Professional Documents
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Code : 014
Marks : 50 marks
Time : 1 Hour 15 Minutes
SECTION B: There are two parts in this section. Both parts must be answered.
B(i) Listing
B(ii) Format Writing
SECTION C: There are two questions in this section. Answer only one question.
25 marks are allocated for this question.
SECTION A
Candidates in this group show excellent understanding of the stimulus provided and they
can extract details from it to insert them appropriately and accurately into the blanks,
showing their fluency in grammar, punctuation and text completion.
These candidates have answered intelligently. They have transferred the information
correctly except for blank (4) where the candidates did not use the correct verb form after
using a modal. These candidates even managed to change ‘cycling’ to ‘cycle’ correctly.
Some of the candidates in this group have used the wrong prepositions when answering
the question. The candidates also do not fully understand how to answer this question.
The level of vocabulary is also limited.
Candidates in this group have filled in the blanks with incomplete answers. They have
transferred the wrong information into the blanks. Most of them do not know how to
expand the answers using prepositions.
This section contains two parts, whereby candidates are required to read the message
given and answer the questions.
In question B(i), candidates are required to list down the correct information accurately.
Most of the candidates in this group understand the message given as in the stimulus
and they know what Ramli must do as told by his mother. They have written their
answers in instructional form, hence, not using any pronoun, example ‘I’.
Similar to the above example, the candidates in this category have fully understood the
message by Ramli’s mother and they have used the instructional form to write Ramli’s
task. Some of them have used ‘I’ for item (b), i.e. ‘feed the cat before I leave’.
The candidates in this group have transferred wrongly as for (c), the answer should be
‘lock the door’.
Some of the candidates have stated facts which are not required when giving their
answers as in (c), it should be ‘throw the garbage’. The answers are also incomplete
and partially correct as in (a), ‘before leaving the house’.
In question B(ii), candidates are required to write a message using grammatically correct
sentences. They also have to use the information given in writing their message with
correct punctuation and spelling. Their message should be between 50 and 80 words.
Intelligently done, this group of candidates relayed the message assigned to Ramli in a
detailed manner, telling his father what he needs to do and what he, himself has to do.
These candidates have done exceptionally well when they have used the different forms
of tenses to describe what Ramli’s mother had done and what Ramli and his father need
to do – an answer that blends the present and past forms of tenses.
Candidates here have exhibited their fluency in their command of the language by
showing their ability to use mixed tenses in writing their message. They express their
thoughts very well, detailing what Ramli’s mother ‘had done’, ‘is doing’ and what Ramli
and his father need to do in a well-blended variety of tenses. Except for the ‘forgotten’,
these candidates are almost flawless in their presentation.
Candidates in this group are confused when they are answering the task. Besides
needing to write the father’s and his own tasks, the candidates only stated his tasks.
The candidates in this category have used the wrong singular or plural verb form ‘Dad
needs to fetch me after my tuition class is over’ when they write their sentences.
They have also written some distorted sentence structures in their sentences, like ‘The
chicken curry which is in the refrigerator’ (The chicken curry is in the refrigerator)
and ‘Mother said for dinner can fry some eggs’ (Mother said as for dinner, you can
fry some eggs)
This section consists of two questions. Candidates are only required to choose one
question and write a composition using the pictures and guide words or phrases in
proper grammatical sentences.
Question 1
In question C1, candidates are given three pictures and twelve guide words and phrases.
Candidates have to write a composition using the pictures and words and phrases given.
The word limit for this composition is between 80 and 100 words.
Candidates in this category have depicted a vacation trip in a very captivating approach,
detailing the journey, the arrival and then, the subsequent events with more than
sufficient vocabulary. Their use of tenses is accurate and appropriate, hence their
answer is flawless, except for ‘tooks’ which sometimes, some candidates are confused
when they inflect verbs for singular subject.
Candidates for this type of answer prefer the use of strong vocabulary. Their command
of the language is also excellent and they write an answer which exhibits a good story
flow with interesting expressions besides writing with a variety of sentence structures.
Candidates in this group have fulfilled the task. Efforts are shown in the answers but the
ideas given have limited vocabulary and are not appropriately used. The main weakness
is the wrong use of vocabulary and verb forms, as in ‘were enjoying the view...’,
‘...slept exhaustedly’, ‘...and many more’. Hence it brings down the band.
The candidates are able to write a story based on the given pictures. However there are
numerous grammatical errors such as verbs-to-be, prepositions and articles, which have
disrupted the flow of the story. Examples are ‘with a car’ should be ‘by car’; ‘It’s’ (It);
‘to reached’ (to reach); ‘to there’ (there); ‘the Danial father’ (Danial’s father); ‘It’s
was interesting’ (It was interesting).
In question C2, candidates were given four pictures and fourteen guide words and
phrases. Candidates have to write a composition using the pictures, words and phrases
given. The word limit for this composition is between 80 and 100 words.
Almost all the candidates in this group have written a well-planned story flow. Although a
strong and high level of vocabulary is missing, this answer is still an excellent one
because the events are well-sequenced, clearly detailed and a more-than-enough
elaboration is written by these candidates. Besides that, they have used the appropriate
verb forms and tenses despite the lack of a variety of sentence structures.
Candidates in this group have opted for a short introductory paragraph to describe the
character but still write within the word limit. These candidates have a flair in using the
verb forms and tenses and they used the past forms of tenses in a variety of sentence
patterns, applying the use of modals, verb-to-be and simple past tense accurately. They
have also exhibited their mastery of different types of sentences in various sentence
structures.
These candidates are able to convey a smooth storyline through a variety of sentence
structures but grammatical errors occasionally occur to pull down the band, like ‘He sell
it...’ (He sells it...); ‘...with little girl’ (with a little girl); ‘...to his daughter’ (to her
daughter) and ‘Johan came to them’ (Johan went over to them).
Candidates in this group have written a good storyline with high vocabulary to make the
story quite interesting. Nevertheless, the frequent errors in the use of verbs-to-be have
brought down the banding. Examples of the errors are, ‘her little girl was came’ (her
little girl came); ‘They was thirsty...’ (They were thirsty...); ‘...and shocked’ (...and
was shocked); and many errors pertaining to the use of ‘was’ and ‘were’.