Question 4: Extended Response (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE English Language): Flashcards

Using clues in Text C to expand on the details you select, rather than re-telling or copying, e.g. 'students visibly exhausted' → 'we've been up at 6am every morning!'

Adapting your tone, language and expression to suit the format and its audience, e.g. a letter to your parents can be less formal than a report.

Informal, everyday language, e.g. 'The exam was a doddle'; it suits, for example, a student's letter to their parents.

The point of view you write from (e.g. a student on the trip), mirroring that character's attitude and keeping it consistent throughout.

Answer: Your starting point is always the bullet points in the question, which tell you what to focus on in Text C.

Answer: A report is usually more formal and detached, and written from a third-person perspective.

A letter, a report, a journal entry, a speech, an interview or an article

Treat them as the three interview questions and answer them in character.

Who are you writing as? What about? Where? When? Why, and for what audience? How should it be formatted?

False.

Use a suitable greeting ('Dear…') and sign-off, but you need no address, date, headings or subheadings.