DEPARTMENT FOR CURRICULUM,

RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND LIFELONG LEARNING

Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes
Educational Assessment Unit
Annual Examinations for Primary Schools 2018
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Year 4 ENGLISH MARKING SCHEME

(Listening Comprehension)
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In questions 1 to 12, if more than one option is ticked, the answer is to be marked as incorrect.

1. b) in the sitting room 1 mark

2. a) Horace 1 mark
3. d) It had a hard crust. 1 mark
4. c) a hammer and chisel 1 mark
5. b) He fell backwards and hit his head. 1 mark
6. c) thick black smoke and a strong smell 1 mark
7. a) a robe and a headdress 1 mark
8. b) his new neighbour 1 mark
9. c) for coming over to offer help 1 mark
10. a) in a palace 1 mark
11. b) The stranger was imagining things. 1 mark
12. c) to be Horace’s servant 1 mark
13. a) False ½ mark
13. b) True ½ mark
13. c) False ½ mark
13. d) False ½ mark
13. e) True ½ mark
13. f) False ½ mark
13. g) True ½ mark
13. h) True ½ mark
14. a) not; full 1, 1 marks
14. b) bottle; lid (Accept: cap / top / cover) 1, 1 marks

No marks are to be deducted for spelling errors in 14 a and b. (If the writing of a word is
illegible and / or the word is not clearly communicated to the marker, the mark should not be
allotted.)

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