TSA Practice Paper 2

Reading and Writing

Part BC Descriptor Assessment Focus Score

 Apply a small range of simple  Recognise at sight some
reference skills (KS) basic vocabulary items
1 6
 Obtain information from the
chart
 Use a small range of reading  Recognise at sight some
strategies to understand the meaning basic vocabulary items
2 6
of short and simple texts with the help  Obtain information from the
of cues (IS, KS, ES) library cards
 Use a small range of reading  Recognise key words in a
strategies to understand the meaning sentence
of short and simple texts with the help  Predict the meaning of
of cues (IS, KS, ES) unfamiliar words by using
3 5
 Apply a small range of simple contextual clues
reference skills (KS)  Predict the content using
prior knowledge and personal
experience
 Use some of the common punctuation  Write a short story
marks and capitalisation in short and
simple texts accurately (KS)
 Write a short and simple text with
relevant information and ideas
4 (including personal experiences) with 7
the help of cues (IS, KS, ES)
 Use a small range of vocabulary,
sentence patterns and cohesive
devices appropriately with the help of
cues (KS)
Total Score 24

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Answer Key

Part 1
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. B

Part 2
1. B
2. B, C
3. C
4. D
5. D
6. A

Part 3
1. C
2. D
3. B
4. C
5. A

Part 4
Mary is doing her homework. She opens her school bag and looks for a book. She cannot find
the book. Then, she remembers the book is at school.

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Marking Scheme

Content
Score Scoring Guide
 Provide interesting and imaginative ideas with many supporting details.
4
 The description is very clear and coherent.
 Provide sufficient and relevant ideas with some supporting details.
3
 The description is clear and coherent.
 Provide some brief and relevant ideas but lack supporting details.
2
 The description is quite clear.
 Attempt to write a paragraph by giving very limited information/ideas
1 only.
 Provide unclear information/ideas that may confuse the reader.
 Provide totally irrelevant ideas.
0 OR
 Practically make no attempt at all.

Language
Score Scoring Guide
 Use a small range of vocabulary, sentence patterns, cohesive
3 devices and verb forms fairly appropriately with few/no grammatical and
spelling mistakes.
 Use a small range of vocabulary, sentence patterns, cohesive
2 devices and verb forms fairly appropriately with some grammatical and
spelling mistakes.
 Use a very limited range of vocabulary and verb forms but with
1
many grammatical and spelling mistakes.
 The language is incomprehensible.
0 OR
 Practically make no attempt at all.

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