Your school has many extra-curricular activities. These include a debating team, music groups, sports teams and others. You are the leader of one of them. Your English teacher asks you to make a speech to your classmates to inform them about your team or group. Write your speech. You must include the following: • which team or group you lead and why it is successful • the qualities and skills a member of the team or group must have • how someone who joins the team or group will benefit as a member. Cover all three points above in detail. You should make your speech informative and interesting. Start your speech: ‘Good morning, everyone.'

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2020). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. Detailed Marking Instructions for Section 1: Directed Writing. Candidates are expected to: 1 write a letter which communicates information clearly, accurately and economically 2 carry out the instructions as detailed on the question paper regarding the particular information required. Candidates will be awarded up to 15 marks for following the task instructions and up to 15 marks for the language used. Total marks for Section 1: 30.
2. Notation used in Section 1 to indicate where required information is addressed: 1 which team or group you lead and why it is successful 2 the qualities and skills a member of the team or group must have 3 how someone who joins the group will benefit as a member.
3. [13-15] (Task Fulfilment - Band 5) Very good understanding of purpose.
4. [13-15] (Task Fulfilment - Band 5) Clear awareness of the specified situation and audience.
5. [13-15] (Task Fulfilment - Band 5) Text type entirely appropriate.
6. [13-15] (Task Fulfilment - Band 5) All required points developed in detail, fully amplified and well organised.
7. [13-15] (Task Fulfilment - Band 5) Given information well used to justify personal opinion and interpretation.
8. [13-15] (Task Fulfilment - Band 5) Tone and register entirely appropriate.
9. [14-15] (Language - Band 8) Highly accurate writing, apart from very occasional slips.
10. [14-15] (Language - Band 8) Sentence structures varied for particular effects.
11. [14-15] (Language - Band 8) Verb forms largely correct and appropriate tenses consistently used.
12. [14-15] (Language - Band 8) Vocabulary wide and precise.
13. [14-15] (Language - Band 8) Punctuation accurate and helpful.
14. [14-15] (Language - Band 8) Spelling accurate, apart from very occasional slips.
15. [14-15] (Language - Band 8) Paragraphs have unity, are linked, and show evidence of planning.