Table 1 Mark distribution and structure of SSC English examination
From: Test review of the English public examination at the secondary level in Bangladesh
Papers | Total marks | Skills marks | Test items | No. of items | Scores for items |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
English first paper | 100 | Reading 50 | Questions from unseen passage-I | ||
• MCQ | 7 | 7 | |||
• Answering open ended questions | 5 | 10 | |||
Questions from unseen passage II | |||||
• Information transfer | 5 | 5 | |||
• Gap filling without clues | 5 | 5 | |||
• Summary | 1 | 10 | |||
Other questions (not based on any passage) | |||||
• Matching | 5 | 5 | |||
• Rearranging- order to make a story | 1 | 8 | |||
Writing 50 | • Writing paragraphs (clues are given to compose the paragraph) | 1 | 10 | ||
• Completing a story | 1 | 10 | |||
• Writing informal letters | 1 | 10 | |||
• Describing graphs/charts | 1 | 10 | |||
• Dialog writing | 1 | 10 | |||
English second paper | 100 | Grammar 45 | • Gap filling with clues | 5 | 5 |
• Gap filling without clues | 5 | 5 | |||
• Substitution table | 5 | 5 | |||
• Right forms of verbs | 5 | 5 | |||
• Narration | 5 | 5 | |||
• Changing sentences | 10 | 10 | |||
• Completing sentences | 5 | 5 | |||
• Use of suffix and prefix | 5 | 5 | |||
• Tag question | 5 | 5 | |||
• Sentence connectors | 5 | 5 | |||
5 | 5 | ||||
Composition 55 | Group A (any two items will be given in the question paper) | 2 | 20 | ||
• Writing CV with cover letter | |||||
• Formal/informal letters/e-mails | |||||
Group B (any two items will be given in the question paper) | 2 | 20 | |||
• Completing stories | |||||
• Shor paragraphs | |||||
• Dialogs writing | |||||
• Analyzing graphs and charts | |||||
Group C | |||||
• Composition based on personal experience, everyday problems, events, incidents, etc. | 1 | 15 |