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2017 – 2018 Final Term Examination - Examination Guide for S.1 English Language

Groups 1 - 3

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Paper I

Writing 80 / 300 1 hour

Section A:

Short Writing (40 words)

Section B:

Composition (120 words)

Section A:

Online journal(blog) - paragraph

short writing with mind-map

Unit 8 – We Care (Go Green)

Section B:

E-mail writing with picture aids

Unit 5 Food Treats

Section A:

Students shall show their abilities to:

1) include features of a blog writing in the

paragraph

2) use simple present tense correctly

3) make descriptions

4) revise the vocabulary of unit 8

Section B:

Students are encouraged to

1. arrange their ideas in paragraphs

2. revise the vocabulary of Unit 5

3. use connectives

4. revise e-mail writing

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Paper II

Comprehension

& Usage

90/300 1 hour

Part A: Reading comprehension

There are TWO texts. One is about “food”. The other is

about “going green”.

Part B: Grammar & Usage

1. Tenses (simple present, simple past)

2. Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

3. Countable and Uncountable Nouns

4. Some, Any, No

5. Connectives (and / or / but / because / so)

6. Prepositions of Time

7. Prepositions of Position

1. Multiple choice

2. Answering questions

in complete sentences

3. Giving short answers

4. True / False / Not given

5. Blank-filling

6. Cloze passage

Grammar Book

(Units 2, 3, 4, 8, 11,

14, 20, 21)

Textbook

(Unit 5 Food Treats,

& Unit 8 We Care)

Have revision using the

Revision Notes for the

Final Exam.


Paper III

Listening 40 / 300 1 hour

Integrated skills (listening, reading

and writing)

1. Filling in the form

2. Multiple choices

3. Labeling pictures

4. Taking notes on a note sheet

5. Complete an e-mail

Revise

Travel (Topic from

Performance Task-based

Learning)

Food (Topic from

Textbook) We Care – Go

Green (Topic from

Textbook) Sports General

information (e.g. name,

dates, e-mail, price,

numbers)

Paper IV

Dictation 50/300 1 period

Vocabulary and passages from

Textbook Units 5 (Food treats) & 8

(We care).

3 paragraphs + 10 Vocabulary items

Refer to the dictation exam

area given

Paper V

Speaking 40 / 300

Preparation:

10 minutes

Assessment:

2-3 minutes

Students should be familiar

with the dictation passages


with the following topic: Go

green and foods in Hong Kong

Part A: Read aloud

Part B: One-minute talk

2017 – 2018 Final Examination - Examination Guide for S.1 English Language

Groups 4-5


Paper I


Section A:

Short task (30 words)

Section B:

Composition (100 words)

Write an article.

Section A:

Write about meals. (30 words)

Section B:

With the given pictures, write

an article about healthy eating.

Section A:

Students are encouraged to:

1. revise vocabulary on Unit 3 booklet

2. revise the daily writing: My

Favourite Food and Food Review.

Section B:

Students are reminded to

1. arrange the ideas in paragraphs and

add own ideas

2. revise the vocabulary on Unit 3

booklet and vocabulary booklet

3. use connectives and add a title for

the article.

Paper II

Comprehension

& Usage

90/300 1 hour


TWO leaflets related to Units 3

Part B: Grammar & Usage –

1. Tenses (simple present)

2. Ability (can)

3. Some, any and no

4. Connectives

(and, but, or, because, as, since)

5. Review:

- Countable/Uncountable nouns,

- There is/are

- Food Quantifier

6. Vocabulary:

Food and Drinks

Food Description

Comments on Food

1. Multiple choice questions


3. Filling in the blanks

4. Matching

5. Vocabulary -Complete a

short passage.

6. Answering questions in

complete sentences

7. MC cloze

1. Booklets

Unit 3 –Food and Drinks

2. Vocabulary Booklet

3. Worksheets


Paper III


Integrated skills (listening, reading

and writing)


2. Multiple choices

3. Labeling pictures

4. Filling in cooking instruction verbs


1. Revise the spelling of the

vocabulary from

vocabulary booklets and

Units 3

Paper IV


Vocabulary and sentences from

vocabulary booklet and Units 3 10 Vocabulary items + 5 sentences


scope given

Paper V

Speaking 40 / 300

Preparation:

10 minutes

Assessment:

2-3 minutes

Students should be familiar with the

vocabulary in Units 3

Part A：Read Aloud (1-2 minutes)

Part B: 1-minute talk

2017 – 2018 2nd Term - Examination Guide for S.2 English Language


Paper I


Section A:

Short task (15 marks)

Section B:

Long task: composition

(30marks)

Section A:

Continue the story with the help of pictures

and decide the ending yourself.

Section B:

Write an article about different opinions on

an endangered species.

Section B:


revise the format of an

article.

arrange their ideas in

paragraphs.


Paper II

Comprehension

& Usage

90/300 1 hour


2 texts – One of them is related to the project

about keeping pets and the other uses the

text-type students have learnt – a speech.


