english foundation gcse 3 june 2014

Original post by Reza_1998

hey guys today I did my english foundation gcse and for q1 the very first one I put 'it happened on the 21 april' (the boat sank) i was wondering if I would get the mark for that?

Hi i did that paper too :smile:

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Original post by rubycollins

You wouldn't get the mark because it asked you to list four things about the people, not the incident:/ But don't worry, it's only one mark!

Hi for question i put the ages of the people and that they swam 12-14hrs and that that suksi lady is an architch and her brother a fisiher something like that. Will this get me marks or i answered the question wrong.

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Original post by Reza_1998

hey guys today I did my english foundation gcse and for q1 the very first one I put 'it happened on the 21 april' (the boat sank) i was wondering if I would get the mark for that?

This question by English teachers may seem as "straight forward" but according to the examiners in reccent examiners reports it stated "this is the question that half the students loose marks on as they dont read the question properly and write something entirely different than what the question is asking" Making silly mistakes like this is simply not good as the answers are baisically in the text and all you have to do is just read it properly and underline the key points. I might have wrote what you have about the boat sinking but luckily i wrote like 5-6 points(my back ups) in case some of them were in correct as the boat one.
*The question specifically asked what do you learn about the siblings and not what they have experienced.

In general the paper for me was Ok but i did not like source 2 which based about the titanic i think.
Hopefully i did well(fingers crossed)
and hopefully you did well(fingers crossed for everyone who sat this paper and did not find it great) so that the grade boundaries will be in everyones favour. :smile:

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Original post by rubycollins

You wouldn't get the mark because it asked you to list four things about the people, not the incident:/ But don't worry, it's only one mark!

You do know that that 1 mark could be the difference between a D and a C ?

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List four things I wrote

1. They both swam for 12-14hours
2. Swaski is 30 something like that and Dan is 39 can't remember.
3. One architect ones a fisher
4. I forgot what I wrote h

How many marks is that?

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Original post by rubycollins

You wouldn't get the mark because it asked you to list four things about the people, not the incident:/ But don't worry, it's only one mark!

what do you mean by its its only one mark?

Last year my friend sat the english language exam as an early entry in november and she got a D grade. She was also only 3 marks away from a C I wonder why dont you? its simply because of loosing easy marks like "what do you learn about the siblings"

(edited 9 years ago)

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Original post by englishdhsj

List four things I wrote

1. They both swam for 12-14hours
2. Swaski is 30 something like that and Dan is 39 can't remember.
3. One architect ones a fisher
4. I forgot what I wrote h

How many marks is that?

Yay i wrote this aswell and hopefully these answers are correct :smile:

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Original post by englishdhsj

List four things I wrote

1. They both swam for 12-14hours
2. Swaski is 30 something like that and Dan is 39 can't remember.
3. One architect ones a fisher
4. I forgot what I wrote h

How many marks is that?

Because the question asked about both dan and the other persons name i think i did 2 for dan and 2 for the other women. Is incorrect or correct or was i supposed to write something for boyh of them and not separate...

Reply 10

Kitty201322

2

could you have wrote this:
-both americans that survived, siblings (i wrote something along them lines)
-Dan suski is....(whatever it said about him and his age)
-Kare Suski is...(whatever it said about her and her age)
can't remember the last one, i've got such a bad memory D;

Reply 11

n64

3

I wrote that they:
1. were both american
2. Dan was 39 and kate was 30 years old
3. Dan was a IT Professional and Kate was a architect
4. That they were brother and sister

here is the exact article: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/26/brother-sister-swim-boat-sinks

(edited 9 years ago)

Reply 12

I think i did it right tbh... majority did the same as me?
List four things I wrote

1. They both swam for 12-hours
2. Kar is this years old and Dan is this years old.
3. The name and what they are ( architect) The name and what they are ( fisher)
4. I forgot what I wrote for the last one.

How many marks is that?

Reply 13

I think i did it right tbh... majority did the same as me?

List four things I wrote

1. They both swam for 12-hours
2. Kar is this years old and Dan is this years old.
3. The name and what they are ( architect) The name and what they are ( fisher)
4. I forgot what I wrote for the last one.

How many marks is that? :smile:

Hope i get a C

Reply 14

Original post by n64

I wrote that they:
1. were both american
2. Dan was 39 and kate was 30 years old
3. Dan was a IT Professional and Kate was a architect
4. That they were brother and sister

here is the exact article: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/26/brother-sister-swim-boat-sinks

I think i did it right tbh... majority did the same as me?

List four things I wrote

1. They both swam for 12-hours
2. Kar is this years old and Dan is this years old.
3. The name and what they are ( architect) The name and what they are ( fisher)
4. I forgot what I wrote for the last one.

How many marks is that?

Hope i get a C

Reply 15

Original post by German123

Because the question asked about both dan and the other persons name i think i did 2 for dan and 2 for the other women. Is incorrect or correct or was i supposed to write something for boyh of them and not separate...

I think i did it right tbh... majority did the same as me?

List four things I wrote

1. They both swam for 12-hours - 14 hours
2. Kar is this years old and Dan is this years old.
3. The name and what they are ( architect) The name and what they are ( fisher)
4. I forgot what I wrote for the last one.

How many marks is that?

Hope i get a C

(edited 9 years ago)

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Also i got 54 in my courseworks.. So how many marks do i need to get a C? I got 2 B and 3 C's in my coursework.

Reply 17

n64

3

Original post by englishdhsj

I think i did it right tbh... majority did the same as me?

List four things I wrote

1. They both swam for 12-hours
2. Kar is this years old and Dan is this years old.
3. The name and what they are ( architect) The name and what they are ( fisher)
4. I forgot what I wrote for the last one.

How many marks is that?

Hope i get a C

Probably 3 depending on what the last one was, the first was incorrect.

Reply 18

Original post by n64

Probably 3 depending on what the last one was, the first was incorrect.

Actually i wrote they both swam for 12 - 14 hours..

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