Free 2027 Paper 2 Mock Exam: Four Days — Paper 2 for IGCSE First Language English

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Helps with: practising a complete Paper 2 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 2 mock in the new style – and it’s free.

Four Days asks students to weigh up a hot topic – should schools move to a four-day week? – and then gives them four brand-new composition titles, two descriptive and two narrative.

  • 2original reading texts
  • 4composition titles
  • 80marks · 2 hours
  • 4model answers

What’s included?

  • Insert: two original reading texts – a feature article and an opinion article – line-numbered just like the real exam.
  • Question paper: Section A Directed Writing (Question 1(a) and a speech for 1(b)) and Section B Composition, 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 content grids, plain-English level guides, “common slips” advice and four full-mark model answers: 1(a), the 1(b) speech, a descriptive piece and a narrative.
  • “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 2 Complete Bundle (£40) teaches every task on this paper, step by step: Directed Writing, Painting with Words (descriptive) and The Vanishing Broadcast (narrative), with lesson decks, student booklets and mark schemes.

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