REGION: MUSCAT 2013/2014 ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST GRADE NINE Semester Two Second Session Name School Class Write your answers on the Test Paper Time: 2 hours Pages: 10 LISTENING 10 GRM/VCB 10 TEST SCORES READING 10 WRITING 10 TOTAL 40
LISTENING 1 (Items 1-5) [5 marks] You are going to hear five people speaking. Who are they talking to? Listen and for each item, shade in the bubble under the correct option. an actor an architect an electrician a farmer a tourist a writer 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 1
LISTENING 2 (Items 6-10) [5 marks] You are going to hear a story about a post office stamp. Listen and for each item, write a short answer (not more than FOUR WORDS). 6. Why were the people in the small town angry? 7. Who made some new stamps for the post office? 8. Which picture did the stamps have on them? 9. Where did a stamp collector find a One Cent British Guiana stamp in 1873? 10. In which year was the stamp sold for 300,000 dollars? LISTENING SCORE 10 2
GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 1 (Items 1-5) [2½ marks] For each item, read the definition and the example. Then complete the word in the space provided. You are given the first letter(s) of the word. Make sure your spelling is correct. Example: (noun) a room where food is prepared and cooked e.g. They keep the fridge in the kit c h e n. 1. (adjective) having a big effect on people or events e.g. Omani halwa is an impor part of the Omani culture. 2. (verb) to go and meet a person e.g. I vi _ my grandfather every Friday. 3. (adverb) fast e.g. Some people think qui but they may make mistakes when they answer questions. 4. (verb) to ask someone to come. e.g. Why don't we in Ahmed to our party on Friday? 5. (adjective) costing a lot of money. e.g. You need a lot of money if you go to Dubai because most hotels are very expe _. 3
GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 2 (Items 6-10) [2½ marks] For each item, shade in the bubble (There are five extra words in the box.) under the correct option. In the past, all the silk came (6) China. A lot of people in the Middle East (7) Europe liked to wear silk because (8) was cool in the hot summer. Sailors went (9) China by sea and bought silk for gold and silver. (10) sailed from many places in the Arabian Gulf and also from Oman. and but from in it of they to was were 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 4
GRAMMAR/VOCABULARY 3 (Items 11-20) [5 marks] Complete the unfinished words in the Text. Make sure you spell each word correctly. EXAMPLE: od_ morning! My_ name s Ahmed Al-Zedjali and_ I m a student_ at a Good school_ in Muscat. I m in Grade_ Six. My favourite urite_ subject is Maths. TEXT The (11) wea in many parts of Africa is hot and (12) some there is a lot of rain. Some African people (13) li in round huts. (14) Th make their huts from (15) tradit materials. The huts (16) ha walls made of wood and mud. (17) Wh the mud becomes dry, it is hard and strong. (18) T huts are covered (19) wi roofs made of grass and wood but the rain (20) wat can run off them. GRM/VCB SCORE 10 5
READING 1 (Items 1-4) Match the texts with the pictures. For each text, shade in the bubble option. [4 marks] under the correct A. B. C. D. E. F. Pictures Texts A B C D E F 1. It is a nice drawing. The visitors will like it very much tomorrow. We will collect good money for the charity in this exhibition. 2. Pupils must concentrate on their lesson. They need to follow the instructions by listening very carefully to their teacher. 3. It takes time to repair this part. We will not be able to fix it unless we call a mechanic to help us. 4. Many people suffer from fat nowadays. The problem occurs as they eat a lot of unhealthy food or junk food. 6
READING 2 (Items 5 10) Read the text. For each question, shade in the bubble under the correct option. [6 marks] Garbage is all the things we throw away. It is a big problem that most of the societies talk about nowadays. They are worried about the amount of the garbage which is thrown away every day across the world. In the United States, each person throws away about four pounds or two kilogrammes of garbage every day. In the whole country, that equals 180 million tons of garbage every day. People believe that plastic is the most long-lasting form of garbage. Although paper forms the largest percentage of the content of landfills, many people believe that it is not as dangerous as plastic. This is because paper biodegrades and returns to earth, while plastic, they think, will remain forever in the landfill. Landfills are big holes used to bury garbage. In fact, there are many incorrect ideas about landfills. They are seen by some people as places where garbage is broken down by bacteria and puts goodness back into the earth. Others believe they produce dangerous chemicals which pollute the environment. In fact, although landfills produce some poisonous gases, there is less biodegradation taking place than people think. A well-managed landfill seems to preserve its contents rather than degrade them. For about 15 years after a landfill has been closed, it produces toxic gases like methane but after the first 15 years, it produces a very small amount. Then after this, the landfill will not change very much. 7
