Practice Paper 1 (Cambridge International IGCSE English Language)

Read Text A, Ships, boats and yachts, in the insert and then answer Question 1(a-f).

1(a) Apart from pleasure and leisure, give one use of ships and boats mentioned in Text A.

Read Text A, Ships, boats and yachts, in the insert and then answer Question 1(a-f).

1(b)(i) From the passage, find one word or phrase from Text A that means the same as each of the words in bold:

“ships and boats are two of the first types of transportation”

Read Text A, Ships, boats and yachts, in the insert and then answer Question 1(a-f).

1(b)(ii) Use your own words to explain what the text means by:

“various watercraft” (line 6)

Read Text A, Ships, boats and yachts, in the insert and then answer Question 1(a-f).

1(c) Use your own words to explain two differences between ships and boats as described in Text A.

Read Text A, Ships, boats and yachts, in the insert and then answer Question 1(a-f).

1(d) Explain two things a vessel needs in order to be called a yacht.

Read Text A, Ships, boats and yachts, in the insert and then answer Question 1(a-f).

1(e)(i) Use your own words to explain three reasons why it is difficult to define what a yacht is.

Read Text A, Ships, boats and yachts, in the insert and then answer Question 1(a-f).

1(e)(ii) Use your own words to explain three reasons why boats are more expensive than cars.

Read Text A, Ships, boats and yachts, in the insert and then answer Question 1(a-f).

Re-read paragraph 5 (“Anyone with ambitions … cost justifiable?”).

1(f)(i) Give two reasons, according to Text A, why owning a boat or yacht is costly.

Read Text A, Ships, boats and yachts, in the insert and then answer Question 1(a-f).

Re-read paragraph 4 (“Yachts can get pretty big … called yachts.”).

1(f)(ii) Give three things Text A tells us about very large yachts.

Read Text B, A very special foal, in the insert and then answer Questions 2(a) and 2(b).

2(a) According to Text B, what are the arguments against cloning being the best way to protect endangered species such as the Takhi horse?

Use continuous writing (not note form) and use your own words as far as possible.

Your summary should not be more than 120 words.

Up to 10 marks are available for reading and up to 5 marks for writing.

Read Text C, The big adventure, in the insert and then answer Question 3(a-d).

3(a)(i) Identify a word or phrase from the text which suggests the same idea as the words in bold:

After a vacation in Ilhabela, Andy and Abi were going to make last minute alterations to the yacht.

Read Text C, The big adventure, in the insert and then answer Question 3(a-d).

3(a)(ii) Identify a word or phrase from the text which suggests the same idea as the words in bold:

Andy and Abi felt nauseous almost all the time they were on board the boat crossing the Atlantic.

Read Text C, The big adventure, in the insert and then answer Question 3(a-d).

3(b)(i) Use your own words to explain what the writer means by the word in bold:

"Getting to Rio entailed crossing one of the planet's loneliest stretches of ocean."

Read Text C, The big adventure, in the insert and then answer Question 3(a-d).

3(b)(ii) Use your own words to explain what the writer means by the word in bold:

"We could expect to be sun-roasted, swamped by rogue waves and smacked by wayward flying-fish."

Read Text C, The big adventure, in the insert and then answer Question 3(a-d).

3(b)(iii) Use your own words to explain what the writer means by the word in bold:

"Days before leaving, I sat up late at night talking with Torries, a friend from work. I confessed to being terrified."

Read Text C, The big adventure, in the insert and then answer Question 3(a-d).

3(c) Use one example from the text below to explain how the writer suggests Andy's attitude to the coast near Ilhabela.

Use your own words in your explanation.

"The coast just north of Ilhabela is punctuated by pretty, tranquil coves. Abi and I were looking forward to a week of snorkelling and generally lounging about. But first, Dael pointed out, a storm was coming. The channel between Ilhabela and the mainland is long and thin. Hills on both sides provide the perfect funnel for the strong winds that develop over the South Atlantic. The water is also very shallow, conducive to close, steep waves."

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

4 You are Seth. Sylvia has told you that her parents are happy for you to contact them. When you get home that night, you write a letter to Sylvia's parents.

In the letter you:

• explain the circumstances under which you came across the violin
• describe your thoughts and feelings about the violin at the time of discovering it and since the time of discovering it
• consider ideas about what should happen to the violin now.

Write the words of the letter.

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

Write about 250 to 300 words.

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