Activity One : Answer the following Questions ( 2pts)
1. Do English children begin secondary school at eleven?
‐ Yes , they do / Yes / In England ,Children start secondary school
at the age of 11.
2. Do all students leave school after GCSE exams?
‐ No they do not. / No/ After these exams, about 25 % leave school
and find jobs.
Activity Two : Match each idea with the corresponding paragraph.
‐ Paragraph 1: Subjects at secondary school ( 3) / ( C)
‐ Paragraph 2: Exams at 16 and 18 ( 1) / (A)
‐ Paragraph 3 : Types of Secondary school ( 2) / ( B)
Activity 3 : Lexis.
1/ Synonyms :
1‐ kids = children / 2‐ select = choose / take/
2/ Opposites:
1‐ before =/= after 2‐ cheap =/= expensive
1pt
1pt
1pt
1pt
1pt
0,5 pt*
2
0.5pt*
2
Part One :
B/
Mastery of
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Activity One: Supply the punctuation and the capital letters where
necessary
English students have to wear a school uniform, but American ones
don’t .
Activity Two : Re‐order the following words to get coherent sentences.
1‐ Children at the age of 5 can go to pre‐school in Algeria .
‐ In Algeria children can go to pre‐school at the age of 5
‐At the age of 5 children can to pre‐school in Algeria.
‐At the age of 5 children , in Algeria , can to pre‐ school
2‐ Education is compulsory between 6 and 16 .
3 ‐ Students take the BEM exam at the end of middle school.
‐ At the end of the middle school students take the BEM Exam.
0,5 pt *
4 =
2pts
1pt
1pt
1pt
Part Two
Written
Expression
Activity 3 : Find in the text four words that have the following sounds
/ei/ ( name) /ai/ ( my)
age – same – theytake‐
stay‐state‐
Science‐ like ‐
Design
The grid of evaluation of the Written Expression:
Criteria Good Fair Poor
Relevance
(2points)
• Topic (1pt) « all the
ideas are related to the
topic»
• Format (1pt) :
« correct »
(2points)
• Topic (0.5pt)
‐ Some ideas are related
to the topic ( at least
4)
• Format (0.5pt) :
‐correct
(1pt)
• Topic
‐ Very little reference to
the topic ( 1 or 2
sentences)
• Format:
Correct /incorrect
(0.5 pt)
Organisation
(2points)
‐ Ideas well
Organized
‐ topic sentences/
‐ supporting
sentences
conclusion
‐ sentences are linked
correctly
(2points)
‐ Some Ideas are
well organized
‐ No topic sentence
(no) conclusion
‐ Topic
sentences/no
conclusion
‐ Some sentences
are linked
correctly
( 1 point )
‐ Ideas are not
well organised
difficult to
follow
‐ No topic
sentence
‐ No conclusion
‐ Sentences are
not linked
correctly
( 0.5 point)
Linguistic
Resources
( 2 points)
Correct use of
(tense)/ verb form/
link words
vocabulary varied
( 2 points)
‐ Correct use of (tense) /
verb form
‐ Use of 3 link words
‐ Vocabulary not varied
‐ 3 mistakes are accepted
( 1 point)
‐ incorrect use of
(tense)/ verb form
‐ no link words
‐ vocabulary (very)
limited
‐ more than 6
mistakes
( 0.5 pt)
Note :
If a candidate is out of the topic , Do not take into consideration (do not mark)
« organisation » and « linguistic resources »
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