Vocabulary (Vocabulary items from

Endangered Species and Keeping Pets)

Zero article

Connectives of reason and result

Passive voice – present tense, past tense

and simple future

Grammar items learnt in the 1st term

Reading comprehension

1. Back referencing

2. T / F / NG

3. Answering questions in complete

sentences


5. Filling in a table

Vocabulary: Complete a short passage

with the words given

Zero article: Fill in blanks

Connectives of reason and result: Fill

in blanks

Passive voice: Fill in blanks

MC Cloze: MC questions based on the

grammar items learnt in S2.

(1) Textbook

Unit 4 Endangered

Species

(2) Project

Keeping Pets

(3) Grammar Book

Units 7, 8 & 19

(4) Study the

vocabulary list of

exam revision notes


Paper III


Part A : Task 1 – 3 (listening)

Part B: Tasks 4 – 5

(Integrated skills – listening, reading

and writing)

1. Complete a poster

2. Label a floor plan

3. Complete a list of guidelines

4. Take notes on a note sheet

5. Extract relevant information from both the

note sheet and the Data File.

Study the vocabulary

list of exam revision

notes

Paper IV


Textbook:

Units 3 Tech Talk

Unit 4 Endangered Species

Project – Keeping Pets

3 paragraphs + 10 Vocabulary items

Refer to the handout on

dictation exam.

Paper V

Speaking

(pending)

40 / 300

Preparatio

n: 6+ 3

minutes

Assessme

nt: 1 + 3

minutes

Students should be familiar with the

vocabulary in Units 2, 3, 4.

Part I：Individual Presentation (1 minute)

Part II：Group Interaction (3 minutes for 3

students)

Students should be able

to use the mind map

2017-2018 Final Examination - Examination Guide for S.3 English Language


Paper I

Writing 80 / 300

1 hour

15 minutes

Part A:

Reply email – Mind map

(80 words)

Part B:

Article (180 - 200 words)

Part A:

Write a reply email talking about tourist

spots in Hong Kong

Part B:

Write an article about saving the

environment in about 180 – 200 words.

Part A:

Students are encouraged to:

1. revise vocabulary of

Unit 4

2. revise the present and

future tenses

3. use the mind map hints

and add own ideas

4. revise the relative

clauses

Part B:


1. arrange their ideas in

paragraphs

2. revise the vocabulary on

Unit 3

3. revise the passive voice

and conditional

sentences

4. revise connectives


Paper II

Comprehension

& Usage

90/300

1 hour

15

minutes


There are TWO texts


1. Vocabulary

2. Passive voice and tenses

3. Connectives

4. Present and past participles

5. relative clauses

1. Multiple choice

2. Answering questions in complete

sentences


4. True / False/ Not Given

5. Filling in the blanks

6. Sentence writing

1. School-based units 3 - 4

2. Grammar book

Units 3, 7, 16, 19 and 20

3. Supplementary worksheets

and exercises


Paper III


1. TSA tasks

2. Short tasks

3. Integrated tasks

(listening, reading and

writing)

1. Multiple choices



1. Revise the spelling of the

vocabulary from Textbook

Units 1& 2 and School-

based units 3 – 4

2. Revise the revision note

given

Paper IV


Vocabulary and passages from

School-based units 3 &4 3 paragraphs + 10 Vocabulary items


syllabus given

Paper V

Speaking 40 / 300

Preparation

time:

6 minutes

Assessment

time: Part A

(2 minutes) &

Part B

(4 - 5 minutes)


with the themes covered in

the whole year

Part A: Individual presentation

Part B: Group interaction

2017 – 2018 Final Examination - Examination Guide for S.4 English Language


Paper 1

Reading 20 / 100

1 hour

30 minutes

There are 2 texts in the paper. Both

passages are under the theme “Travel”.

Text 1 is about 7 different travel

websites. Questions will be about the

different features of these websites.

Text 2 is a letter of advice to a girl who

is going to study in London, England.

A range of questions types will be

used:

multiple-choice items, short

responses and more extended

open-ended responses.

General reading skills will be

tested:

e.g. getting main ideas from

paragraphs, referencing, guessing

meaning of words from context

Study the Revision Notes for the

reading paper.

Paper 2

Writing 25 / 100

1 hour

30 minutes

Students will be required to write

different types of writing:

analytical, expressive, descriptive,

persuasive, narrative etc.

The situation and the purpose for

writing are provided.

There will be two writing tasks:

Part A is compulsory. It

requires students to write a

letter of advice in about 150

words.

Part B requires students to

choose one of the 3 questions

and write about 280 words.

Examples of text types: letter

to the editor, letter and

article.

The writing paper will be

assessed based on the following

criteria:

1) Content

2) Language

3) Organisation


Paper 3

Listening

&

Integrated

skills

30 / 100 2 hours

A situation is given and students

have to complete all five tasks in

Part A & B.

The situation is about organising

an eco-tour. You will listen to

information about various

countries and continents, and

make a choice for the destination

country, based on the information

from recording and Data File.

Part A: Listen to the recording and

complete three tasks:

Task 1: Complete a note sheet.