READING 2 (cont d) For each item, shade in the bubble next to the correct option. 5. Each person throws away pounds of garbage every day in the U.S.A. 2 15 4 6. is the most long-lasting form of garbage. Plastic Paper Earth 7. Most of the content of the landfill is. plastic paper gas 8. Plastic is more dangerous than paper because it. remains forever melts quickly evaporates easily 9. Landfills are places where garbage is. produced buried polluted 10. When a landfill is closed, it produces. gases water fire READING SCORE 10 8
WRITING 1 [4 marks] Write a paragraph about the city of Dubai. Use ALL the information in the box. Your writing should be correct and well-organized. The city of Dubai capital of business/ tourism international airport high buildings big hotels millions of visitors the Borj Khalifa large shopping malls Marker A Marker B Average 9
WRITING 2 Complete the following task. Write at least 75 words. [6 marks] Situation: You have passed your exams successfully and now you want to have a party for your friends. Write an email to your friends telling them to come. In your email, write some information about the party. (When? Where? What? How? Etc ) Your email should be clear and well organised. Marker A Marker B Average WRITING SCORE 10
GRADE FIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE MARKING GUIDE SEMESTER TWO, 2013/2014, FIRST SESSION TOTAL MARKS: 40 REGION: page 1 of 3 *********************************************************************************************************************** LISTENING 1 (5 mks) LISTENING 2 (5 mks) True False 1. 6. pilot inventor doctor 2. 7. Scotland Cairo Paris 3. 8. 21 22 23 4. 9. telephone radio television 5. 10. 1911 1922 1933 Notes: One mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly. GRM/ VCB 1 (2.5 mks) GRM/ VCB 2 (2.5 mks) 1. fox 6. eats is eating are eating ate 2. camera 7. played plays play playing 3. bee 8. watched watch watching watches 4. apple 9. What Why Where When 5. drum 10. went go goes going Notes: Half-a-mark each. Spelling must be correct. Notes: Half-a-mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly. GRM/ VCB 3 (5 mks) 11. number 16. basket 12. world 17. tree 13. and 18. year 14. very 19. old 15. in 20. body /bodies Notes: Half-a-mark each. Spelling must be correct, including grammatical endings.
Grade 5, Sem. 2, 2013/14, 1 st Session: Marking Guide page 2 of 3 READING 1 (5 mks) READING 2 (5 mks) A B C D E F 1. 6. About seven / 7 million 2. 7. River Thames 3. 8. Its Speakers Corner 4. 9. The Queen 5. 10. 1829 Notes: One mark each. Responses must be indicated clearly. Notes: One mark each. Ignore grammar/ spelling mistakes as long as the content of the response is clearly correct. WRITING 1 (2 mks) 2 Very good. 3 Very good. 1.5 Good. 2.5 Good. 1 Adequate. (Just good enough) 2 Quite good. WRITING 2 (3 mks) 0.5 Inadequate. (Not good enough) 1.5 Adequate. (Just good enough) 0 No attempt at the task. 1 Inadequate. (Not good enough) ### ######### 0.5 A very weak attempt at the task. ### ######### 0 No attempt at the task. Criteria: Consider the overall quality of the punctuation and use of capital letters in the two sentences as a whole: Have all the correct punctuation marks and capital letters been inserted in the correct places? Have any been inserted that should not be there? Sentence A : The Nile is the longest river in the world. Sentence B: Last Friday I went to my farm in Nizwa. Criteria: Consider the overall quality of the three sentences as a whole: Do the sentences make sense? [ Is the meaning clear? ] How much relevant information do the sentences communicate? [ Are the sentences extremely simple, or does the student try to say a little more? ] Is the language in the sentences correct? [ Is the grammar/ vocabulary/ spelling/ punctuation(mostly) correct? ]
Grade 5, Sem. 2, 2013/14, 1 st Session: Marking Guide page 3 of 3 WRITING 3 (5 mks) 5 Writing communicates clearly and is obviously appropriate to the picture. Language is mostly correct. 4 Writing communicates clearly enough and is appropriate to the picture. However, there are some noticeable language errors. 3 Manages to communicate some relevant information about the picture, but only in a limited way. There are several very noticeable language errors. 2 Attempts to communicate, but only with difficulty. Important points are missing or unclear. Frequent language errors. 1 A very unsatisfactory attempt at the task. Very little is communicated. Language is seriously flawed. 0 No attempt at the task: EITHER Irrelevant. (Completely unrelated to the picture) OR Hardly any writing at all, or not written in English OR Complete nonsense