UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

GCE Ordinary Level

MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2008 question paper





3204 BENGALI
3204/02 Paper 2 (Language Usage and Comprehension),
maximum raw mark 110


This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of
the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not
indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners meeting before marking began.

All Examiners are instructed that alternative correct answers and unexpected approaches in
candidates scripts must be given marks that fairly reflect the relevant knowledge and skills
demonstrated.

Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the
examination.



CIE will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes.



CIE is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2008 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE
Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses.

Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper
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UCLES 2008
Section A



A1 Separation/Combination of Words (two marks per correct answer)



1

2

3

4

5



A2 Idioms, Proverbs and Words in Pairs (two marks per correct answer)



6 (9)

7 (4)

8 (2)

9 (7)

10 (1)


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A3 Sentence Transformation (two marks per correct answer)



11


12


13


14


15




A4 Cloze Passage (two marks per correct answer)


16 (9)

17 (5)

18 (4)

19 (15)

20 (7)

21 (2)

22 (11)

23 (13)

24 (1)

25 (14)

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Section B

















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UCLES 2008
B5 MCQ Comprehension (two marks per correct answer)



26



27



28


29


30



31



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Section C













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UCLES 2008
C6 OE Comprehension



Answers:

4 maximum marks for content
2 maximum language marks

2 language marks for correctly phrased answers entirely in candidates own words.
1 language mark for correct answers containing obtrusive linguistic and/or spelling errors.
0 language mark for an answer that is incorrect/irrelevant or entirely lifted from the text

33



34



35



36



37




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C7 Vocabulary (two marks per correct answer)

38

39

40

41

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