Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge Primary Checkpoint

ENGLISH 0844/01
Paper 1 April 2017
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 50

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Section A: Reading

Question Answer Marks

1 Name the places at either side of the narrow part of the English Channel. 1

Award 1 mark for the following:

 Cap Gris Nez and Dover.

Both places to be named for the mark to be awarded.

Question Answer Marks

2 Why do fit athletes in particular have problems with the cold when they are 1
trying to swim across the English Channel?

Award 1 mark for the following:

 Fit swimmers do not have a lot of fat [OR have a lot of muscle and not much
fat] AND get cold more quickly / quicker / quickly / or close synonym

Do not accept answers which just suggest that fit swimmers feel the cold more.

Do not accept: no fat / just not much fat / muscles contain less fat / muscles get
cold.

Question Answer Marks

3 Tick () two boxes to show what problems, according to the text, swimmers 2
may encounter when they attempt to swim across the Channel.

Award 1 mark for each of the following:

 Ships and ferries

 Waste matter.

Award zero marks if more than two boxes have been ticked or if the marks are
unclear.

Boxes 4 and 5 should be ticked. Award 1 mark for each correct tick/unambiguous
mark.

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Question Answer Marks

4 Rewrite the fifth paragraph to include most of the main points, using no 2
more than 25 words.

The summary must contain three of the following points:

 the tides are strong

 the tides change every 6 hours / often / frequently
 the weather changes quickly
 it is hard to give an accurate forecast.

E.g.:
The tides are very strong and change direction every six hours. The weather also
changes very quickly and is therefore hard to predict accurately. (24 words, 2
marks)

OR

The tides here are strong and change direction often. The weather in this part of
the Channel is a problem because it is un predictable (23 words, 2 marks)

OR

The tides change every six hours and the weather is hard to predict because it
changes quickly in this part of the Channel. (23 words, 1 mark)

Award 2 marks for the following:

 A summary of no more than 25 words including 3 or 4 pieces of information.

Award 1 mark for the following:

 A summary of no more than 25 words + only 2 points of information.

Award zero marks for the following:

 a summary over 25 words.

 a summary where there is 1 or 0 pieces of information.
 unintelligible, nonsense.

Question Answer Marks

5 Tick () the best description of the text Swimming the English Channel. 1

Award 1 mark for the following:

 It contains mostly facts.

Award zero marks if more than one box has been ticked.

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6 Tick () the text you prefer to read. 1

Explain why you chose that text.

If Text 1 has been ticked, award 1 mark for either of the following:

 a reference to the language as formal

 the style is typical of factual/report writing
 it is very factual which explains what happens clearly
 the language is clear and precise / to the point / concise
 a reference to the language as more adult / less childish.

If Text 2 has been ticked, award 1 mark for either of the following:

 a reference to the language as informal

 uses contractions / it is like a spoken voice / friendly language / chatty /
conversational / personal.

Do not award the mark if the answer refers to the information given – there is no
distinction.

The answer must refer to the style of the language.

The answer must match what is ticked.

Question Answer Marks

7 (a) Which animal group does the jellyfish belong to? 1

Award 1 mark for the following:

 (Marine) invertebrates.

Don’t accept answers where incorrect information negates a correct answer, e.g.,
reference to them being very old etc.

7 (b) In which part of a jellyfish do you find nematocyst cells? 1

Award 1 mark for the following:

 Their tentacles.

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8 Tick () two boxes to show which statements are FALSE. 2

Award 1 mark for each of the following:

 The outer layer of a jellyfish is called gelatine.

 Jellyfish absorb oxygen through their mouth opening.

Award zero marks if more than two boxes have been ticked or if the marks are
unclear.

Boxes 1 and 4 should be ticked / unambiguously marked.

Question Answer Marks

9 Using the text, explain why the body of a jellyfish collapses as soon as it is 1
removed from water.

Award 1 mark for one of the following:

 Jellyfish have no skeletons to hold / support them.

 They are 95% water / mostly water and not solid enough to hold their shape.
 They are only 5% solid, which is not enough to support themselves.

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Question Answer Marks

These questions refer to both texts.

10 (a) What is the purpose of the sub-headings in the text Facts about jellyfish? 1

Award 1 mark for an answer that conveys the idea of organisation / presentation,
e.g.:

 So you know where to look for particular/specific information.

 To divide / organise / separate information so it is easier to see/find
 To find answers to particular/specific questions
 To show what the paragraph is about
 So you know what you are going to read next / what the next paragraph is
about
 So you can find information easily / more quickly.

