out of five for each of the following four criteria
(making a possible maximum of twenty marks):
Effective Communication
The overall effectiveness of the candidates response as a piece of writing
Lexical Accuracy and Range
The appropriate use of a range of vocabulary
Grammatical Accuracy and Range
The degree of control over grammar and the variety and complexity of grammatical
structures used
Task Completion
The extend to which the candidates response fulfils the requirements set out in
the instructions for the task
Total: 20 Marks
Task Four (a)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

j
e
b
Example i
g
d
a
c

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Total: 7 Marks

Task Four (b)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

True
False
True
False
Not stated
Not stated
True

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Total: 7 Marks

Task Four (c)

Example:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

d
e
g
i
a
b
j

1
1
1
1
1
1

Total: 6 Marks
Task Five
Writing tasks are awarded a mark out of five for each of the following four criteria
(making a possible maximum of twenty marks):
Effective Communication
The overall effectiveness of the candidates response as a piece of writing
Lexical Accuracy and Range
The appropriate use of a range of vocabulary
Grammatical Accuracy and Range
The degree of control over grammar and the variety and complexity of grammatical
structures used
Task Completion
The extend to which the candidates response fulfils the requirements set out in
the instructions for the task
Total: 20 Marks

Paper Total: 100 Marks