CORRECTION OF THE BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LM JULY 2008

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CORRECTION OF THE BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LM JULY 2008


KEY AND MARKING SCALE
NB: Please accept any appropriate answer not mentioned in the key.

I. COMPREHENSION (15 POINTS)

A. TRUE OR FALSE? (3 pts, 1 each)

1. True: Schools were located dozens of kilometres away from her home.
2. False: Her family was too poor to pay for her studies./ her family couldn't afford to pay ...
3. True: My interests are different from ..... ./ I have learnt to make my decisions ...

B. WH- QUESTIONS (2 pts, 1 each)

Accept any appropriate answer(s)

C. WORD REFERENCE (3 pts, 1 each)

1. There: the schools.
2. It: the committee
3. Their: girls

D. WORD MEANING (2pts, 0.5 each)

1. Located
2. Jumped at the chance
3. Tutor
4. Aid

E. SENTENCE COMPLETION (3 pts, 1 pt each)

1 she has been given a wonderful opportunity / she was able to complete her high school education.
2 she was thanking 3. to increase the number of girls benefiting from scholarships / aid more girls like Souad to finish their schooling.

F. BEST TITLE (2 pts)

3: A rural student's success story

II LANGUAGE (15 POINTS)

A. GAP FILLING (3 pts,1 each)

1. Must have done
2. To pass
3. Has succeeded.

B. COLLOCATIONS (3 pts, 1 each)

1= d take care
2= b sense of humour
3= c local community


C. REWRITING: ( 3pts, 1 pt each)

1. John wishes he had followed his father's advice
2. The shop assistant asked Mike if / whether he knew how to install an antivirus.
3. The applications must be sent before the end of June.

D. WORD FORMATION (3 pts, 1 each)

Illiteracy
Awareness
Development

E. SENTENCE JOINING (3 pts, 1 each)

1. Aziza learnt how to read and write as well as how to do business / as well as doing business.
2. Michael got excellent marks because he worked hard in and out of school.
Because he worked hard in and out of school, he got excellent marks.
3. Adel worked in the evenings in order to save money to buy a computer.

III. WRITING (10 POINTS)

Scoring criteria:
1. Relevance of the content (3pts)
2. Coherence and organization (2 pts)
3. Appropriateness of vocabulary (2pts)
4. Accurate grammar (2pts)
5. Mechanics (1 pt)