ANSWER SCHEME

SECTION A

QUESTION 1

a) sold
b) himself
c) picked
d) chased
e) was
f) after
g) get
h) what
i) and
j) they

SECTION B

QUESTION 2

a) 19 May 1999
b) Petaling Jaya
c) SMK Taman Sea
d) play indoor games
e) watching television
f) professional vionalist / vionalist
g) viloin
h) piano
i) district champion in the Young Performers Talent Competition
j) champion in the Inter District Talent Competition in 2013

QUESTION 3

a) FALSE
b) FALSE
c) FALSE
d) TRUE
e) To raise funds for the Poor Students / To build entrepreneurship
f) fun- filled / mouth watering
g) (Accept any logical answers)
h) (Accept any logical answers)

(j)
 GRADE MARKS
A 9-10
B 7-8
C 5-6
D 3-4
E 1-2
DESCRIPTION
Requirements of task fulfilled.
No errors except for first draft slips
Very good sentence structures, some complex
sentences are evident.
Excellent language usage
Requirements of task fulfilled.
A few minor errors.
Grammar and spelling are generally secure.
Overall good language usage.
Requirements of task largely fulfilled.
Some grammar errors but mistakes do not impede
reading.
Fair language usage.
Requirments of task partially fulfilled.
Many grammar errors and errors of expression.
Poor language may impede readers understanding
.
Poor language usage.
Requirements of task hardly fulfilled.
The sentence structures are insecure,
straightforward.
Very frequent serious grammatical and spelling
errors.
Writing is difficult to follow and impede
understanding.

QUESTION 4

a) Gamble addiction / I have gamble away all my savings and now I am deep in debt.
b) Gamble
c) When he was a child.
d) To try his luck. / To win.
e) i) wee small hours ii) gamble iii) addiction iv) debts
f) His wife is a woman of few words.
g) No money to pay the school fees.
h) (Accept any logical answers)
i) (Accept any logical answers)

QUESTION 5

a) Grandchild
b) Pollution / stress...etc(in the poem)
c) The new generation worship money.
 d) Yes. I like to live in a pollution-free world. I would be happy and contented
living a simple life and among nature. I want to have joy, peace and
happiness in my life.
OR
No, I would find life too boring and simple. I prefer to live in a digital era as
I cannot live without technological gadgets.

QUESTION 7

- I would like to meet Roberta.

- because she is a kind and thoughtful person.
- E.g. Roberta asked the driver and the fireman to mend the broken toy engine. When Peter
gave Roberta half his toy engine, she took the broken half. She wanted to get it mended for her
brother. So she met the driver and the fireman to ask their help. They agreed to mend the
broken toy. Some weeks later, she took Peter and Phyllis to meet the driver and the fireman.
Peter was excited to see his engine mended. Furthermore, Roberta hid the story about her
imprisoned father from her brother and sister. Roberta went to the station to collect some old
magazines. Perks wrapped the magazines with an old newspaper.
- On the way home, she stopped to rest. She read the newspaper. It is about her father. Roberta
learnt that her father was in prison for spying. Nevertheless, Roberta did not tell Peter and
Phyllis about it. She did not want them to be upset like her. Finally, Roberta made Jim
comfortable in the tunnel. Jim had a broken leg and cannot walk. So, she made Jim
comfortable by put her petticoat under his broken leg.
- In conclusion, it is clear that Roberta is a kind and thoughtful person. It makes this novel
interesting.