Cambridge IGCSE English - Second Language (oral endorsement) 0510 — 2023 Oct/Nov Paper 4 · Variant 2
0510/42/O/N/23 · 40 marks · ≈45 min
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Question paper, page 1
This document has 12 pages. Any blank pages are indicated. [Turn over Cambridge IGCSE™ ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 0510/42 Paper 4 Listening (Extended) October/November 2023 Approximately 50 minutes You must answer on the question paper. No additional materials are needed. INSTRUCTIONS ● Answer all questions. ● Use a black or dark blue pen. ● Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page. ● Write your answer to each question in the space provided. ● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid. ● Do not write on any bar codes. ● Dictionaries are not allowed. INFORMATION ● The total mark for this paper is 40. ● The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ]. * 5 7 9 0 2 3 8 6 6 7 * DC (PQ/CT) 314819/3 © UCLES 2023
Question paper, page 2
2 0510/42/O/N/23 © UCLES 2023 Exercise 1 You will hear four short recordings. Answer each question on the line provided. Write no more than three words, or a number, for each answer. You will hear each recording twice. 1 (a) What time did the boy catch the bus? … [1] (b) What did the boy leave on the bus? … [1] 2 (a) Where will the girl go after school? … [1] (b) What is the girl going to take with her? … [1] 3 (a) Who did the boy go to the museum with? … [1] (b) How many hours did the boy spend at the museum? … [1] 4 (a) What must the woman do before leaving home for her business trip? … [1] (b) How is the woman going to travel to the airport? … [1] [Total: 8]
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3 0510/42/O/N/23 © UCLES 2023 [Turn over Exercise 2 5 You will hear a marine biologist called Ruth Harper giving a talk about an unusual fish called a seahorse. 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. Seahorses General information Ruth says that there are actually … species of seahorse. Ruth explains that seahorses can …, which helps them avoid being eaten. Ruth mentions that seahorses live in … water in seas around the world. Ruth explains that female seahorses have a much larger … than males. Eating habits Ruth says that seahorses lack …, which is very unusual. Ruth was surprised to learn that seahorses are unable to … their food. Conservation Ruth explains that around … million seahorses are killed by humans each year. Ruth says that seahorses are sold as … and as pets in roughly equal numbers. [8]
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4 0510/42/O/N/23 © UCLES 2023 Exercise 3 6 You will hear six people talking about studying in another country. 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 miss my family less than I imagined. Speaker 2 B I’ve struggled to get to know people. Speaker 3 C I’ve had no difficulty understanding any of the lectures. Speaker 4 D The accommodation is better than I expected. Speaker 5 E I hadn’t realised how different the culture would be. Speaker 6 F I wish I’d chosen a different course. G I’ve received a lot of support from other students. [6]
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5 0510/42/O/N/23 © UCLES 2023 [Turn over Please turn over for Exercise 4.
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6 0510/42/O/N/23 © UCLES 2023 Exercise 4 7 You will hear an interview with a man called Michael Pearson, who is talking about his favourite sport, kitesurfing. Listen to the interview and look at the questions. For each question, choose the correct answer, A, B or C, and put a tick (3) in the appropriate box. You will hear the interview twice. (a) Michael became involved in kitesurfing A thanks to a member of his family. B through his interest in a similar sport. C after seeing others doing it online. [1] (b) What problem did Michael have during his early kitesurfing experiences? A He damaged a lot of equipment. B He found it hard to get to a suitable location. C He had very little time available for it. [1] (c) How did Michael feel when he took part in his first competition? A anxious about so many people watching B unsure how good the other competitors would be C embarrassed that he knew so few tricks [1] (d) Michael decided to stop kitesurfing at one point because A he got an injury that prevented him from doing it. B he wanted to try another activity. C he had a frightening experience. [1] (e) Michael says that kitesurfing really helps him to A forget about his day-to-day worries. B think of solutions to his problems. C feel grateful for all he has in life. [1]
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7 0510/42/O/N/23 © UCLES 2023 [Turn over (f) What does Michael say about teaching kitesurfing? A It helps him to develop his own skills too. B He finds coping with challenging students hard. C It involves more paperwork than he expected. [1] (g) Michael says that kitesurfing has recently become more popular because A it is now an Olympic sport. B it costs relatively little to do. C it appears a lot on social media. [1] (h) What advice does Michael give kitesurfing beginners? A Aim to make slow and steady progress. B Make sure you wear the correct clothing. C Get someone to film you as you’re doing it. [1] [Total: 8]
