READING 40 Marks

The assessment of reading skill follows the following structure:

Reading 1: One short reading text from the textbook with one type of comprehension question [10]

Reading 2: One short reading text from the textbook with two types of comprehension questions [10]

Reading 3: One short reading text not given in the textbook with two types of comprehension questions [10]

Reading 4: One short reading text not given in the textbook with three types of comprehension questions [10]

Note:

•  Text types for reading 3 and 4: Story, dialogue, timetable, menus,
  charts, calendar, notice, letter, news stories, brochure, biography and
  short essay.
•  The length of the text of reading 3 and 4 should not exceed 250 and 300 words respectively.

Question types:

1. True/False
2. Fill in the gaps
3. Multiple choice
4. Matching
5. Ordering
6. Short Answer Questions

Note:

•  Text type should be different for reading 1 and 2. For example, letter in
  Reading 1 and story in Reading 2.
•  Type of texts in Reading 1 and 2 should not be repeated in Reading 3 and
  4.
•  Reading 4 should at least contain three questions for testing of
  vocabulary.

I. Creative: 25 marks

The assessment of writing skill follows the following structure:

Guided writing I: paragraph, description of tables/charts/diagrams, dialog

Number of words: about 70 words

Guided writing II: news story, skeleton story, CV, leaflet/brochure

Number of words: about 70 words

Note:

•  Organization, coherence and cohesion, subject matter, appropriateness and correctness of language, range of vocabulary and layout will be assessed in the writing section.
•  The type of writing task should not be similar to any of the reading text given in the test paper.

II. Grammar: 10 marks

1. Articles [1]
2. Prepositions [1]
3. Tenses [1]
4. Connectives [1]
5. Question tags [1]
6. Reported speech [1]
7. Voice [1]
8. Reflexive Pronouns [1]
9. Subject-verb agreement [1]
10. Relative Clause [1]

Question types:

1.  Multiple choice (in a contextual passage): This should contain articles,
   prepositions, connectives, conditional sentence [5×1=5 marks]
2.  Reproduction: This should cover tense, question tag, reported speech,
   voice, and interrogation and negation [3×1=3 marks]
3.  Fill in the blanks: This should subject verb agreement [2×1=2 marks]