10 (b) In the text Swimming the English Channel paragraphs are also used. 1
Draw lines to link each paragraph with its main topic.

Award 1 mark for all 6 lines drawn correctly:

1st What is the English Channel

paragraph swim?

What is the main problem you

2nd
face when swimming across
paragraph
the Channel?

3rd
Why is the cold a problem?
paragraph

4th What other factors make it

paragraph difficult to swim the channel?

Why can the tides and

5th
weather conditions also make
paragraph
the swim difficult to complete?

6th Who are the world record

paragraph holders?

Accept a clear, unambiguous indication of the correct answers, e.g.: numbers 1,

2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 written in boxes.

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Section B: Writing

Question Answer Marks

Notes to markers

 Marking should always begin from the lowest mark in each column. i.e. from 1 mark and work
upwards. Award 0 if 1 mark is not achieved.
 All the statements should be achieved for a student to achieve the mark (i.e. if there are two
statements to describe the mark, both statements must be achieved before the mark can be given).
 Stop the marking at the first statement in a column that the student fails to achieve and award the
mark in the box below.

Swimming the English Channel and Facts about jellyfish are both articles taken from
information books.

Write your own article for an information book, about a topic or an object that you know
something about.

11 Purpose and audience. 6

Text structure. 5

Sentence structure. 5

Punctuation. 2

Spelling. 2

[Total 20]

See table on the next page.

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Purpose and Audience
Wa
Writing is well-shaped and
wholly appropriate to
purpose.
Clear viewpoint with a
clear and consistent
relationship between writer
and reader established
and controlled.
6
The text type is used
consistently e.g. features
of report are clear and
appropriate to purpose.
Relevant ideas and
content chosen to interest
the reader e.g. details
developed.
5 5
The text type is largely
sustained e.g. features of
report writing clear.
The writer gives sufficient
information for a reader to
understand the contents
e.g. some detail with
adverbials and expanded
noun phrases.
nd
2 person must be limited
and used sparingly.
4 4
Text type is used to
convey writer's attitude to
the chosen subject e.g.
knowledge and
enthusiasm for subject
matter.
Some awareness of
audience, e.g. language
used is appropriate.
3 3
General features of text
type are evident e.g. some
appropriate features of an
information text.
Reader given basic
information relevant to
their stated topic.
st
Allow up to two 1 person
st
references; generalised 1
P (our) is acceptable.
2 2
Some elements of the text
type can be seen e.g. it is
an information text (and
not a recount)
If ‘off topic’ a max of 1
mark is available.
1 1
Award 0 where performance fails to meet the lowest description.
Stop marking at the first statement in a column that the student fails to achieve and award the
mark in the box below.
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Text Structure
Wt
Well – crafted paragraphs
contribute to control of the
text e.g. clear logical links
between paragraphs.
AND/OR
Each section with content
logically organised.
The order of the
questions if used is logical
and supportive to the
reader.
Paragraphs are used to
help structure the text and
there may be evidence of
appropriate links / sub-
headings between
paragraphs or questions
and answers.
Paragraphs sometimes
used to sequence ideas.
Balance of coverage of
ideas is appropriate, ie
more than one
idea/aspect chosen AND
chosen ideas covered
fittingly with appropriate
weighting.
Some attempt to
sequence ideas logically,
e.g, no information is
assumed in one place
before it has been given
in another.
Each section has an
opening statement.
Evidence of grouping of
ideas.
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Sentence Structure Punctuation Spelling
Un Wp Ws
Some complex sentences
show control, including
the position of clauses to
focus attention.
Range of connectives
may be developed, e.g.
although, meanwhile.
5
Some complex sentences
are used to create effect,
using expanded phrases
to develop ideas, e.g.
noun, adverbial,
adjectival, and verb
phrases.
A wider variety of
connectives is used
appropriately, e.g. if, so,
because, then.
Sentences are mostly
grammatically correct.
4
Some complex sentences
are used to extend
meaning but not always
successfully.
Use of past and present
tense is generally
consistent.
Subject and verb
generally agree
throughout.
3
Some variation in Sentences are Correct spelling of
sentence openings e.g. demarcated accurately common words with more
not always starting with throughout the text. than one syllable,
noun or pronoun or other including compound
word. Commas used in lists and words.
to mark clause divisions.
Compound sentences are
used but connectives are There may be the
simple e.g. and, but, so. occasional capitalisation
error.
2 2 2
Simple sentences are Straightforward sentences Correct spelling of high
generally grammatically usually demarcated frequency words eg,
correct. accurately, e.g. full stops, because, there, their.
capital letters, question
'and' may be used to and exclamation marks.
connect clauses.
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Section C: Grammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary

Question Answer Marks

12 Join the underlined word in each of these sentences to match the correct 2
word class.

Award 2 marks for all 4 lines correctly drawn:

They have no brain,

conjunction
heart or bones.

