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1119/1 MADRASAH IDRISIAH

Bahasa
Inggeris
BUKIT CHANDAN 33000
Kertas 1 KUALA KANGSAR
Ogos
2017

PEPERIKSAAN PERCUBAAN
SPM 2017

BAHASA INGGERIS

Kertas 1

SATU JAM EMPAT PULUH LIMA MINIT

NAME: …………………………………………. CLASS:……………………..

JANGAN BUKA KERTAS SOALAN INI SEHINGGA DIBERITAHU

Arahan
1. Kertas soalan ini mengandungi dua bahagian : Bahagian A dan Bahagian B.
2. Jawab kedua-dua bahagian.
3. Anda dinasihati supaya mengambil masa 45 minit untuk menjawab soalan Bahagian A dan satu
jam untuk Bahagian B.

Instructions
1. This question paper consists of two sections: Section A and Section B.
2. Answer both sections.
3.You are advised to spend 45 minutes on Section A and one hour on Section B.

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Section A : Directed Writing

[ 35 marks]
[ Time suggested: 45 minutes]

You have just returned from a visit to Indah Recreational Park. You find the park in poor
condition. Write a letter of complaint to the Town Council based on the notes you have
made.

not enough facilities

When writing your letter, you should
no restaurants remember to:

rubbish everywhere o lay out the letter

correctly ( addresses,
not enough dustbins
date, salutation, title,
dirty public toilets closing)

smelly o use all the notes given

grass not cut

snakes Note: For your letter, you will receive

up to 15 marks for the format and
information lacking content points, and up to 20 marks
for the quality of your writing.
no signposts

vandalism

public telephone not working

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Section B: Continuous Writing

[50 marks]
[ Time suggested: One hour]

Write a composition of about 350 words on one of the following topics.

1. Describe an exciting holiday you had with your friends and how you felt about it.
2. Outdoor activities are important to instill leadership in oneself. Discuss
3. Describe how a sudden change in the weather brought disaster to your community.

4. Write a story about a young boy who lost his family ending with:
“... he realized that it was the best decision he had made.”
5. “Man proposes but God disposes.”
Describe an experience when something you had planned well shattered into pieces.

KERTAS SOALAN TAMAT

MARKING SCHEME PAPER 1

Section A : Directed Writing (35 marks)

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Format - 3 marks

Content- 12 marks

Language - 20 marks

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TOTAL : 35 marks

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A FORMAT (3 marks)

B CONTENT (12 marks)

Award 1 mark each for each content use appropriately.

Do not awards mark for mere mention of key words.

C1 - not enough facilities

C2 - no restaurants

C3 - rubbish everywhere

C4 - not enough dustbins

C5 - dirty public toilets

C6 - smelly

C7 - grass not cut

C8 - snakes

C9 - information lacking

C10 - no signposts

C11 - vandalism

C12 - public telephones not working

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C LANGUAGE (20 marks)

CRITERIA OR MARKING LANGUAGE

Mark Range Remarks/Description

A  The language is entirely accurate apart from occasional first draft slips.
 Sentence structure is varied and sophisticated – shows that the
candidate is able to use sentence length and type to achieve an
intended effect.
19 – 20  Vocabulary – sophisticated and is used with precision.
 Punctuation is accurate and helpful to the reader.
 Spelling is accurate across the full range of vocabulary used.
 Paragraphs have unity and are appropriately linked.
 The style and tone are appropriate for a formal student-principal
communication.

B  The language is almost always accurate but there will be minor errors
of first draft slips.
 Sentence show some variation in length and type, including the
confident use of complex sentences.
16 - 18  Vocabulary is wide enough to convey intended shades of meaning with
some precision.
 Punctuation is almost always accurate and generally helpful to the
reader.
 Spelling is nearly always accurate.
 Written in paragraphs which show some unity and are usually linked
appropriately.
 The style and tone are almost appropriate for a formal student-
principal communication.

C  The language is largely accurate..

 Simple structure sentences are used without errors; mistakes may
occur when more sophisticated structures are attempted.
 Vocabulary is adequate to convey intended meaning although it may
13 - 15 not be suiciently developed to achieve precision.
 Punctuation is generally accurate although errors may occur in more
complex uses.
 Spelling is generally accurate for common vocabulary.
 Written in paragraphs which show some unity although links may be

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absent or inappropriate at times.

 The style and tone maybe generally appropriate for a formal student-
principal communication.

D  The language is sufficiently accurate for meaning to come through.

 There will be patches of clarity, accurate language, particularly when
simple vocabulary and structures are used.
 Mistakes will occur when more complex sentences are attempted.
10 - 12  There may be some variety of sentence length and type but this may
not be successful in enhancing meaning or arousing interest.
 Vocabulary is adequate but lacks precision.
 Punctuation is generally accurate but does not enhance or clarify
meaning.
 Simple words are spelt correctly, but errors may occur when unfamiliar
words are used.
 Written in paragraphs which show some unity in topic and attempt to
use links.
 The style and tone may not be entirely appropriate for a report to a
principal but some attempt has been made.

E  Meaning is never in doubt, but single word errors are sufficiently

frequent and serious to hamper precision and speed of reading.
 Some simple structures will be accurate but accuracy is not sustained.
 Vocabulary is limited and either too simple to convey precise meaning
7-9 or is imperectly understood.
 Simple words may be spelt correc tly but requent mistaes in spelling
and punctuation mae reading the script difficult.
 Paragraphs lack unity. Links are incorrectly used. There may be errors of
sentence separation and punctuation.
 The style and tone are unlikely to be appropriate or a report. It may not
show understanding o the detailed requirements o the task.

U(i)  Meaning is fairly clear but the incidence o errors is high and definitely
impedes the reading.
 A script at this level will have ew accurate structures.
 Vocabulary may not extend beyond a simple range of words that are
4–6 inadequate to express intened shades of meaning.
 There may be frequent spelling errors.
 Punctuation will sometimes be used correctly but sentence separation
errors may occur.
 Paragraphs may not be used, or if used, show a lack of planning.
 The style and tone are inappropriate for a talk.

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 Sense will be decipherable but some of the errors will be multiple in

nature requiring the reader to re-read and reorganize beore meaning
becomes clear.
U (ii)
 Whole sections may mae little or no sense. They are unlikely to be
more than one or two accurate sentences. The content is
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incromprehnsible but its style and tone are hidden by the density of
errors.

 Scripts in this category are most entirely impossible to recognize as

U (iii) pieces of English.
 Whole sections may make no sense at all or are copied rom the task.
0-1  Award ‘1’ mark I some sense can be obtained.
 The mark ‘0’should only be awarded if the talk makes no sense at all
from the beginning to the end.