WJECLEVEL 2

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WJEC LEVEL 2

• CORE LANGUAGE
• 9521

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Format of exam

• 1 ¼ hours
• 100 marks
• 67 of the qualification
• Three-part story of c.250 words
• Set at standard of Stage 29 of CLC
• 400-word DVL
• Gradient of difficulty
• Storyline mythology / history / biography

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Grammar and Syntax

• 4 active tenses, indicative
• 2 active tenses, subjunctive
• Limited passive indicative tenses
• Infinitive, imperative and 2 participles
• All declensions
• Temporal, causal, concessive and relative clauses
• Purpose and result clauses
• Time phrases
• Gerundive of obligation (neuter only)
• Simple conditionals
• Prohibitions

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The Questions

• First passage comprehension 25 marks
• Second passage formal translation 40 marks
• Passage split into two with link in English
• Third passage comprehension 35 marks
• Standard comprehension questions
• Write down (and translate) the Latin word
• Which three are true?
• Which combination is all true?
• Which is the best/correct translation?
• Personal response
• Derivation
• Pictures

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Standard comprehension questions

• (b) deinde pervenit (lines 1-2) how then did
  his route change? 1
• .
• (c) ubi agebatur (lines 2-3) describe how
  Hippolytus was being transported. 3
• .

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Write down (and translate) the Latin word

• Write down and translate the two Latin words that
  describe Hippolytus in line 2. 4
• .
• .

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Which three are true?

• equi currerent (lines 4-5) which three of the
  following statements are true? Write your answers
  in the boxes underneath. 3
• A the horses were so frightened
• B so many horses were frightened
• C they were frightened because they ran away from
  the rocks
• D they left the road because they were frightened
• E they were frightened because they left the road
• F they ended up in the rocks

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Which combination are all true?

• tandem e thermopolio discessit et ad tabernam
  ambulavit (line 12) look at the
• following statements based on these words
• (i) he left the bar however
• (ii) he walked
• (iii) at last he left the bar
• (iv) he walked to the bar
• (v) he visited a shop
• (vi) he left the shop.
• Which three of the above statements are true?
  Tick the box alongside the combination
• you think is correct. 1
• A (i), (ii) and (v)
• B (ii), (iii) and (v)
• C (iii), (iv) and (v)
• D (iv), (v) and (vi)

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Which is the best/correct translation?

• Theseus alteram uxorem cepit (line 7) which of
  the following is the best translation of these
  words? Tick the box alongside the one you think
  is right. 1
• (i) He captured another wife
• (ii) He took another wife
• (iii) He took the other wife
• (iv) Another wife married him

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Personal response

• How far do you think Hippolytus deserved what
  happened to him? In your answer you should make
  four points taken from any or all of the
  passages. 4
• (i) .
• (ii) .
• (iii) .
• (iv) .

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Derivation

• Write down an English word that comes from
  credebat.

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The Mark Scheme (1)

• Translations marked on a one or two marks per
  Latin word basis
• 1 1 1 1 1 5
• sed nolebat hoc aperte facere.
• 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
• itaque consilium callidum cepit

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The Mark Scheme (2)

• Comprehension questions generally give one mark
  for each significant Latin word required for the
  answer, but sometimes may be one mark for two
  Latin words.
• No fractions, no scaling

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Resources (both units)

• CSCP website (vocabulary drills)
• CLC Graded Tests
• My new book (due out 2011)
• My Momentum Tests book

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WJEC LEVEL 2

• ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
• 9524

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Format of exam

• ¾ hour
• 50 marks
• 33 of the qualification
• One passage of 140-150 words
• Set at standard of Stage 40 of CLC
• 400 150 words DVL
• Gradient of difficulty

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The Question Paper

• One passage
• Comprehension 15 marks
• Translation 35 marks
• Theme history / biography / mythology

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Grammar and Syntax

• All tenses, voices and moods
• Except no future passive infinitive
• All declensions, including locatives
• All types of subordinate clause with indicative
  and subjunctive
• Ablative absolute
• Gerundives of obligation and purpose
• Conditionals (simple only)

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Question Paper and Mark Scheme

• Comprehension questions
• Same range as in 9521
• Translation Mark Scheme
• 1 1 1
  1 1 5
• tum Magnus eum ad_urbem secutus est.
• 1 1 1
  1 1 1 1 7
• Roscius ad_cenam a nobilibus quibusdam invitatus
  est.