Provincial Department of Education, Northern Province

General Certificate of Education (Advanced Level) 4th Term Examination - 2024

Grade 13
General English
13 E I
Marking Scheme

PART A - GRAMMAR and VOCABULARY (35 marks)

Question 1 (05 marks)

1 around 2 of 3 by 4 in 5 under

Question 2 (10 marks)

1 dominated 2 was 3 changed 4 lost 5 hit

6 was played 7 was 8 was washed 9 was decided 10 to play

Question 3 (10 marks)

1 to 2 cold 3 his 4 near 5 soaking

6 some 7 running 8 while 9 a 10 wagging

Question 4 (05 marks)

1 killing 2 soft 3 only 4 sound 5 stamina

Question 5 (05 marks)

1 fully 2 ulous 3 culty 4 ly 5 ed

PART B - READING and WRITING (25 marks)

Question 6 (05 marks)

1 2 2 1 3 3 4 4 5 2

Question 7 (10 marks)

(a) (1x4=4 marks)

1 a 2 c 3 b 4 b

(b) (1x6=6 marks)

5 false
6 false
7 not given
8 true
9 not given
10 not given

Question 8 (10 marks)

Content 4 marks
Language Use 6 marks

Band Description for Content

Level Description Marks

Very Good Has used specific length. Content appropriate & interesting. Has included several 4
/ Good points related to the key sentence. Selects & organizes facts in a logical manner.
Moderate Content fairly appropriate & mentions the points related to the key sentence. 3
Selects & organizes facts in a fairly logical manner.
Satisfactory Content not sufficiently developed with support details to highlight points related 2
to the key sentence. Frequent gaps in presenting facts.
Limited Content extremely limited. Facts not arranged properly to support the key 1
sentence.

Band Description for Language Use

Level Description Marks

Very Good Excellent use of language. Free of grammatical errors. Excellent word choice. 6
Good Only few grammatical errors. Choice of words effective. 5
Moderate Occasional errors of grammar. Choice of words fairly appropriate. 3-4
Satisfactory Frequent errors of grammar and word choice. 2
Limited Only very few grammatically correct sentences. Mostly sentence fragments. 1
Vocabulary very limited.