GCSE Bitesize Examinations
General Certificate of Secondary Education
GERMAN WRITING MOCK EXAM
FOUNDATION TIER
MARK SCHEME
Total marks: 34
Exercise 1
Possible answers 1 mark for each correct item.
Zug, Fahrrad (Rad), Auto,
U-Bahn, S-Bahn, Schiff, Fhre, Flugzeug, Motorrad, Mofa
(4 marks)
Exercise 2
This question is marked for Content and Knowledge and Use of Language.
The marks given for the two categories are then added together to give a total mark
for the question.
(10 marks)
Content
Mark Description
5 task fully completed
4 task mostly completed
3 half task completed
2 one or two elements completed
1 little meaningful communication
Knowledge + Use of language
Mark Description
5 generally accurate & appropriate
vocabulary, spellings, verbs and genders
4 some weakness in vocabulary, spellings,
verbs & genders
3 inaccuracies make meanings sometimes
unclear
2 considerable inaccuracy makes meaning
often unclear
1 only odd words and phrases correct
Exercise 3
This question is marked for Content and Knowledge and Use of Language and
Accuracy. The marks given for the three categories are then added together to give
a total mark for the question.
(20 marks)
Content
Mark Description
9 - 10 task clearly understood; all tasks fully
completed
7-8 task mostly completed
5-6 about half task completed
3-4 some relevant information conveyed
1-2 much ambiguity and difficult for a native
speaker to understand
Knowledge + Use of language
Mark Description
5 generally accurate & appropriate
vocabulary, spellings, verbs and genders
4 some weakness in vocabulary, spellings,
verbs & genders
3 inaccuracies make meanings sometimes
unclear
2 considerable inaccuracy makes meaning
often unclear
1 only odd words and phrases correct
Accuracy
Mark Description
5 spellings, genders, agreements & verbs
accurate, with perhaps the odd minor slip
4 mostly accurate
3 fairly accurate in simple language
2 many basic errors
1 much inaccuracy isolated examples of
correct language