CIE English IGCSE

Hi guys!

I have my English IGCSE on Tuesday (Extended Reading) and I was really confused about the word limits for Questions 1 and 2: are there any set word limits or will you be penalised if you write too much?

Also, does anyone have any good website links for past papers?

Thanks :smile:

Reply 1

sufiyan1999

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BzumkDfi9230Tl9iSl9JT1E5V0E&usp=drive_web

loads of past papers there mate

and it does say there is a word limit but if you go over I don't think they would penalise you for Q1+2 but Q3 as it is a summary task they may

Reply 2

kshah99

Original post by sufiyan1999

Thank you so much! I've been looking for papers everywhere :smile:

Reply 3

hoafanuk

Hi!

Yeah they don't care for Q1/Q2 but you will get penalised in Q3.

I'm doing it too, I'm so scared!

Anyone have any tips for an A*?

Thanks :smile:

Reply 4

sufiyan1999

Question 1 - get as much detail from the text into your answer and be imaginative with your inferences.
Question 2 - Use MICE (Meaning, Imagery, Connotations, Effect"
Question 3 - Be specific with bullet pts and do not repeat yourself
Strategy - Read Text A, identify Purpose, audience, Writer, Key info and text type for question 1, plan and write question 1. Read text B and identify pts, fill in the 15 bullet pts, pick out the words for question 2 and analyse and then do 3B
Reading Texts - 10 mins
Question 1 - 45 mins
Question 3a - 30 mins
question 2 - 20 mins
question 3b - 10 mins