Paper 1: Reading

Paper 1

Overview

Question 1: Comprehension

How to Answer Question 1: Comprehension

Question 1 Skills: Explicit and Implicit Meanings

Question 1 Comprehension: Model Answers

Question 1: Summary

How to Answer Question 1: Summary

Question 1 Skills: How to Summarise

Question 1 Summary: Model Answer

Question 2: Short-Answer Questions

How to Answer Question 2: Short-Answer Questions

Question 2 Skills: Synonyms

Question 2 Short-Answer Questions: Model Answers

Question 2: Language Task

How to Answer Question 2: Language Task

Question 2 Skills: Language Analysis

Question 2 Language Task: Model Answer

Question 3: Extended Response

How to Answer Question 3: Extended Response

Question 3 Skills: Extended Response to Reading

Question 3 Model Answer: Letter

Question 3 Model Answer: Report

Question 3 Model Answer: Journal

Question 3 Model Answer: Speech

Question 3 Model Answer: Interview

Question 3 Model Answer: Article

Paper 2: Writing

Paper 2

Overview

Section A: Directed Writing

Question 1 Directed Writing: What the Question is Asking

Question 1 Directed Writing: How to Write a Speech

Question 1 Directed Writing: How to Write a Letter

Question 1 Directed Writing: How to Write an Article

Question 1 Directed Writing Skills: SPaG

Question 1 Model Answer: Speech

Question 1 Model Answer: Letter

Question 1 Model Answer: Article

Section B: Composition

Descriptive Writing: What the Question is Asking

Descriptive Writing: How to Get Full Marks

Model Answer: Descriptive Writing

Narrative Writing: What the Question is Asking

Narrative Writing: How to Get Full Marks

Model Answer: Narrative Writing

Coursework

Coursework

Overview

Assignment 1

Assignment 1: Writing to Discuss, Argue or Persuade

Model Answer: Speech

Model Answer: Letter

Model Answer: Article

Assignment 2

Assignment 2: Descriptive Writing

Model Answer: Descriptive Writing

Assignment 3

Assignment 3: Narrative Writing

Model Answer: Narrative Writing

Exam boards

• Edexcel IGCSE English Language A: Paper 1: Non-fiction Texts and Transactional Writing
• Edexcel IGCSE English Language A: Paper 2: Poetry and Prose Texts and Imaginative Writing
• Edexcel IGCSE English Language A: Paper 3: Coursework

Study tools

• Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE English Language · Past Papers

Related links

• IGCSE English Language · Revision Notes
• IGCSE English Language · Past Papers