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Section D Question 32 tested the candidates understanding of lower order reading and
comprehension skills and sub-skills at production level. The candidates were required to answer
questions 32(a) 32 (b) (i) (ii) and 32c based on the poem In the midst of hardship. They were
expected to respond relevantly to the tasks and to give a personal response to the question.
GENERAL COMMENTS ON THE MARK SCHEME
On the whole, the mark scheme was comprehensive, clear, straightforward, fair and favourable
to all the candidates.
The questions 32(a) and 32(b)(i) (ii) were awarded one mark each while question 32(c) required
two answers; one mark each for the Action and Reason and the marks awarded were either
1,1, 1,0, or 0,0.
COVERAGE OF QUESTIONS IN RELATION TO CONTENT
The questions were related to the prescribed literary text taught in Form 4 and appropriate to
the level of Form 5 candidates.
The level of difficulty of the questions was slightly lower than last years. Most of the questions
needed candidates to respond to lower order reading and comprehension skills. The clarity and
well-structured question tasks were useful to garner a wide range of sensible and appropriate
answers from the candidates. The level of difficulty for the vocabulary question [Q 32b(i)]
appeared to be higher compared to the year before as many candidates did not know the
meaning of the word .
CANDIDATES PERFORMANCE: A COMPARISON TO THE YEAR BEFORE
Comparatively, the candidates performed better in Question 32 this year than last year because
candidates could lift the relevant lines from the poem when responding to three out of five
questions.
CANDIDATES PERFORMANCE
HIGH
AVERAGE
LOW