There are external

horrors to adjective
contemplate

Weather conditions
are hard to forecast adverb
accurately

Only 5% of the body

of the jellyfish is noun
solid matter.

Award 1 mark for 2 or 3 lines correctly drawn.

Award zero marks for fewer than 2 lines correctly drawn or more than 4 lines
drawn.

Accept an unambiguous indication of the correct response in lieu of lines, e.g.,

numbers 1,2,3 and 4 written in boxes.

Question Answer Marks

13 (a) Underline the main clause in this sentence. 1

Award 1 mark for the correct underlining as shown:

 The current world holder for fastest Channel swim is Christof

Wandratsch, a German athlete, who completed his swim in just over seven
hours in 2005.

No other words should be underlined.

13 (b) Rewrite this sentence. 2

 David Walliams, who is a famous actor, completed the crossing in 10 hours

and 34 minutes.

Award 1 mark for the correctly embedded clause.

Award a further mark for correctly placed parenthetical commas, the final full
stop and correct capitalisation.

Don’t accept brackets or dashes.

There should be no additional/omitted words.

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14 (a) Change this sentence from the past to the present. 1

Award 1 mark for the following:

 The swimmers are crossing the centre of the Channel when they suddenly
see a shoal of fish ahead.

No other words should be changed.

Don’t accept any answer where any other words have been added / omitted.

Verbs must be correctly spelled.

14 (b) Complete the sentences by writing the passive forms of the verbs given in 2
the brackets.

Award 2 marks for three correct sentences:

 In 2004, the world record was broken by a 70-year-old woman.

 A jellyfish’s body is made of 95% water.
 The swimmers were supported by people in boats.
Or
 The swimmers are supported by people in boats.
Or
 The swimmers will be supported by people in boats.

Award 1 mark for two correct sentences.

Verbs must be correctly spelled.

Question Answer Marks

15 Correct two mistakes in this sentence. Do not change the meaning. 1

Award 1 mark for both corrections:

 Some jellyfish are transparent which keeps them hidden from hungry turtles.

Award 0 marks if any other changes are made, e.g., words/punctuation added or
omitted.

Spelling must be correct.

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16 Choose from simple, compound or complex to describe these sentences. 1

Award 1 mark for both correct:

sentence type of sentence

It was a really challenging swim but

compound
he enjoyed it.

Due to the terrible weather conditions,

the swimmer ended up swimming complex
56km to avoid swells.

Question Answer Marks

17 Add two apostrophes to this sentence. 1

Award 1 mark for two correctly placed apostrophes:

 The swimmer’s arms and legs were aching so much he didn’t see the jellyfish
with its tentacles spread out.

Award zero marks if extra apostrophes or other marks are placed.

Question Answer Marks

18 Add the missing punctuation to these sentences. 2

The question mark, the first comma and the full stop must be inside the speech
marks as shown:

 “Did you get stung by that jellyfish?” asked the man in the boat.
 “Yes,” said the swimmer, “and it really hurts.”

Award 2 marks if 6–7 of the missing punctuation marks are in the correct place.

Award 1 mark if 3–5 of them are in the correct place.

Award zero marks if there are 10 or more punctuation marks.

Accept an exclamation mark after ‘hurts’. Accept an exclamation mark after ‘Yes’
provided there is a full stop after ‘swimmer’ and ‘and’ is capitalised.

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19 Re-read this extract from Swimming the English Channel. 2

Write other words or phrases that mean the same as the underlined words.
Your new words must keep the meaning and make sense in the sentence.

Award 1 mark for any of the following for factors:

 circumstances
 things
 influences
 features
 aspects
 reasons
 issues
 conditions.

Award 1 mark for any of the following for hurdle:

 obstacle
 problem
 difficulty
 challenge
 barrier.

Award 0 marks where an incorrect suggestion negates a correct one, e.g.,

difficulty, trouble.

Award 1 mark for each appropriate word or phrase that retains the sense of the
sentence.

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