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Cambridge IGCSE English – First Language
Cambridge IGCSE English – First Language (0500): the syllabus topic list, exam dates, free sample questions and how to practise each topic.
Syllabus 05002027-2029 version
Syllabus topics
19 topics and subtopics in the 2027-2029 syllabus, examined from 1 Jan 2027.
- 1
Reading
AO1 Reading: tested in Paper 1 (80% of its marks) and in Paper 2 Section A and Component 3 (20%). Texts from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, fiction…
- 2
Writing
AO2 Writing: tested in Paper 2 or Component 3 (80% of their marks) and in Paper 1 (20%). Descriptive, narrative, discursive, argumentative and persuasive…
- 2.1 Directed writing
- 2.2 Letters, reports, articles, speeches, journals and interviews
- 2.3 Descriptive writing
- 2.4 Narrative writing
- 2.5 Discursive, argumentative and persuasive writing
- 2.6 Audience, purpose, structure and register
- 2.7 Vocabulary and sentence structures
- 2.8 Spelling, punctuation and grammar
- 3
Speaking and listening
AO3 Speaking and Listening: the optional Component 4 test (individual talk and conversation), separately endorsed with grades 1 to 5.
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