UVW211 : ENGLISH FOR GENERAL PURPOSES

SAMPLE FOR FINAL EXAMINATION

ANSWER SCHEME

SECTION I: COMPREHENSION (40 MARKS)

PART A (15 marks)

1. D
2. A
3. C
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. D
11. (Indonesia lags more than five years behind its neighbours, including Thailand and
China,) (in fuel quality standards.) . As long as you mention about the fuel quality is
still bad, still caused pollution, you will get 2 marks.
12. (It is mandating that the auto sector improve emission standards on new vehicles to
meet European levels starting in 2017.)
(In Jakarta, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Council collects data
from eight monitoring stations) across the city (to measure air quality minute by
minute.)

PART B (15 marks)

1. C
2. D
3. C
4. C
5. C
6. D
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. D
 11. Depression might be an onset of other illness, a consequence of that illness or a symptom
caused by that illness and depending on the individual, depression along with other
illnesses and internal or external factors, theses different factors interact differently.
12. Three suggestions (accept any three) :
1. Break the daily routine: try something new
2. Exercise regularly
3. Eat healthily
4. Identify/ create strong support group
5. Interact with other people
6. Invest time in doing things that interests you

PART C (10 marks)

1. good news
2. Congratulations
3. on your wedding / on getting married
4. on getting married / on your wedding
5. excellent (well done is not accepted)

SECTION II: THEORY (10 MARKS)

1. Though it has many opponents, Instagram is in fact a useful program helping people
develop their creativity and learn about culture.

2. a) first-hand workshop, direct lessons on photography

b) mobility
c) a great platform for visual marketing
d) Instagram can be used totally ineptly can also be accepted

3. a) billions of boring and similar pictures (any TWO can be accepted)

b) people posting bad pictures just to get likes
c) obsession with selfies that lead to psychological disorder
d) the amount of people with bad taste in photography can be depressing

4. (no specific sequence, all three answers can be either at a, b and c)

a) possible concession toward opposing argument
b) opening with a strong statement
c) provide explanation / examples

5. restate thesis statement / summarize all main points

SECTION III: WRITING (40 MARKS)
PART A (20 marks)
Based on examiners discretions.
4 marks per question :

2 marks content
o 1 mark student express their understanding of the question
o 1 mark supporting details
2 marks language
o 2 marks if there is almost/no grammatical mistakes at all
o 1 mark if there are few grammatical mistakes

CRITERIA
13-15
Addressed all questions
completely and effectively.
Develop and organize ideas
effectively.
CONTENT Ideas and details are
(I) presented in logical order.
The writing is focused, clear
and specific.
Interesting, well-stated main
ideas/topic sentences
9-10
Hardly or no grammatical
errors.
Uses appropriate and varied
LANGUAGE vocabulary effectively.
(II) Meaning is well understood.
No sentence error; variety in
length and type
5 4
The organization of essay
can be seen clearly and
easily followed.
ORGANISAT
ION Effective transitions are
used; a professional format
(III)
is used
PART B : ESSAY RUBRIC (30 marks)
10-12
Addressed all questions
completely
Ideas and details are
presented in logical order.
The writing is focused, clear
and specific.
Interesting, well-stated main
ideas/topic sentences
7-8
Less grammatical errors.
Uses appropriate and varied
vocabulary well
Meaning is well understood.
Less sentence error; variety
in length and type
The essay can be easily
followed.
Basic transitions are used in
each paragraph; a structured
format is used.
7-9
Address the questions, but left
out some details.
The ideas and details are
mostly presented in logical
order
The writing is generally
focused on the topic and
purpose
Good main ideas or topic
sentences
5-6
Few grammatical errors.
Uses appropriate and varied
vocabulary satisfactorily.
Meaning is understood most of
the time.
Mostly complete sentences;
some variety in length and
type
3 2
Good paragraphing
Some organization of the essay
is difficult to follow, due to
inadequate transitions and/or
rambling format.
MARKS
4-6 1-3 MARKS
Addressed the questions, Did not address some of the
but provided few details questions
The ideas are somewhat A lot of the writing does not
organized, but seems connect to the main idea
unfinished. The writing has little or no /15
Sometimes it is not clear focus and relevance on the
how the details are used topic.
connect to the main idea Use few key words
The writing is related to
the topic but lack focus
Use some key words
3-4 1-2 MARKS
Some grammatical errors. There are many errors in
Meaning is occasionally spelling, punctuation, and
clear. capitalization.
Some fragmented Many grammatical errors, /10
sentences Limited use of appropriate.
and varied vocabulary
Meaning is vague or
incomprehensible.
Many fragmented sentences
1 MARKS
Less paragraphing and No paragraphing or no
organization of the essay organization to the essay
Some ideas are not
grouped into appropriate /5
paragraphs
I + II + III /30