w w ap eP m e tr .X w UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS s er om .c GCE Ordinary Level MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2008 question paper 3204 BENGALI 3204/02 Paper 2 (Language Usage and Comprehension), maximum raw mark 110 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began. All Examiners are instructed that alternative correct answers and unexpected approaches in candidates’ scripts must be given marks that fairly reflect the relevant knowledge and skills demonstrated. Mark schemes must be read in conjunction with the question papers and the report on the examination. • CIE will not enter into discussions or correspondence in connection with these mark schemes. CIE is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2008 question papers for most IGCSE, GCE Advanced Level and Advanced Subsidiary Level syllabuses and some Ordinary Level syllabuses. Page 2 Mark Scheme GCE O LEVEL – May/June 2008 Syllabus 3204 Section A A1 Separation/Combination of Words (two marks per correct answer) 1 2 3 4 5 A2 Idioms, Proverbs and Words in Pairs (two marks per correct answer) 6 (9) 7 (4) 8 (2) 9 (7) 10 (1) © UCLES 2008 Paper 02 Page 3 Mark Scheme GCE O LEVEL – May/June 2008 A3 Sentence Transformation (two marks per correct answer) 11 12 13 14 15 A4 Cloze Passage (two marks per correct answer) 16 (9) 17 (5) 18 (4) 19 (15) 20 (7) 21 (2) 22 (11) 23 (13) 24 (1) 25 (14) © UCLES 2008 Syllabus 3204 Paper 02 Page 4 Mark Scheme GCE O LEVEL – May/June 2008 Section B © UCLES 2008 Syllabus 3204 Paper 02 Page 5 Mark Scheme GCE O LEVEL – May/June 2008 B5 MCQ Comprehension (two marks per correct answer) 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 © UCLES 2008 Syllabus 3204 Paper 02 Page 6 Mark Scheme GCE O LEVEL – May/June 2008 Section C © UCLES 2008 Syllabus 3204 Paper 02 Page 7 Mark Scheme GCE O LEVEL – May/June 2008 Syllabus 3204 Paper 02 C6 OE Comprehension Answers: 4 maximum marks for content 2 maximum language marks 2 language marks for correctly phrased answers entirely in candidate’s own words. 1 language mark for correct answers containing obtrusive linguistic and/or spelling errors. 0 language mark for an answer that is incorrect/irrelevant or entirely lifted from the text 33 34 35 36 37 © UCLES 2008 Page 8 Mark Scheme GCE O LEVEL – May/June 2008 C7 Vocabulary (two marks per correct answer) 38 39 40 41 42 © UCLES 2008 Syllabus 3204 Paper 02