DIRECTORATE FOR QUALITY AND STANDARDS IN EDUCATION

Department of Curriculum Management

Educational Assessment Unit

End of Primary Benchmark

2014
English – Listening Comprehension – Marking Scheme

Task 1 (8 x 1 mark = 8 marks)

If more than one option is underlined, the sentence is to be marked as incorrect.

The Macaw The Caterpillar

1. a bird 5. moth
2. 17 6. damaged
7. A few
3. during the day
8. scare
4. colourful

Task 2

1. (5 x 1 mark = 5 marks)

If more than one box is ticked, the answer is to be marked as incorrect.

T F NIG
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
(e) 

2. (4 x ½ mark = 2 marks)

(a) waiting for

(b) thinks
(c) might have happened
(d) twice

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3.
(4 x ½ mark = 2 marks)
(a) d
(b) a
(c) c
(d) x
(e) b
e

4. (3 x 1 mark = 3 marks)

Spelling mistakes and grammatical errors do not forfeit the mark unless they impede
communication.

(a) marks / results (Do not accept: holidays)

(b) beach
(c) weeks

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