MARK SCHEME 1119/2

SECTION A

Answers
1 D 9 C
2 A 10 B
3 A 11 D
4 C 12 A
5 B 13 B
6 C 14 C
7 B 15 D
8 D

SECTION B

16. Proboscis Monkey

17. Black Shrew
18. Malayan Tiger
19. Bornean Pygmy Elephant
20. Malayan Tiger
21. elephant and rhino
22. Ivory goods
23. critically endangered
24. Mount Kinabalu, Sabah
25. coastal mangroves,(Borneo)
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SECTION C : READING COMPREHENSION AND SUMMARY

No Answer Line Mark

26. In her 80s 5 1 mark

27.
a. Ron Kovic 12 1 mark
b. The wheelchair ramps have sharp edges 19 1 mark
28.
a.i. Scarlet 32 1 mark
a.ii. Play to her vanity/ he told her how stunning her legs were 34/35 1 mark
b. The writer hurried into the ambulance without a word 43 1 mark
29.
i. Humanity personified 50/51 1 mark
ii. Kindest of strangers 52 1 mark
30. (Accept any relevant answers)
i. Help them to show directions when they lost HOTS 1 mark
ii. Help them to carry things when their hands are full 1 mark
Total 10 marks

Question 31

SUMMARY CONTENT
No Point Line
1 tripped 17
2 before she fell smack into the wheelchair ramp. 18
3 It sliced her shin right open 20
4 The blood was staggering. 20
5 Robert Downey Jr ordered someone to call ambulance, 27
6 another to bring a glass of water 28
7 and another to fetch a blanket 28
8 He grabbed hold of the grandmother’s leg. 29
9 He took his jacket and tied it around her wound 30&31
10 He told her not to worry and that everything will be alright. 32
11 He held on to her calf and he whistled. 34
12 He stayed with her until the ambulance came 37
13 He walked alongside the stretcher holding her hand 38

LANGUAGE DESCRIPTORS
Question 31 : Summary
MARK PARAPHRASE
There is sustained attempt to
rephrase the text language.
Allow phrases from the text which
5 are difficult to substitute
Expression is secure
There is noticeable attempt to
rephrase the text.
The summary is free from
4 stretches of concentrated lifting.
Expression is generally sound.
Limited attempt to rephrase the
text.
3 Intelligent and selective lifting
Expression may not always be
secure but the attempt to
substitute will gain credit.
Wholesale copying of the text
Attempts to substitute with own
2 language will be limited to single
word expression
Irrelevant sections of the text may
be present at this level
Mindless lifing.
More or less a complete
1 transcript of the text.
Originality barely noticeable.
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MARK USE OF ENGLISH
The language is accurate.
Any occasional errors are
either first draft slips or minor
5 errors.
Very well organised and
coherent throughout
Marked ability to use original
complex structures
The language is largely
accurate.
Serious errors are not
4 frequent although they are
noticeable.
Well-organised and coherent
in most parts.
Some ability to use original
compound/complex
structures.
The language is sufficiently
accurate
3 Serious errors are becoming
more frequent
Fairly well-organised and
coherent in some parts
Meaning is not in doubt.
Frequent serious errors.
2 Poorly orgainers and lacks
coherence.
Heavy frequency of serious
errors, impeding the reading
1 in many places
Fractured syntax is much
more pronounced at this level.
Incoherent .
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Paraphrase -5 Content : 10
Use of English - 5 Language : 5
Total 10 / 2 = 5 Total : 15

SECTION D

QUESTION 32 - POEM

a) It grew

b) Night and morning

c) Dead/collapsed near the tree/unconscious

d) Any possible explanation

QUESTION 33 - NOVEL

CONTENT AND LANGUAGE DESCRIPTORS

MARK CONTENT
9-10  Response – relevant to
specified task
 Elaborations given – well -
supported and linked with
evidence or knowledge from
text
 Main and supporting ideas –
relevant to specified task
 Ideas – clearly presented,
well- organised and easily
understood
7-8  Response – relevant to
specified task
 Elaborations given – usually
supported and linked with
evidence or knowledge from
text
 Main and supporting ideas –
mostly relevant to specified
task
 Ideas – clear and can be
understood
MARK LANGUAGE
5
 accurate language
 occasional minor errors
 varied sentence structure
 vocabulary - wide and
precise
 punctuation & spelling
4
 almost always accurate
language
 mistakes in complex
structures
 some sentence variations
 vocabulary - wide but lacks
precision
 punctuation & spelling –
nearly always accurate &
secure

5-6
 Response – intermittently
relevant to specified task
 Elaborations given –
supported and linked with
some evidence or knowledge
from text
 Some ideas – relevant to
specified task
 Ideas – generally clear, can be
understood but lack
organisation
3-4  Response – barely relevant to
specified task
 Elaborations given – unlikely
identified or even when
identified, not likely to be
linked to the text
 Ideas – hardly relevant to
specified task and difficult to
understand
0-2  Response – no understanding
of specified task
 . Elaborations given –
incoherent and unlikely linked
to the
 text
 . Ideas – no relevance to
specified task
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3
 largely accurate language
 sentence structures – simple
 patches of clarity
 vocabulary - adequate but
lacks precision
 punctuation & spelling –
largely accurate & secure
2
 errors – frequent
 meaning - never in doubt
 vocabulary - limited and too
simple
 punctuation & spelling –
usually accurate but not very
secure
0-1  serious errors
 errors impede meaning
 inaccurate punctuation and
spelling