Cambridge IGCSE English - Second Language (oral endorsement) 0510 — 2018 May/June Paper 3 · Variant 2
0510/32/M/J/18 · 4 questions · 30 marks · ≈34 min
The question paper and its mark scheme, free to read here and free to download. This is Cambridge’s own paper, exactly as it was sat.
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Mark scheme4 pages
Answers below. Sit the paper first if you are practising.




Questions as text
Q1 · What type of competition has the girl just won?
1 (a) What type of competition has the girl just won? ...............................................................................................................................................[1] (b) What prize did the girl receive? ...............................................................................................................................................[1]
Mark scheme: Question Answer Marks 1(a) singing 1 1(b) (a) laptop 1
Q2 · What does the woman want to celebrate at the restaurant?
2 (a) What does the woman want to celebrate at the restaurant? ...............................................................................................................................................[1] (b) How much deposit does the woman have to pay? ...............................................................................................................................................[1]
Mark scheme: 2(a) (her son’s/my son’s/a) graduation 1 2(b) £60/60 pounds/sixty pounds 1
Q3 · What is the boy reading about?
3 (a) What is the boy reading about? ...............................................................................................................................................[1] (b) When does the boy have to hand in his essay? ...............................................................................................................................................[1]
Mark scheme: 3(a) extreme sport(s) 1 3(b) (by/on) Thursday 1
Q4 · What can students get with the City Card?
4 (a) What can students get with the City Card? ...............................................................................................................................................[1] (b) Where can students apply for the City Card? ...............................................................................................................................................[1] [Total: 8] Question 5 You will hear Marco Gatti, a wildlife journalist, giving a talk about wolves. 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. Wolves People in the past admired wolves and their ................................... in particular. Organisations trying to save wolves hope that .................................... can change people’s opinions about these animals. Interestingly, when the grey wolf goes hunting, it does not rely on its ................................... . The average area which a group of wolves lives in is around ................................... square kilometres. In the location where Marco is based, ................................... are wolves’ favourite habitat. Marco compares the leaders of a group of wolves to ................................... . Grey wolves ................................... , which is not often seen in other animals. It is not commonly known that wolves often use ................................... to exchange information with other group members. [Total: 8] Question 6 You will hear six people talking about photography. 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 I’m very proud of what I’ve achieved. Speaker 2 B There is a tradition of taking photos in my family. Speaker 3 C A friend recommended photography to me. Speaker 4 D I prefer photography to other types of art. Speaker 5 E I’d love to turn my hobby into a career. Speaker 6 F Taking photos allows me to relax. G I was surprised how much I enjoyed photography. [Total: 6]
Mark scheme: 4(a) (many) discounts 1 4(b) school web(-)site 1
What you needed in this session
Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2018 May/June, Paper 3 · Variant 2. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.