Ordinary level 2026 northwest regional mock English guide
Ordinary level 2026 northwest regional mock English guide
PAPER TWO
SECTION A: DIRECTED WRITING
Content/ relevant points
Causes of bad breath
1) poor oral hygiene/ not brushing and flossing daily
2) failing to see a dentist regularly
3) absence of saliva in the mouth / dry mouth
4) sinus and throat infections which can lead to postnasal drip/ the presence of tonsil stones in the throat.
5) lung infection can make one cough up an unpleasant fluid
6) bacterial infection which can lead to tooth abscesses or pockets of pus
7) failure of the proper functioning of the liver and kidney/ chronic kidney disease.
Prevention
1) brush your teeth after every meal or twice a day/ practice good oral hygiene
2) used dental floss with fluoride/ do a mouth rinse/ gargle with salt water
3) chew cloves
4) eat more fruits and vegetables
5) Scrape your tongue
6) limit or avoid smelly food like garlic and onion
7) chew sugar free gum/ suck sugar free candies
8) consult your dentist
Consider the following
-a talk has no heading/title. Start with greeting or salutation thus (dear mates, dear students, fellow students, fellow mates etc.) followed by the theme or topic sentence.
-it ends with thank you or thanks for listening etc. (take note of the full stop at the end e.g. thank you. Or thanks for listening. If the candidate does not put the full stop at the end they lose 1/2 the accuracy format mark for the ending.
Mark distribution
Content = 14points
Accept any 10 points at 1.5 mark each +1/2 bonus for any content mark scored
Take at least 4points from one section and the rest from the other.
Must be in two paragraphs failure to do so subtract 1mark from total
Expression=06 points
Accuracy=06
AF =02 (salutation= 1mark, ending=1mark)
AM=04
SL=04
PROPOSED MARK GUIDE 2026 REGIONAL MOCK
0530 English Language – Paper II
Section B – Composition
- Narrative Topic
- CC must begin as instructed or suffer a reduction of – 2mks from total
- CC may state briefly the circumstances she was told about her/his mum’s leaving e.g., divorce, death, abandonment.
- who took over him/her?
- Life/living with the “new” mother (positive/negative)
- Consequences i.e., successful, regretful, painful, etc.
- CC narrates personal experience with the use of 1st person pronoun “I”
- Descriptive/Narrative topic
