Paper Reference

4062

LTE

LTE

London Tests of English

Session One: 2006

Mark Scheme

For Level 3

N15

Level Three

Session One Mark Scheme

Task One

1. Native Americans

1

2. Italian

1

3. New Amsterdam

1

4. Sunny weather/new future

1

5. Farmers / farming

1

6. 1783 1

7. 33,000

1

8. Immigration (from Europe) – accept various spellings, but not

‘emigration’

1

9. (grand) mansions / skyscrapers

1

10. (new) roads

1

11. Computer technology

1

12. Tourist

attractions 1

13. Character

1

Total: 15 Marks

Task Two

1.

East

59

th

Street (allow East 59 Street)

1.5

2.

Jeans

1.5

3.

they’re) (really) stylish / (quite) unusual

(mark for either or both)

1.5

4.

(It

had)

more

men’s

clothes

1.5

5.

(8) shirts

1.5

6. Not

many/enough/sufficient (different) colours

1.5

7.

(free) fireworks (display) (no mark for firework)

1.5

8. West

34

th

Street (allow West 34 Street)

1.5

9.

really) crowded, busy

(or any suitable word/phrase relating to too many people)1.5

10.

(interesting) food (from different countries)

1.5

Total: 15 Marks

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Task Three (a)

1.

d

2

2.

c

2

3.

b

2

4.

a

2

5.

b

2

Total: 10 Marks

Task Three (b)

Writing tasks are awarded a mark out of five for each of the following four criteria
(making a possible maximum of twenty marks):

Effective Communication
The overall effectiveness of the candidate’s response as a piece of writing

Lexical Accuracy and Range

The appropriate use of a range of vocabulary

Grammatical Accuracy and Range
The degree of control over grammar and the variety and complexity of grammatical
structures used

Task Completion
The extend to which the candidate’s response fulfils the requirements set out in

the instructions for the task

Total: 20 Marks

Task Four (a)

1.

j

1

2.

e

1

3.

b

1

4. Example i

-

5.

g

1

6.

d

1

7.

a

1

8. c

1

Total: 7 Marks

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Task Four (b)

1.

True

1

2.

False

1

3.

True

1

4.

False

1

5.

Not stated

1

6.

Not stated

1

7.

True

1

Total: 7 Marks

Task Four (c)

Example:

d

-

1.

e

1

2.

g

1

3.

i

1

4.

a

1

5.

b

1

6.

j

1

Total: 6 Marks

Task Five

Writing tasks are awarded a mark out of five for each of the following four criteria
(making a possible maximum of twenty marks):

Effective Communication
The overall effectiveness of the candidate’s response as a piece of writing

Lexical Accuracy and Range

The appropriate use of a range of vocabulary

Grammatical Accuracy and Range
The degree of control over grammar and the variety and complexity of grammatical
structures used

Task Completion
The extend to which the candidate’s response fulfils the requirements set out in

the instructions for the task

Total: 20 Marks

Paper Total: 100 Marks

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