Cambridge IGCSE English - Second Language (oral endorsement) 0510 — 2017 Oct/Nov Paper 3 · Variant 1
0510/31/O/N/17 · 4 questions · 30 marks · ≈34 min
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Mark scheme3 pages
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Questions as text
Q1 · Who will the students interview for the college magazine?
1 (a) Who will the students interview for the college magazine? ...............................................................................................................................................[1] (b) Which picture do they decide to use on the front cover of the next magazine? ...............................................................................................................................................[1]
Mark scheme: Question Answer Marks 1(a) (the) secretary 1 1(b) (the) sport(s) day 1
Q2 · What time is the boy’s appointment with the doctor?
2 (a) What time is the boy’s appointment with the doctor? ...............................................................................................................................................[1] (b) Which street is the doctor’s surgery on? ...............................................................................................................................................[1]
Mark scheme: 2(a) (at) 4.45 (instead) 1 2(b) black horse (lane) 1
Q3 · What is the name of the company that won the ‘New Business of the Year’ award?
3 (a) What is the name of the company that won the ‘New Business of the Year’ award? ...............................................................................................................................................[1] (b) Where does the company director come from? ...............................................................................................................................................[1]
Mark scheme: 3(a) spare seat 1 3(b) (born in) brazil 1
Q4 · Which subject would the student like to study at university?
4 (a) Which subject would the student like to study at university? ...............................................................................................................................................[1] (b) What is the deadline for the student to complete his application form? ...............................................................................................................................................[1] [Total: 8] Question 5 You will hear a student giving a talk to his class about names for the moon. Listen to the talk and complete the details below. Write one or two words, or a number, in each gap. You will hear the talk twice. Names for the moon A blue moon • There is disagreement about the ................................... of a blue moon. [1] • In 1946, an amateur astronomer wrote in a magazine called ................................... [1] that a blue moon is the second full moon in a calendar month. • The date of the next blue moon will be on ................................... . [1] • The phrase ‘ ................................... a blue moon’ is confusing. [1] • In every ................................... , a blue moon occurs seven times. [1] • A moon can appear blue after a ................................... or due to smoke from a [1] volcano. Names for full moons Native Americans gave each month’s full moon a name. Examples of what the moons are named after include: • animals (e.g. ................................... – the first moon of the year) [1] • fruit (e.g. ................................... ). [1] [Total: 8] Question 6 You will hear six people talking about learning a new language. For each of speakers 1 to 6, choose from the list, A to G, which opinion each speaker expresses. Write the letter in the appropriate box. Use each letter only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use. You will hear the recordings twice. Speaker 1 A You should go to the country where it is spoken. Speaker 2 B If you learn on your own at home, you won’t speak naturally. Speaker 3 C You’ll have more fun if you join a class with a good teacher. Speaker 4 D It’s hard to motivate yourself if you try learning alone at home. Speaker 5 E Look online – there’s so much free software for language learning. Speaker 6 F Full-time classes are too expensive – you need to study at home. G Meet a group of people regularly for speaking practice. [Total: 6]
Mark scheme: 4(a) economics 1 4(b) (by) April 1(st) 1 Question 5
What you needed in this session
Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2017 Oct/Nov, Paper 3 · Variant 1. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.