Task 1 gives the letter of the right option as printed on the sheet. Task 2 lists the mistakes in the order they appear, with the correction. Task 3 and 4 answers are models, not the only acceptable wording: any answer that uses the rule the lesson taught should be credited.
MildA comma is a breath. A full stop is a stop. Try it out loud.
1 · Tick the better reading
a Bb Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Mark up the passage
Model answers
I will breathe after Marco (and after soup and bread, at each comma and full stop).
My loudest word is busy.
The mood is happy (a busy chef asking a friend for help).
4 · Help Polpetta
Nobody understood because he raced through every word at the same speed and ran straight past the full stops, so nobody could keep up. Fast is not good reading; the listener has to be able to follow.
2 · Fix the 3 marks
1
Can you help me on Saturday.
Can you help me on Saturday?
2
the bread The bell
the bread. The bell
3
we open
we open.
Both commas (after Marco and after soup) are right, as the tip says. 'I made the soup, and Nonna made the bread' needs nothing changed.
MediumA comma is a breath. A full stop is a stop. A question lifts at the end.
1 · Tick the better reading
a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Mark up the passage
Model answers
Dear Marco, | The café was very busy yesterday. | Would you like to help me on Saturday? | I cannot manage the lunch rush alone. | Nonna is making the sauce | and I am baking the bread. | When the bell rings, | everybody stops talking at once. | Bring your apron, | and please do not be late.
alone (the reason he is asking for help)
Mood: friendly but a bit worried, a busy chef asking a friend for help. Then read it aloud with a lift on Saturday.
4 · Help Polpetta
Nobody understood a word because he read so fast that the words ran into each other and every full stop and comma went past unnoticed. Fast is not fluent; a reader nobody can follow has not really read.
2 · Fix the 4 marks
1
help me on Saturday.
help me on Saturday?
2
baking the bread?
baking the bread.
3
talking at once?
talking at once.
4
do not be late
do not be late.
All commas are right, as the tip says. 'I cannot manage the lunch rush alone.' is the correct end mark left alone. Accept an exclamation mark on 'talking at once!'.
SpicyThe mood can turn halfway through. Your voice has to turn with it.
1 · Tick the better reading
a Ab Bc Bd AA = left option, B = right option
3 · Mark up the passage
Model answers
Dear Marco, | The café was busy all morning | and the sun came through the window. | Nonna sang | while she stirred the sauce. | Would you like to come for lunch on Saturday? | Then the bell rang | and everything changed. | The delivery had not arrived, | the oven had gone out | and there was no bread! | After all that, | I sat down for one whole minute. | Can you get here before twelve? | Please do not be late. | I will be waiting by the door, | watching the clock. The mood turns at 'Then the bell rang and everything changed.'
changed, because that is the word where the calm morning turns into panic.
First mood: calm and happy. Second mood: rushed and worried, then tired.
4 · Help Polpetta
Pausing after every single word is still not fluent, because the words never join into phrases and the listener still cannot hear the meaning. A pause belongs where the punctuation puts one, like the breath after the comma in 'Dear Marco,' or the stop at the end of 'the sun came through the window.'
2 · Fix the 5 marks
1
lunch on Saturday.
lunch on Saturday?
2
everything changed?
everything changed.
3
before twelve.
before twelve?
4
do not be late I will
do not be late. I will
5
watching the clock
watching the clock.
'there was no bread!' is the decoy exclamation mark and is right. Accept 'everything changed!' since the mood turns there.