BEM Anglais 2013 avec correction

Activity One : Answer the following Questions ( 2pts)

1. Do English children begin secondary school at eleven?
- Yes , they do / Yes / In England ,Children start secondary school at the age of 11. ( 1pt)


2. Do all students leave school after GCSE exams?
- No, they do not. / No/ After these exams, about 25 % leave school and find jobs. ( 1pt)

Activity Two : Match each idea with the corresponding paragraph.

- Paragraph 1: Subjects at secondary school ( 3) / ( C) <1pt>
- Paragraph 2: Exams at 16 and 18 ( 1) / (A) <1pt>
- Paragraph 3 : Types of Secondary school ( 2) / ( B) <1pt>

Activity 3 : Lexis.
1/ Synonyms :

1- kids = children ( 0,5pt) / 2- select = choose / take/( 0,5pts

2/ Opposites:

1- before =/= after (0,5pt) 2- cheap =/= expensive(0,5pt)
Activity One: Supply the punctuation and the capital letters where necessary
English students have to wear a school uniform, but American ones don’t .
0,5pt 0,5pt 0,5pt 0,5pt

Activity Two : Re-order the following words to get coherent sentences.

1- Children at the age of 5 can go to pre-school classes in Algeria .
- In Algeria children can go to pre-school classes at the age of 5.
-At the age of 5 children can go to pre-school classes in Algeria.
-At the age of 5 children , in Algeria , can go to pre- school classes .
- Children in Algeria can go to pre-school classes at the age of 5 .

2- Education is compulsory between 6 and 16 .
Education between 6 and 16 is compulsory.
Compulsory education is between 6and 16.

3 - Students take the BEM exam at the end of middle school.
- At the end of the middle school students take the BEM Exam.
Activity 3 : Find in the text four words that have the following sounds


/ei/ ( name)
– same – they- take- stay-state-age- information -communication -education famous .

/ai/ ( my

- like -
Design –find - private

The grid of evaluation of the Written Expression:
Criteria Good Fair Poor
 Relevance (2points) • Topic (1pt) « all the ideas are related to the topic»
• Format (1pt) : « correct »


(2points) • Topic (0.5pt)
- Some ideas are related to the topic ( at least 4)
• Format (0.5pt) :
-correct
(1pt) • Topic
- Very little reference to the topic ( 1 or 2 sentences)
• Format:
Correct /incorrect
(0.5 pt)
 Organisation (2points) - Ideas well
Organized
- topic sentences/
- supporting sentences conclusion
- sentences are linked correctly

(2points) - Some Ideas are well organized
- No topic sentence (no) conclusion
- Topic sentences/no conclusion
- Some sentences are linked correctly
( 1 point ) - Ideas are not well organised difficult to follow
- No topic sentence
- No conclusion
- Sentences are not linked correctly


( 0.5 point)
 Linguistic Resources
( 2 points) Correct use of (tense)/ verb form/ link words
vocabulary varied



( 2 points) - Correct use of (tense) / verb form
- Use of 3 link words
- Vocabulary not varied
- 3 mistakes are accepted

( 1 point) - incorrect use of (tense)/ verb form
- no link words
- vocabulary (very) limited
- more than 6 mistakes
( 0.5 pt)
Note :
If a candidate is out of the topic , Do not take into consideration (do not mark) « organisation » and « linguistic resources »
- Mark just Format