ANSWER SCHEME MIDYEAR

SECTION A
1. They there
2. Is are
3. On at
4. At - in
5. Meets meet
6. Were was
7. At in
8. Has have
9. Arrives arrive
10. Starts start
SECTION B
11. False
12. True
13. False
14. True
15. True
16. Bunga National Park
17. Miss Aida
18. a) The Dissappearing of Monarch Butterfly
b) Organic Life
c) Our Shrinking Forests
d) Jewellery Making
19. to create awareness about environment (accept any possible answers)

SECTION C
20. begin at a very young age
21. due to their ever-changing emotional needs / immediate environmental influence.(or both)
22. a) multi-racial

b) friendships
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23. a) have similar interest with them
b) be with them through good and bad times
c) share their success and failures
24. nice / clever / share same hobbies / accept any possible answers
SECTION D
25. I Wonder
26. Jeannie Kirby
27. Wind
28. 10 / ten
29.

Green
b.
c.

seen

d.

nest

rest

e. sky

high

round

found

f. suppose

knows

Column A
takes a rest
the missing bit
blow out
fluffy
not quite round

out

Column B
part that is not there
fade away
Not full
Become stationary
Soft like cotton balls

30.

SECTION E
31.
2

about

[1 mark]
[1 mark]
[1 mark]
[1 mark]

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The students can answer the guiding questions given and write it in the form of an

essay.
They essay must have an introduction / body / conclusion

BAND

MARK

Excellent

21 25

Credit

16 20

Achievement

11 15

Weak

6 10

Very Weak

BAND DESCRIPTORS

RANGE

15

Task fulfilled with ideas and details well-developed and well-organised.

Language is accurate with first draft slips.
Varied sentence structures are used effectively to convey meaning.
Vocabulary is apt and widely used.
Accurate use of mechanics of writing.
Interest of the reader is aroused and sustained.
Task fulfilled with ideas and details developed and organised.
Language is largely accurate with few minor errors.
Simple and compound sentence structures are accurate.
Vocabulary is wide enough but lack precision.
Almost always accurate use of spelling, punctuation and paragraphing.
Interest of the reader is aroused but not sustained.
Task fulfilled with ability to develop some ideas but lacks details; ideas
adequately organised.
Language is sufficiently accurate with frequent serious errors.
Simple and compound sentence structures are attempted.
Vocabulary is sufficient to convey meaning.
Some errors in spelling, punctuation and paragraphing.
Task partially fulfilled with ideas less developed; ideas lacking
organisation.
Language is barely accurate with frequent serious errors that hamper
reading.
Vocabulary is limited.
Serious errors in spelling, punctuation and paragraphing.
Task hardly fulfilled; ideas lack cohesion.
High density of errors; meaning is hardly conveyed.