TSA Practice Paper 1
Reading and Writing
Part
1
BC Descriptor
Assessment Focus
 Use a small range of reading
strategies to understand the meaning
of simple texts with the help of cues
(IS, KS, ES)
 Make inferences
 Scan for specific information
 Understand the connection
between ideas by identifying a
small range of cohesive
Score
7
devices
 Understand the use of a small range of
language features in simple
literary/imaginative texts (ES)
2
 Make inferences
 Predict the content using
contextual clues, prior
knowledge and personal
experience
 Scan for specific information
 Understand the connection
between ideas by identifying a
small range of cohesive
8
devices
3
 Apply simple reference skills (KS)
 Use a small range of reading
strategies to understand the meaning
of simple texts with the help of cues
(IS, KS, ES)
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 Obtain information from the
notices
 Predict the content using
contextual clues, prior
knowledge and personal
experience
 Recognise key words in a
sentence
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 Use a small range of reading
4
 Make inferences
strategies to understand the meaning
of simple texts with the help of cues
(IS, KS, ES)
 Apply simple reference skills (KS)
 Make inferences
 Scan for specific information
 Obtain information from the
map
5
 Use a small range of vocabulary,
sentence patterns and cohesive
6
 Scan for specific information
 Work out the meaning of
unknown words by using
contextual clues
6
 Write an diary entry based on
pictorial cues
devices appropriately with the help of
cues despite some spelling and
grammatical mistakes (KS)
 Write a simple text with relevant
information and ideas (including
personal experiences) with the help of
cues (IS, KS, ES)
7
Total Score
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2
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Answer Key
Part 1
1. A
2. C
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. D
7. C
Part 2
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. B
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. C
Part 3
1. C
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. D
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Part 4
1. C
2. A
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. D
8. D
Part 5
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. D
Part 6
Suggested answer:
8th April
Sunny
Today, I went to the cinema with Aunt Karen. We chose to watch Super Joe because the actor
looked cool. There was a long queue at the ticket counter. We waited for about 15 minutes to
buy the tickets. We also bought soft drinks and some popcorn at the snack counter.
During the movie, I suddenly felt a pain in my stomach. I could not watch the rest of the movie.
Aunt Karen was worried about me and took me to the doctor.
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Marking Scheme
Content
Marks
4
3
2
1
0
Scoring Guide
Provide interesting/imaginative ideas with supporting details and an appropriate
ending.
 The description is very clear and coherent.
 Provide interesting/imaginative ideas with supporting details but without an
appropriate ending.
OR
 Provide a factual account of what happened with supporting details and an
appropriate ending.
 The description is clear and coherent.
 Provide a factual account of what happened with some supporting details but lack
clarity.
OR
 Provide some brief ideas only and the description is quite clear.
 Attempt to write a diary entry by giving very limited information/ideas only.
OR
 Provide unclear/disconnected information/ideas that may confuse the reader.
 Unable to express ideas.
OR
 Provide totally irrelevant ideas.
OR
 Practically make no attempt at all.

Language
Marks
3
2
1
0
Scoring Guide
Use a small range of vocabulary, sentence patterns, cohesive devices and verb
forms fairly appropriately with few/no grammatical and spelling mistakes.
 Use a small range of vocabulary, sentence patterns, cohesive devices and verb
forms fairly appropriately with some grammatical and spelling mistakes.
 Use a very limited range of vocabulary and verb forms but with many
grammatical and spelling mistakes.
 Unable to express ideas.
OR
 Provide totally irrelevant ideas.
OR
 Practically make no attempt at all.

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