Write five sentences about the situation in the picture below.

You may use the words

in the boxes to help you.

family

lunch

kitchen

grandmother

wiping

stove

playing

toy

frying

fish

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Suggested Answers

Ali and his family members are busy in the kitchen.

His grandmother is preparing drinks for lunch.

Ali is wiping the table with a piece of cloth.

His little brother is playing with a toy car on the floor.

Alis mother is frying some fish at the stove.

Marking Scheme
General Guidelines For Teachers

Read the answer script as a whole

Place in a band

Reread and identify the errors

Use symbols for errors or new words or interesting expressions

Decide and reconfirm the band

Award marks accordingly

Do not correct the sentences

BAND (Marks)
Aspect

Completion
of Task
Grammar

(9 10)

(7 8)

(5 6)

(1 4)

Task is very
well-fulfilled

Task is fulfilled

Task is almost
fulfilled

Task is partially
fulfilled

All sentences
constructed
correctly.

Most sentences
constructed
correctly; a few
single word
errors found

Some single
word errors
found

Poor use of
language

Vocabulary

Words used
correctly

Words used
correctly

Most words
used correctly

Some correct
use of words

Spelling /
Punctuation

No spelling or
punctuation
error

A few spelling or
punctuation
errors

Some spelling
or punctuation
errors

Many spelling or
punctuation
errors found

Variety of
sentence
structures

Variety of
sentence
structures
although
occasional
errors may
occur

Simple
sentences with
minor errors

Disorganised
sentence
structures

Ideas wellpresented and

relevant to the
stimulus

Satisfactory
presentation of
ideas and
relevant to the
stimulus

Meaning is still
clear

Chunk of words
but meaning is
still clear

Sentence
Structure

Presentation
of Ideas