Task 2: Complete a note sheet. (This task

is played twice.)

Task 3: Make corrections to a

questionnaire form.

Part B: Complete two tasks using the

information in the recording and

Data File.

Task 4: Complete a report on the three

possible destinations for the

eco-tour.

Task 5: Draft a Letter to Parents, about

the arrangements for the

eco-tour. Attention to the

appropriacy of the letter (i.e. for

formal writing) is expected.

Students have to arrive at the exam hall

15 minutes before the exam starts.

Follow Mrs Helen Tse’s letter in the

Data File for Part B to complete Tasks 4

& 5.

Study the Revision Notes for the

listening paper.

Paper 4

Speaking 25/ 100

Part A

Group

discussion

–

4 minutes

Topics include: travelling,

cultures, school life

Four domains of student’s

performance will be

assessed:

1. pronunciation &

delivery

2. communication

strategies

3. vocabulary & language

pattern

4. ideas & organization

Part A

Group discussion

Three or four students will be

grouped together and take part in a

group discussion.

They may be required to make

suggestions, give advice, make and

explain a choice, argue for and/or

against a position, or discuss the

pros and cons of a proposal.

Revise all discussion skills in the

course book & notes given by

teachers.

During the exam, students should:

1. speak up & speak naturally

2. have eye contact

3. give opinions or suggestions with

reasons or examples kinds of

elaboration

4. ask for opinions/ suggestions

5. respond to your fellow students

6. ask for repetition / clarification if

necessary

7. make use of the given prompts to

generate ideas during the group

discussion

2017 – 2018 2nd Term Examination - Examination Guide for S.5 English Language


Paper 1

Reading

20 / 100

1 hour

30 minutes

Students will be required to respond

to a variety of written texts such as

rules and articles.

The texts may be drawn from a

variety of sources.

A range of questions types will be

used: answering questions, MC

questions, T/F/NG, ordering

events, matching, filling in

blanks, etc.

General reading skills will be

tested, including identifying main

ideas and specific information,

i d e n t i f y i n g a n d

e v a l u a t i n g v i e w s a n d

a t t i t u d e s , synonyms, back

referencing, making inferences,

etc.

Tips of tackling the reading

comprehension questions:

1) When students are asked to

find answers from different

parts of a text, do not make

reference to the same point

more than once.

2) Do not copy a chunk of

text at random without

truly understanding what

you have read.

3) For cloze/gap filling tasks,

pay special attention to the

accuracy in spelling and

grammar as the cloze itself

serves as a reading

comprehension text.

Paper 2

Writing

25 / 100

2 hours

Students will be required to write

different text-types.

Part A: short question (200 words)

Part B: long question (350 words)

The situation and the purpose of

writing are provided.

Part A is a short writing task.

Part B is a long writing task.

Students have to choose 1 out of the

8 questions.

For assessment purposes,

consideration will be given to:

the relevance and adequacy

of the content;

the planning and organization

of ideas,

Text-types: article, speech, letter to

the editor, story, proposal, report,

formal email, leaflet

the accuracy and

appropriacy of vocabulary

and language patterns.

Tips of tackling the writing

questions:

1) Get a clear idea of where the

focus of the question lies.

2) Make sure you know the

purpose of the piece of

writing, who the target

audience is and what genre

is required before you start

writing.

3) Draft a writing plan to

ensure that all ideas are

relevant to the question.

4) Use your time wisely in the

examination.


Paper 3

Listening

&

Integrated

skills

30 / 100

2 hours

A situation is given and students have

to complete all tasks in Parts A & B.

Part A: Listen to the recording and

complete the following tasks:

Task 1: Complete an outline

2: Complete a form

3. Complete a presentation plan

4. Complete a list of advantages

Students have to bring their own

earphones for the exam and arrive

at the exam hall 15 minutes

before the exam starts.

It is advisable to use a pencil to

do Part A and a pen to do Part B.

Part B: Complete the following tasks by

using the information on the

recording and in the Data File

Task 5: Complete the presentation note cards

Task 6: Complete a pamphlet

Task 7: Write a formal email

factsheetTask 7: Write a letter

Paper 4

Speaking

25/ 100

Part A

Group

interaction

– 8 minutes

Topics include : Technology,

Eating healthy,Education

Four domains of student’s

performance will be

assessed:

1. pronunciation & delivery

2. communication strategies

3. vocabulary &

language pattern

4. ideas & organization

Part A

Group discussion

Three or four students will be grouped

together and take part in a group

discussion.

They may be required to make

suggestions, give advice, make and

explain a choice, or discuss the pros

and cons of a proposal.

Revise all discussion skills

in the course book & notes

given by teachers.

During the exam, students

should:

1. speak up & speak naturally

2. have eye contact

3. give opinions or suggestions

with reasons or examples

kinds of elaboration

4. ask for opinions/ suggestions

5. respond to your fellow

students

6. ask for repetition /

clarification if necessary

7. make use of the given

prompts to generate ideas

during the group discussion

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