eB. test cope 01245020 FORM TP 2011034 JANUARY 2011 @ CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION SPANISH Paper 02 — General Proficiency FREE RESPONSE 2% hours 13 JANUARY 2011 (a.m.) S ‘TIONS TO CAI ATE! 1. This paper is divided into FOUR sections. 2. Answer ALL questions in Sections I and IV. 3. Answer ONE question in EACH of Sections If and II, DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Copyright © 2009 Caribbean Examinations Council Alll rights reserved. (01245020/ANUARY/F 2011-2- SECTION I DIRECTED SITUATIONS ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. Write in SPANISH the information required for EACH of the situations given below. Do NOT write more than ONE sentence for each situation. For some situations, a complete sentence may NOT be necessai i Do NOT use Do NOT translate the situations abbreviations. DO NOT WRITE EACH ANSWER ON A DIFFERENT PAGE. YOU WILL BE PENALISED FOR DISREGARDING THESE INSTRUCTIONS. 1. You are alone at your friend’s home in Caracas and need to leave the house. Write the note you leave telling your friend of your whereabouts. 2. Your neighbour wants to sell his car and requests your help to make a sign, What docs the sign say? 3. Your school has embarked on a Spanish Awareness campaign. Write one important school rule which you can post on the notice board. 4, Anita has invited you to the movies but you would prefer to do something else. Respond to her email, suggesting an alternative activity. 5. Your aunt is going away for a week and you promised to look after her dog. She has left a note to remind you of something you must do. What does the note say? 6. Younced your father’s permission to go somewhere but he is away. Write him an email requesting his approval. 7. There isa problem with your new cellular phone and you have taken it back to the store. Provide a written explanation of the problem to the salesperson. 8. You send an email to your teacher explaining why your group project is not finished. What reason do you give? 9. Youwould like to interview a celebrity who is visiting your city. Write hinv/her an email explaining why you need to interview him/her. 10, You have disappointed your best friend. Write an email apologising for what you have done. Total 30 marks 0124S020/JANUARY/F 2011Sas SECTION I LETTER/COMPOSITION Using ONE of the following outlines as a guide, write in SPANISH a letter OR composition of NO MORE THAN 130 — 150 words. Use the tense or tenses appropriate to the topic which you have chosen. YOU WILL BE PENALISED FOR DISREGARDING THESE INSTRUCTIONS. EITHER LETTER You have decided to work during the summer vacation and are enjoying the job very much. Write a letter to your friend in the Dominican Republic informing him/her about it. Be sure to include (how you were informed of the job (ii) why you decided to work during the summer vacation (iii) what the job involves and what you like most about it (iv) _ what you plan to do with your first salary. (Do NOT write your real name and address, but include the date in SPANISH and use the appropriate beginning and ending.) Total 30 marks OR COMPOSITION ‘Write a composition about an unexpected visitor to your home. Include (i) identification and description of the visitor Gi) purpose and duration of the visit iii) arrangements that your family is making to accommodate the person (iv) _ how the visit will affect your family’s plans. Total 30 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01245020/JANUARY/F 2011-4- SECTION I CONTEXTUAL ANNOUNCEMENT/CONTEXTUAL DIALOGUE. Use the cues provided to complete EITHER an announcement OR a dialogue in SPANISH. YOU WILL BE PENALISED FOR DISREGARDING THESE INSTRUCTIONS. EITHER CONTEXTUAL ANNOUNCEMENT Use the following information to write an announcement of about 80 — 100 words in SPANISH. As Head School Prefect, you decide to organize a new club in your school. Write an announce- ment for the school notice board to inform and guide the students. ALL of the details indicated below MUST be included in the announcement, (i) Aheading to attract readers (i) An invitation to be a member (iii) ‘Three advantages to be gained from joining, (iv) Dates, time and