Free 2027 Paper 1 Mock Exam: Lighthouses — Paper 1 for IGCSE First Language English

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Helps with: practising a complete Paper 1 under exam conditions, in the new 2027 format. Free to download.

The Cambridge IGCSE First Language English (0500) exam has a new format from 2027, and so far there is only one official specimen paper to practise with. So I’ve written a complete Paper 1 mock in the new style – and it’s free.

Lighthouses takes students from a real-life Scottish mystery, through a sailor’s argument for keeping the lights burning, to a gripping story of one stormy night on a rock lighthouse.

  • 3original reading texts
  • 4full questions
  • 80marks · 2 hours
  • 19page mark scheme

What’s included?

  • Insert: three original reading texts – non-fiction, an opinion article and a narrative – line-numbered just like the real exam.
  • Question paper: all four questions in the 2027 format, with answer lines, a timing guide and a mark tracker on the cover.
  • Full mark scheme: set out like the official Cambridge mark scheme, with Accept and Do-not-accept guidance for every short answer, plain-English level guides, and model answers for the summary, the writer’s attitude, both language questions and the Question 4 journal entry.
  • “Where did your marks go?”: a one-page self-check that shows students exactly what to work on next.

Written by an English teacher with 26 years’ experience. Take a look at the whole paper below, then add it to your basket for free to receive all three PDFs by email.

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The Paper 1 Complete Bundle (£35) teaches every question on this paper, step by step: Short Answers, Summary, Writer’s Effect and Extended Reading, with lesson decks, student booklets and mark schemes.

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