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what should i go through in english paper 3 qn 1
Hi Nilkanth,
Can you please specify which English subject this is? Thank you.
directed writing (letter) and story (descriptive and narrative).
Hi Frederic,
Directed writing tips:
– For this question, you will need to put yourself into role, and address your audience directly. The opening needs to introduce clearly the situation and purpose of the task, and will be rewarded if it puts the reader in the picture.
– Your answer will not be in the same genre as the passage, and should therefore be in a different style from it.
– The recommended structure for the response will be offered in the wording of the question, and you should follow this.
– There will be at least two factors to focus on – for example advantages and disadvantages. You will need to make two lists before you start in order to make sure you have enough material for both sides of the question.
– The third element of this question is evaluation; you will have to decide which of the options is better, present reasons why you have formed this opinion and justify it.
– Though you cannot make up things which are not in the passages, you should try to use your own ideas in the way that you extend those of the passages, provided that they are ‘based on the reading material’
– The ending needs to be definite and provide an effective and satisfying conclusion to the piece
Descriptive composition tips:
– To write a strong descriptive answer you will need to use a wide range of vocabulary and even use imagery to engage reader interest. Unless the readers can see the picture they will not be able to relate to the experience
– You will need to evoke all five senses to create an environment and atmosphere, as well as details of size, shape and colour.
– Try to avoid common, overused, vague, short and childish vocabulary, such as ‘nice’, ‘big’, ‘little’, ‘a lot of’, ‘good’, and ‘bad’.
– Descriptive compositions must not become a narrative, which means character and event should not take over or be dominant.
Narrative composition tips:
– Decide on a tense and then stick to it; do not jump between present and past. The normal narrative tense is past and those who try to write in the present usually forget to do so after a while, so it is safer to start off in the past.
– Know what your last sentence is going to be before you write your first. A narrative has to build up to a climax and lead towards a conclusion which is planned before it starts or it will end lamely or incomprehensibly, or the pace will be too slow or too fast.
– Don’t try to do too much; you can’t cover many events and many years in one short composition. Select key moments and skip over the rest, changing the pace according to the intensity of the moment.
– If you do use dialogue, find synonyms for ‘he said/she said’
– Use plenty of interesting details to engage your reader and make them want to read on.
– End your narrative deliberately. Stories need a conclusion, where things are either resolved or purposely left unresolved as a cliff-hanger (though on the whole readers prefer to know how a story ended). You must not give the impression that you just stopped writing because you ran out of time, ink or ideas.
Hope this helps.
Hi IGCSE team,
I am doing IGCSEs right now and my teacher told me something about student support, When i went to cie.org.uk there wasnt any student support. please help me
Hello Nabil,
Please let us know how we can help.
Alternatively, you may write to CAIE here: https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/
HELLO THERE,
please send me math topics to revise for paper 3?
Hu Nummy,
You can revise the subjects from the beginning. Highlight the important facts that you think could be on the test (you should refer to the latest syllabus on what is expected during exams here: https://www.skolatis.com/cambridge-igcse-subjects-syllabuses/). You can then use the past exam papers as your revision. Start with the latest papers as they have the newest syllabus format and continue with the older ones date back from 5 to 10 years. Then, revise on the most common mistakes that you always seem to make. Pay attention to the most common mistakes you always seem to make. Make notes and revise them, so you can avoid making the same mistakes in your actual exam.
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Hi IGCSE Centre Team,
I did not check in with this website after my boards, and I came back now for some past papers only to find this. I cannot believe students did this, as this is a very helpful website. wish you all the best, and hopefully, I can use your website again for my AS & A levels.
I actually do have some questions to ask. So I did not plan beforehand due to some unfortunate circumstances, and I now have to take up Chemistry and Physics for the AS level, and I did not take it for IGCSE. What is the best way to learn two years worth of curriculum in less than two or so months?
Thank You, hope you get your site back, all the best,
Pranav
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Start as early as possible. You can revise the subjects from the beginning. Highlight the important facts that you think could be on the test (you should refer to the latest syllabus on what is expected during exams. You can then use the past exam papers as your revision. Start with the latest papers as they have the newest syllabus format and continue with the older ones date back from 5 to 10 years. Then, revise on the most common mistakes that you always seem to make. Pay attention to the most common mistakes you always seem to make. Make notes and revise them, so you can avoid making the same mistakes in your actual exam.
We are currently fixing our library of resources, we suggest that you google alternative sources. Thank you.
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Hi Zyphire,
We are currently working on it. However, we do not have fixed date as to when will it be available. Thank you for your patience.
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Hi Zain,
We’ve learned that there’s no quick fix for this issue but we are currently working on it. Furthermore, we always advise students to download all the papers at least months before the exam. Thank you for your understanding.
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Hello igcse I was wondering how Mark’s are calculated for both maths paper 4 and 2 combined
Hi Zoe,
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hi gcse team,
i was wondering if knew could help me with what to revise for science combined short answer papers. Any key and important details are needed? maybe some tests for methods? or equations? and if there are any helpful ways to revise apart from just rewriting work already been given to you that would also be really helpful as well.
thank you
Hello Morgan,
Here are some tips for you:
– There is often stimulus material for each question. This might be a photograph, diagram, drawing, flow chart, table of data, graph or just some text. Read all of this information carefully and study any pictures, tables or graphs that are included. All of it is relevant to the questions.
– The stimulus material is often about something that is not studied. Don’t panic. There will be enough information in the question to work out an answer. This tests the candidate’s ability to apply knowledge to new information.
-The number of marks is a guide to how long to spend on each question or parts of a question. If a part of a question is worth three marks you should make at least three separate points. Be careful to not make the same point three times.
– Show your working when answering a ‘calculate’ question. You may get some credit even if your answer is wrong. Writing down your working can also help you to spot errors you have made.
Hi igcse team,
I wanna get minimum B in Business studies and travel and tourism exam, please help me give me some tips that I should do, because this is my third time I am repeating I want to pass this time for sure.
Thank you!
wish me a luck.
hi Hassan,
For Business Studies, demonstrate the application of knowledge and concepts using the given scenario. This doesn’t mean simply referencing the business name. Analyse the issues faced and make suitable recommendations as to what this particular business should do. Always use the information provided in the case study or question stem as a guide in considering what to write.
And here are some tips for Travel and Tourism:
– You need to read the question carefully and respond in an appropriate manner, paying close attention to the context provided.
– Careful interpretation of the stimulus materials is required
– Greater precision when explaining the significance of particular factors, avoiding generalisation
– Be prepared for the demands of the open-ended/longer answer questions which require analysis and evaluation skills.
Hope this helps.
Where can I find the Listening papers and audio for the 2019 syllabus of O-Level French please?
I hope you get the problem sorted soon, you helped me a lot with my exams last year and I’m really sorry some horrible person has caused you such problems.
Thanks again. 🙂
Hi Ang,
We’ve uploaded the O-level syllabus. Kindly download here: https://www.skolatis.com/cambridge-o-level-subjects-syllabuses/