Your school has built a new sports centre. A former pupil of your school, now a famous sports star, has been invited to open the new centre. Your Principal has asked you to make a speech at the official opening to welcome the sports star and introduce the centre to teachers and pupils.

Mark scheme

Marking points from the official mark scheme (May/June 2016). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.

1. The 30 marks are allocated as follows: Task Fulfilment 15 marks, Language 15 marks.
2. N.B. Assessing task fulfilment means more than including the bullet/content points.
3. N.B. Candidates who address only two points must be in Band 3 or below for TF.
4. Band 1 (15-13 marks) • Good understanding of purpose. • Clear awareness of situation and audience. • Format entirely appropriate. • All required points developed in detail, fully amplified and well organised. • Given information well used to justify personal opinion and interpretation. • Tone and register entirely appropriate.
5. Band 1 (15-14 marks) • Highly accurate, apart from very occasional slips. • Sentence structures varied for particular effects. • Verb forms largely correct and appropriate tenses consistently used. • Vocabulary wide and precise. • Punctuation accurate and helpful. • Spelling accurate, apart from very occasional slips. • Paragraphs have unity, are linked, and show evidence of planning.