location of meetings (v) What students must do to join Total 20 marks OR CONTEXTUAL DIALOGUE, Using 80 - 100 words in the INSERT provi your friend by giving your responses. jed, complete the dialogue between you and You had previously agreed to go on a date with a friend, but now you realize that you are unable to keep the appointment. You telephone your friend to inform him/her. Responses to ALL of the cues listed below MUST be included in the completed dialogue. (i) Purpose of the call (ii) Explanation for not being able to keep the appointment (iii) Apology and alternative arrangements (iv) Your reaction to your friend’s response (v) _ Plans to make up for the disappointment caused Complete the dialogue in the INSERT provided. The completed insert should then be attached to your answer booklet. ‘Total 20 marks GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE 01245020/JANUARY/F 2011=S SECTION IV READING COMPREHENSION ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. Read the following selection carefully. Do NOT translate, but answer the questions in ENGLISH. Be sure to write the number of the question which you are answering, YOU WILL BE PENALISED FOR DISREGARDING THESE INSTRUCTIONS. A Night to Remember Manuel Pacheco, un joven de quince afios, era bien conocido en su pueblo por ser muy macho. En todas sus actividades mostraba mucho valor y mucha fuerza emocional. Nunca tenia paciencia con los jévenes de su edad que parecian débiles de cuerpo y alma. No tenia muchos amigos pero si tenia admiradores. En el pueblo se hacian planes para el fin del afto y cuando se anuncié un paseo de tres horas al bosque hacia la medianoche de la Nochevieja, a Manuel no le preocupé nada. Fue él quien animé a los otros jévenes a participar en esa aventura que él veia como una simple caminata en el parque. A los otros jévenes les daba miedo participar porque habian ofdo cuentos de cosas extrafias que se habian visto en ese bosque. Durante el paseo, se oyeron ruidos misteriosos y se vieron figuras y sombras horrorosas. Pero lo sorprendente de todo fue ver a Manuel estirado debajo de un arbol. EI macho del pueblo sc habia desmayado de miedo! Answer, in ENGLISH, the following questions based on the selection you have just read. Use a complete sentence for EACH response. 1, How was Manuel viewed in his tows (i mark ) 2. What about him encouraged this view? (3 marks) With whom was Manuel impatient? (2 marks) 4. What special occasion was approaching? (1 mark ) What would last three hours? (2 marks) 6. How did Manuel view this activity? (2 marks) 7. How did his friends’ view differ from his? (3 marks) 8. How are the sights described in the passage? (mark ) What was a surprising sight? (2 marks) 10. In what way would Manuel’s reputation be affected? (3 marks) Total 20 marks END OF TEST anCe. est cope 01245020 FORM TP 2011034 JANUARY 2011 ‘ CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATE, EXAMINATION SPANISH Paper 02 — General Proficiency Section II - Contextual Dialogue Centre number... Candidate number ....... 7 Using 80 — 100 words, complete the dialogue between you and your friend by giving your responses. You had previously agreed to go on a date with a friend, but now you realize that you are unable to keep the appointment. You telephone your friend to inform him/her. Responses to ALL of the cues listed below MUST be included in the dialogue. Purpose of the call Explanation for not being able to keep the appointment ( Apology and alternative arrangements (iv) Your reaction to your friend’s response (v) Plans to make up for the disappointment caused Attach this INSERT to your answer booklet. Amigo: Alé, buenos dias. {Con quign hablo? Amigo: — (Qué tal? Amigo: {Malas noticias? Dime, ,qué pas6? GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE, 01245020 ANUARY/F 2011Amigo: Yo: Amigo: ‘Yo: Amigo: Yo: Amigo: Yo: Amigo: 3. {No puedes? Ah, qué listima que no puedas. Y, ,por qué? Qué pena. Tenia tantas ganas de salir contigo. Hmmmmm, a ver, si, sf, esta bien. No tengo nada para esta fecha. Espero que si. Entonces quedamos en encontrarnos el préximo viernes. Llamame si hay problemas. Hasta luego. ‘Total 20 marks 01245020/JANUARY/F 2011