ANSWER SCHEME: YEAR END EXAM 2018-FORM 2

SECTION A
Question 1
a. to
b. has
c. users
d. Your
e. Becomes
f. It
g. Providing
h. And
i. It
j. balanced

SECTION B
Question 2
a. digital form of a book length publication
b. e-book
c. text
d. images
e. carry many titles around without the extra baggage
f. several hundred titles could easily be carried
g. offer readers privacy / help save the environment
h. dependent on power supply
i. do not allow anyone to sign or give dedications to anyone
j. piracy is a big concern as it is easier to copy a digital version of a book

Question 3
a. FALSE
b. TRUE
c. FALSE
d. FALSE
e. 22 – 26 MAY 2017
f. AMOLED 16M colours ( accept any correct answer)
g. (i) Features (ii) rebate
h. accept any correct answer
i. accept any correct answer
j. accept any correct answer

General Guidelines for Marking Questions (j)

1. Marked on a 5 - band impression scale with marks ranging from 1 – 10.
2. Read and understand the instructions in Section D about the following:
A. How writing is assessed and
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B. What is expected of students
3. Read the response provided for relevance to task and assessment objectives specified for the
question.
4. Check whether response fulfils the criteria specified in a given band.
5. Indicate merit and demerit expressions.
6. Look for additional details which make the writing interesting.
 Responses which are generally free from serious errors should be placed in the upper bands
 Responses with frequent minor and serious errors should be placed in the lower bands.
7. Place a response with total or almost wholesale lifting in the lower bands. For responses with
intelligent lifting, award marks accordingly based on the given criteria.
8. Students are allowed to use the points in the leaflet when writing out their responses.
9. Read the response again to confirm or change bands.
10. If there is a change in the band, read the response again to check the general criteria specified in
the new band selected.

Note:
 The general criteria in the bands are common to ALL tasks with specific examples given to
aid the examiners. All responses must be marked using the criteria given in the bands. Please
read the criteria carefully for all five bands BEFORE marking.
 The length of the response should not be a criterion in awarding marks. Award marks
based on the quality and relevance of the response.

Band/Mark
A B C D E
Criteria (9-10) (7-8) (5-6) (3-4) (1-2)
Task Successfully Largely Sufficiently Partially Hardly
fulfilment fulfilled fulfilled fulfilled fulfilled fulfilled
Language Accurate Largely Sufficiently Partially Hardly
accuracy accurate accurate accurate accurate
Organisation Well- Sufficiently Lacking Hardly any
and organised Organised & organised organisati organisati
developme & well- developed with some on & on and
nt developme details details details
nt
Sentence Varied & Largely Some Variety Lack variety Distorted
structure effective varied sentence
structures
Lifting from Hardly any A little lifting Some Lifting Almost Total lifting
text lifting wholesale
lifting

Note: Award 0 mark when there is:

- No response or response written in language other than English or
- Mindless lifting of irrelevant chunks from other sources including rubric

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 SECTION C
Question 4
a. benefits in using the Internet
b. Yahoo!, Google
c. to get more knowledge
d. i. accessible
ii. abundant
iii. non-profit organisation
iv. innovation
e. website that dedicated themselves to imparting knowledge to people of all age groups
f. we can have real-time communication with someone by using Social networking such as facebook
or twitter .

Question 5

1. Suggest two things that are red from the poem.

sunburn and brick

2. What feeling does red express?

It shows bravery.
3. What happens when one is angry?
Your face turn red.
6. Name one red thing that is not mentioned in the poem.
Strawberry/ accept any suitable answer
7. Do you think colours should be celebrated ? Why?
Yes, because they represent important things in our lives.

Question 6

Marking Criteria
Band A B C D E
Excellent Good Satisfactory Weak Very Weak
Marks 25-30 19-24 13-18 7-12 1-6
Task is Task is largely Task is Task is partially Task is hardly
successfully fulfilled. sufficiently fulfilled. fulfilled.
D fulfilled. fulfilled.
E Ideas are well- Ideas are Ideas are Ideas are partially Ideas are not
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S developed and developed and sufficiently developed and developed and not
C well-organised organised with developed with lack organisation. organised.
R with supporting main ideas and some
I details. supporting organisation and
P details. supporting
T details.
O Language is Language is Language is Language is Language is
R accurate with few largely accurate sufficiently partially accurate. inaccurate.
S first draft slips. with some minor accurate. Errors Errors are mostly
errors. are mostly MWEs.
SWEs.
Sentence Sentence Sentence Sentence Sentence
structures are structures are structures are structures lack structures are
varied and used mostly varied. sufficiently variety and are distorted.
effectively. varied. repetitive.
Vocabulary is Vocabulary is Vocabulary is Vocabulary is Vocabulary is
wide and precise. wide enough and sufficient but limited. inappropriate.
mostly precise. lacks precision.
Interest is aroused Interest is largely Interest is Interest is Interest is hardly
and sustained. aroused. sufficiently partially aroused. aroused.
aroused.

Note:
 Award 0 mark when there is
- no response or response written in language other than English; or
- mindless lifting of irrelevant chunks from other sources including rubric
- Examiners should assess the script holistically and always refer to the coordinated scripts
for consistency.
- The length of the response should not be a criterion in awarding marks. Award marks based
on the quality and relevance of the response.

Question 7

Marking Criteria
Band A B C D E
Excellent Good Satisfactory Weak Very Weak
Marks 9-10 7-8 5-6 3-4 1-2
Task is Task is largely Task is Task is partially Task is hardly
successfully fulfilled. sufficiently fulfilled. fulfilled.
D fulfilled. fulfilled.
E Ideas are well- Ideas are Ideas are Ideas are partially Hardly
S developed and developed and sufficiently developed and any ideas.
C well-organised. organised. developed but lack organisation.
R Well-supported Largely supported lack Minimal evidence

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I with evidence with evidence organisation. from the text.
P from the text. from the text. Supported with
T evidence from
O the text.
R Language is Language is Language is Language is Language is
S accurate with few largely accurate sufficiently partially accurate. inaccurate.
first draft slips. with some minor accurate. Errors Errors are mostly
errors. are mostly MWEs.
SWEs.
Sentence Sentence Sentence Sentence Sentence
structures are structures are structures are structures lack structures are
varied and used mostly varied. sufficiently variety and are distorted.
effectively. varied. repetitive.
Vocabulary is Vocabulary is Vocabulary is Vocabulary is Vocabulary is
wide and precise. wide enough and sufficient but limited. inappropriate.
mostly precise. lacks precision.
Interest is aroused Interest is largely Interest is Interest is Interest is hardly
and sustained. aroused. sufficiently partially aroused. aroused.
aroused.

Note:
 Award 0 mark when there is
- no response or response written in language other than English; or
- mindless lifting of irrelevant chunks from other sources including rubric
- Examiners should assess the script holistically and always refer to the coordinated scripts
for consistency.
- The length of the response should not be a criterion in awarding marks. Award marks based
on the quality and relevance of the response.