English to Enjoy 6A
Assessment Task 1 (Units 1–3)
Reading and Writing
Answer Key
Part 1
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. D
Part 2
1. dark
2. small
3. Quickly
4. longer
5. quiet
6. wide
7. cold
8. cloudy
9. boring
10. happy
Part 3
1. pull my leg
2. got carried away
3. felt blue
4. went bananas
5. spill the beans
Part 4
1. busy as a bee
2. as slow as a snail
3. as fast as the wind
4. as pretty as a picture
5. as white as snow
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Assessment Task 1 Reading and Writing
English to Enjoy 6A
Part 5
1. either/or
2. neither/nor
3. either the roast chicken or
4. Either the cheesecake or the chocolate mousse
5. neither/nor
Part 6
1. because
2. because
3. Therefore
4. Therefore
5. because
Part 7
Suggested answers:
Book title:
Good Friends
Author:
Lucita White
Main characters: Snow White and three little pigs
Summary of the story:
Once upon a time, a girl called Snow White lived near three little pigs. One day, Snow
White climbed up a tree to pick some apples. However, she could not get down from the
tree. The three little pigs came to help her immediately. One little pig climbed up the ladder
to save her and two little pigs held a large tablecloth under the tree to protect them. Snow
White came down from the tree safely. She shared the apples with the three little pigs and
they became good friends.
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Assessment Task 1 Reading and Writing
English to Enjoy 6A
Marking Scheme
Content
Marks
12-14
Scoring Guide
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
9-11
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
6-8
3-5
0-2
Provide interesting and imaginative ideas with many supporting details.
The description is very clear and coherent.
Provide sufficient and relevant ideas with some supporting details.
The description is clear and coherent.

Provide some brief and relevant ideas but lack supporting details.
The description is quite clear.

Attempt to write a story by giving very limited information/ideas only.

Provide unclear information/ideas that may confuse the reader.
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Unable to provide any ideas.
OR
 Provide totally irrelevant ideas.
OR
 Practically make no attempt at all.
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Language
Marks
5-6
Scoring Guide

Use a range of vocabulary, sentence patterns and cohesive devices
fairly appropriately with few or no grammatical and spelling mistakes.
3-4

Use a small range of vocabulary, sentence patterns and cohesive
devices fairly appropriately with some grammatical and spelling
mistakes.
1-2

Use a very limited range of vocabulary with many grammatical and
spelling mistakes.
0

Make no attempt at all.
Provide totally irrelevant ideas.
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