ENGLISH 1119/2 FORM 4 FINAL EXAM 2016 ANSWER SCHEME

SECTION A

No Answer No Answer
1. B 9. A
2. C 10. B
3. D 11. D
4. A 12. C
5. C 13. C
6. D 14. B
7. D 15. B
8. B

SECTION B

16. Stalls behind the pasar Siti Khadijah.

17. Stalls at the Pasar Payang, Kuala Terengganu.
18. Kuala Lumpur
19. Gua Musang, Kelantan
20 Kuantan, Pahang
21. cooked and raw
22. pickled leeks and fried salted fish
23. the giant condensed milk cans
24. breakfasters
25. after 2.00 a.m

SECTION C

26. a) On the tree branch or in a spot between two roots in its base
26. b) scores
27. Logging / poaching / lack of knowledge about these creatures
(*Accept any two)
28. a) It reduces suitable habitats for bears
28. b) (driving hundreds of kilometers during a hunt and) Shooting several animals at sight
with the aid of spotlights
29. a) Poor logging practices and poaching plague the area
29. b) Expansion of palm oil plantations
30. Reason: The bears have low reproduction rates and long parental care for their young.
Roles: (*Accept any relevant answer)
 31. CONTENT : 10 marks
LANGUAGE : 5 marks
TOTAL : 15 marks

Content Points: Award 1 MARK for EACH content point to a MAXIMUM of 10 marks.

C1 Logging, poaching, and lack of knowledge about these creatures

C2 Logging reduces suitable habitats for the bears
C3 Logging brings in legal and illegal hunters
C4 Hunters can shoot several animals at sight with the aid of spotlights
C5 Bears are poached for their body parts and captured as pets
C6 There are a few restaurants in the peninsular which serve bear meat and paws
C7 In Sabah, small forest patches give sun bears little chance of survival
C8 In Sarawak, there are concerns about fragmented forest and hunting
C9 Expansion of palm oil plantations reduces suitable habitat for sun bears
C10 Crop raiding could give rise to shootings
C11 Sun bears receive little conservation attention in any country within its range
C12 Food is not bountiful in tropical forest

Band descriptor for LANGUAGE:

MARK PARAPHRASE MARK USE OF ENGLISH

Sustained rephrasing
Allow phrases from text which
5 are difficult to substitute
Expression is secure
Noticeable rephrasing
Free from stretches of
4 concentrated lifting
Expression is generally sound
Limited rephrasing
Intelligent and selective lifting
3 Expression is not always secure
Language is accurate
Occasional slips or minor error
5 Very well-organised and coherent
throughout
Marked ability to use original complex
structures
Language is largely accurate
Isolated serious errors
4 Well-organised and coherent in most parts
Some ability to use original and complex
structures
Language is sufficiently accurate
Some serious errors
3 Fairly well-organised and coherent in
some parts
 Wholesale copying
Attempts to substitute with own
2 language limited to single-word
expression
More or less a complete
transcript of the text
1 Originality barely noticeable
Mindless lifting
Meaning is not in doubt
Frequent serious errors
2 Poorly organised and lacks coherence.
Heavy frequency of serious errors
Fractured syntax
1 Incoherent

Note:

Formula:

Paraphrase : +2
Use of Language : +3

+5 / 2 = 2.5 = 3

NOTE:

1. The mark of 0 is awarded if the material used is outside of the prescribed text (totally
irrelevant) or the candidate has copied the whole text.

2. For a more or less complete transcript of text, maximum mark for USE OF ENGLISH is 3.

SECTION D

Poem:

32. (a) The meaning is to go ahead or forward for a distance of half a league.

(b) The word is blundered.

(c) They rode into the valley of death because they were following orders / to retrieve the guns.
(*Accept any relevant answers)
(d) Action: No, I dont think they could have done anything else.
Reason: They were soldiers and soldiers are expected to follow orders given by their
superiors.
(*Accept any relevant answers)
Short Story:

33. Short Story

Content and Language Descriptors

Note: The mark 0 should be awarded if:

1. The response is in a language other than English

2. The response is not related to any of the short stories.