Section A: Directed Writing (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE English Language): Exam Questions

Exam code: 0500 & 0990

Syllabus Edition

First teaching 2025

First exams 2027

4 hours13 questions
1
35 marks

Read Text A and Text B in the insert and then answer Section A, Question 1(a) and 1(b).

1(b) Write a speech for a meeting of local people, giving your views on whether your school's old building should be replaced or reused.

Use your own words to write your speech based on what you have read in both Text A and Text B.

In your speech you should:

  • evaluate the ideas, attitudes and opinions about buildings given in both texts

  • justify your views on whether the school's old building should be replaced or reused

Write about 250 to 350 words.

Up to 10 marks are available for reading and up to 25 marks for writing.