SAT 4 grade 10 aspect

1. Technology should be used in a modern city to make

residents’ lives more challenging.

TRUE

FALSE

2. Traffic control system in London reduces the

amount of traffic jams.

TRUE

FALSE

3. Lack of parking space causes approximately one

third of traffic jams in cities.

TRUE

FALSE

4. Sondo is designed to reduce air pollution.

TRUE

FALSE

5. Parklands in an urban area can be harmful to

people’s psychological wellbeing.

TRUE

FALSE

6. Since everyone has access to the internet, it is now

time to link the city with the residents.

TRUE

FALSE

1. A majority of people today are starting to question the purpose of life.

[1]

2. People believe that our efforts to acquire more things can be redirected to spending more time with family.

[1]

3. It is estimated that 6% of workers in Britain decided to change their way of living by moving to more demanding work positions.

[1]

4. Downshifting involves working harder to earn more money.

[1]

5. Liz worked for a bank that had connections outside of the UK.

[1]

6. Daniel and Liz currently operate a business in a city in Wales.

[1]

Question

№

Answer

Mark

Additional information

Listening

1

False

1

2

True

1

3

True

1

4

True

1

5

False

1

6

True

1

Reading

1

Not Given

1

2

True

1

3

False

1

4

False

1

5

True

1

6

False

1

Total marks

12

Mark / Criterion

Content (relevance and development of ideas)

Organisation (cohesion, paragraphing, and format)

Vocabulary (style and accuracy)

Grammar (style and accuracy) and Punctuation (accuracy)

6

• All content is relevant to the task.

• The register completely corresponds to the requirements of the task; consistent and intentional misuse of register* may indicate a writer’s personal style.

• All content points are fully addressed and developed in a balanced way.

*Such misuse of register should not harm the format of writing.

• Uses a wide range of connectors accurately; referencing is mostly clear.

• Uses paragraphs to separate ideas; all paragraphs revolve around one idea or a set of like ideas; the size of each paragraph allows for a proper and balanced development of ideas.

• The format is appropriate.

• Uses a range of advanced vocabulary appropriately; uses less common lexical items with occasional inappropriacies.

• Has good control of word formation; may make occasional errors in producing less common word forms.

• Spells common vocabulary items correctly; very few (one or two) occasional spelling mistakes may be present.

• May occasionally misspell less common lexical items.

• Errors in word choice and/or spelling do not distort meaning.

• Writes simple and compound sentence forms correctly and demonstrates variety in length and complexity.

• Uses complex sentences accurately, includingpunctuation.

• Rare errors in grammar and/or punctuation.

5

• All content is relevant to the task; insignificant content omissions may be present.

• The register on the whole corresponds to the requirements of the task; occasional and inconsistent misuse of register may be present.

• Most content points are addressed, but their development

• Uses a range of basic connectors accurately and attempts to use more advanced connectors, but not always accurately, and referencing, but not always clearly or appropriately.

• Uses paragraphs to separate ideas; most paragraphs revolve around one idea or a set of like

• Uses a range of everyday vocabulary appropriately; uses less common lexical items but may make frequent errors.

• Has good control of word formation; may make errors in producing less common word forms.

• Spells common vocabulary items correctly; few (no more

• Writes simple and compound sentence forms correctly but does not demonstrate variety inlength.

• Occasional errors in grammar and/or punctuation do not distort meaning.