Cambridge International Examinations

Cambridge Ordinary Level

BENGALI 3204/02
Paper 2 Language Usage and Comprehension May/June 2016
MARK SCHEME
Maximum Mark: 110

Published

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examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the
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considered the acceptability of alternative answers.

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Teachers.

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Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2016 series for most Cambridge IGCSE®,
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Section A

A1 Separation / Combination of Words [10]

1 2 marks

2 2 marks

3 2 marks

4 2 marks

5 2 marks

A2 Idioms, Proverbs and Words in Pairs [10]

Marking principles:

Candidates may respond with either a number or a phrase (or both). Tolerate spelling errors.
If candidates write more than one attempt per item, an incorrect attempt will invalidate any correct
attempt to the same item (e.g. for Q6, if a candidate responds (8) = 0 marks).

6 (8) 2 marks

7 (4) 2 marks

8 (10) 2 marks

9 (6) 2 marks

10 (9) 2 marks

A3 Sentence Transformation [10]

11

or similar (key word: )

12

or similar (key word: )

13

or similar (key word: )

14

or similar (key word: )

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or similar (key word: )

A4 Cloze Passage [20]

Marking principles:

Candidates may respond with either a number or a phrase (or both). Tolerate spelling errors.
If candidates write more than one attempt per item, an incorrect attempt will invalidate any correct
attempt to the same item (e.g. for Q16, if a candidate responds (8) = 0 marks).

16 (8) 2 marks

17 (11) 2 marks

18 (1) 2 marks

19 (12) 2 marks

20 (6) 2 marks

21 (14) 2 marks

22 (2) 2 marks

23 (7) 2 marks

24 (5) 2 marks

25 (10) 2 marks

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Section B

B5 MCQ Comprehension [14]

Marking principles:

Candidates may respond with either a number or a phrase (or both). Tolerate spelling errors.
If candidates write more than one attempt per item, an incorrect attempt will invalidate any correct
attempt to the same item (e.g. for Q26, if a candidate responds (3)
= 0 marks).

26 (3) 2 marks

27 (2) 2 marks

28 (1) 2 marks

29 (1) 2 marks

30 (2) 2 marks

31 (4) 2 marks

32 (3) 2 marks

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Section C

C6 OE Comprehension [36]

Marking principles:

Candidates must write in their own words, i.e. not ‘lift’ (copy word-for-word) material from the text.
There is a maximum of 6 marks available for each question. A maximum of 4 marks are
awarded for Content, according to the examples in the mark scheme below. A maximum of 2
marks are awarded for Language according to the banded marking principles below.

• clear, appropriate language and vocabulary 2 language marks

• in the candidate’s own words (no lifting)
• tolerate minor spelling errors
• partially successful communication of the answer 1 language mark
• spelling errors and
• occasional lifting
• inappropriate use of language 0 language marks
• limited/inappropriate vocabulary
• meaning is confused/ambiguous/obscure
• basic errors which impede communication
• heavy reliance on lifting

Content marks are to be awarded as follows:

33

(Any 4 from the following)

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

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34

(There is a maximum of 2 marks for responding to and a maximum of 2 marks for

responding to )

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

35

(There is a maximum of 2 marks for responding to and a maximum of 2 marks for

responding to )

: (any 2 of the following bullet points)

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

: (any one name from each bullet point)

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

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36

(Any 4 from the following)

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

37

(Any 4 from the following)

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

38

(Any 4 from the following)

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

• 1 mark

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C7 Vocabulary [10]

Marking principles:

• appropriate synonym with correct spelling 2 marks

• appropriate synonym 1 mark
• tolerate minor spelling errors which do not impede meaning
• inappropriate synonym 0 marks
• spelling error which impedes meaning

If candidates write more than one attempt per item, an incorrect attempt will invalidate any correct
attempt to the same item.

The following are examples of correct responses. Award up to 2 marks for each question,
according to the banded marking principles above.

39 or similar

40 or similar

41 or similar

42 or similar

43 or similar

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