IGCSEEnglish LanguageCambridge (CIE)Exam QuestionsPaper 1: ReadingQuestion 4: Extended Response

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

Exam code: 0500 & 0990

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Question 4: Extended Response

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20 marks

Reread Text C, Riding across America, in the insert and then answer Question 4.

4 You are Annie. Two months later, you are in LA. You are interviewed by Marty Green on his popular TV show. Marty asks the following three questions only:

  • Can you outline the daily challenges you faced on your journey?

  • How did you feel about the ways different people reacted to you?

  • What do you think you have achieved by completing your journey?

Use your own words to write Annie’s responses to each of the interviewer’s questions.

Write about 250 to 300 words.

Up to 10 marks are available for reading and up to 10 marks for writing.

How did you do?

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20 marks

Re-read Text C, The lost cave, in the insert and then answer Question 4.

4 You are Shaima. A year after Rohaan discovered the cave in your garden, you have written a book about the experience and what has happened since then. You are interviewed for a television show to promote your book.

The interviewer asks the following three questions only:

  • Can you outline what Rohaan was doing at first in the garden and how he discovered the cave?

  • What made him realise that his discovery was significant?

  • How did the discovery affect your plans for the garden and have your lives changed since then?

Write the words of the interview.

Base your interview on what you have read in Text C, but be careful to use your own words. Address each of the three bullet points.

Begin your interview with the first question.

Write about 250 to 300 words.

Up to 10 marks are available for reading and up to 10 marks for writing.

How did you do?