Level 1 Reading & Writing Paper AA120 2020 Key and Mark Scheme

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Section W1 (25 marks)

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Usual criteria apply. Half marks may be awarded in this section.

Content organisation 5 marks

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Accuracy 5 marks
Range of vocabulary and structure 5 marks
Appropriacy of tone and register 5 marks

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Task completion 5 marks

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Section W2 (15 marks)

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A single mark out of 15 is awarded for both parts of section W2. Give marks according to
the following mark scheme.

Sa
Usual criteria apply. Half marks may be awarded in this section.

Content organisation/ Appropriacy 5 marks

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Accuracy 5 marks
Task completion (including range of language) 5 marks
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Section R1 (13 marks)

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No half marks to be awarded in this section, unless specifically allocated to an answer.

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Mark these questions using the marking criteria provided below.

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1. She wore a dress (1) made from birch tree wood/Ioncell. (1)
2. It involves/means destroying/cutting down [large] areas of trees. (2)
3. Seeing famous people wear the clothes will make the public interested/persuade
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them to try sustainable fashion. (2)

2 marks 1 mark 0 marks

Question fully answered. Question partially answered The question is not answered or
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Any spelling and grammar and/or is answered incorrectly

mistakes do not impede Spelling and grammar impede And/or
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understanding. understanding but correct answer Spelling and grammar make it

Only the information required by can still be deduced impossible to deduce the answer
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the question is given and/or

Superfluous information is
included in the answer arising
from too much text being lifted
from the original

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4. T (1)
5. F (1)

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6. C (1)
7. B (1)

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8. C (1)

For questions 9 – 10 ignore spelling mistakes arising from miscopying

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9. requested (½) costly (½)

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10. admit (½) mainstream (½)

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Section R2 (7 marks) 1 mark for each correct answer.
No half marks to be awarded in this section. Sa
1. B
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2. E
3. C
4. A
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5. F
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6. B
7. C
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Section R3 (10 marks) 1 mark for each correct answer.

No half marks can be awarded.
Ex

1. A kept
2. C tried
3. B would
4. C knew
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5. A have been
6. D speak
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7. C made
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8. D put
9. A clean
10. B shopping

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Section W3 (10 marks)

2 marks for each fully correct answer.

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One mark for each correct part of the sentence, divided as shown below. Different
contractions are acceptable (e.g. we had / we’d). Only accept wordings provided below.
Words in square brackets [ ] are optional. No half marks to be awarded.

Pa
Prompt 1 mark 1 mark
1. It’s high time Rachel got off the sofa and did some exercise.

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2. If my friend hadn’t told me about the party/it, I wouldn’t have known about it/the party.

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3. Rarely do I [ever] get the chance to play video games.

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4. Joey asked Mark if he (accept she) wanted anything from the shop.
5. The hall is being Sa prepared [by the students] for the school disco.

Section R4 (10 marks)

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1 mark for each fully correct answer. Allow half marks for minor, phonetic spelling errors.
Ignore capital letters.
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1. forgetting
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2. soon
3. fell/tripped
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4. so
5. would
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6. was
7. off/away
8. much
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9. managed
10. until
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gl
An

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Section R5 (10 marks)

Half marks may be awarded in this section. Mark these questions using the marking criteria

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provided below.

1 mark ½ mark 0 marks

The word is the correct part of
speech with the correct spelling.
Capital letters not necessary for
full mark.
Pa
The word is the correct part of The word is the incorrect part of
speech with phonetically speech and/or unrecognisable
recognisable spelling spelling

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1. delighted
2. favourite

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3. differently
4. leader
5.
6.
monthly
width
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7. disqualified
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8. poisonous
9. majority
10. hopeful
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Ex
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gl
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