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8 0510/42/O/N/23 © UCLES 2023 Exercise 5 8 (a) You will hear a museum guide giving a talk about the history of the type of engine found in most cars, known as the internal combustion engine. Listen to the talk and complete the notes in Part (a). Write one or two words only in each gap. You will hear the talk twice. The history of the internal combustion engine The first internal combustion engines provided power for … in a royal palace garden. The creator of the first industrial internal combustion engine used a … to demonstrate his invention. In the 1860s, cloth and … were made with the help of early internal combustion engines. An early car called the ‘Hippomobile’ was the first to use a … as fuel. A design by German engineer, Nicolaus Otto, helped to improve the … of the internal combustion engine. [5]
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9 0510/42/O/N/23 © UCLES 2023 (b) Now listen to a conversation between two students, called Ben and Anna, about transport of the future, and complete the sentences in Part (b). Write one or two words only in each gap. You will hear the conversation twice. Transport of the future Ben says that self-driving cars are not as good at … as people. Anna thinks that having so many … may prevent flying cars from becoming more common. Ben believes personal jet packs are a great idea, apart from their … . Anna says lots of … will need to be altered for new high-speed trains. Ben and Anna agree that money spent on space tourism should be used to solve … issues instead. [5] [Total: 10]
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12 0510/42/O/N/23 © UCLES 2023 Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge Assessment International Education Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cambridgeinternational.org after the live examination series. Cambridge Assessment International Education is part of Cambridge Assessment. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is a department of the University of Cambridge. BLANK PAGE
Mark scheme, page 1
This document consists of 5 printed pages. © UCLES 2023 [Turn over Cambridge IGCSE™ ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 0510/42 Paper 4 Listening (Extended) October/November 2023 MARK SCHEME Maximum Mark: 40 Published This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers. Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for Teachers. Cambridge International will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge International is publishing the mark schemes for the October/November 2023 series for most Cambridge IGCSE, Cambridge International A and AS Level components, and some Cambridge O Level components.
Mark scheme, page 2
0510/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 2 of 5 Generic Marking Principles These general marking principles must be applied by all examiners when marking candidate answers. They should be applied alongside the specific content of the mark scheme or generic level descriptors for a question. Each question paper and mark scheme will also comply with these marking principles. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 1: Marks must be awarded in line with: • the specific content of the mark scheme or the generic level descriptors for the question • the specific skills defined in the mark scheme or in the generic level descriptors for the question • the standard of response required by a candidate as exemplified by the standardisation scripts. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 2: Marks awarded are always whole marks (not half marks, or other fractions). GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 3: Marks must be awarded positively: • marks are awarded for correct/valid answers, as defined in the mark scheme. However, credit is given for valid answers which go beyond the scope of the syllabus and mark scheme, referring to your Team Leader as appropriate • marks are awarded when candidates clearly demonstrate what they know and can do • marks are not deducted for errors • marks are not deducted for omissions • answers should only be judged on the quality of spelling, punctuation and grammar when these features are specifically assessed by the question as indicated by the mark scheme. The meaning, however, should be unambiguous. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 4: Rules must be applied consistently, e.g. in situations where candidates have not followed instructions or in the application of generic level descriptors. GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 5: Marks should be awarded using the full range of marks defined in the mark scheme for the question (however; the use of the full mark range may be limited according to the quality of the candidate responses seen). GENERIC MARKING PRINCIPLE 6: Marks awarded are based solely on the requirements as defined in the mark scheme. Marks should not be awarded with grade thresholds or grade descriptors in mind.
Mark scheme, page 3
0510/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 3 of 5 Exercise 1 Question Answer Marks 1(a) 8.20 / eight(-)twenty 1 1(b) (his) back(-)pack 1 Question Answer Marks 2(a) (the) hospital 1 2(b) (some) chocolate 1 Question Answer Marks 3(a) (his) step(-)father 1 3(b) 5 (hours) / five (hours) 1 Question Answer Marks 4(a) lock (the) windows 1 4(b) (a) taxi 1 Exercise 2 Question Answer Marks 5(a) 46 / forty(-)six 1 5(b) change colour 1 5(c) shallow 1 5(d) territory 1 5(e) stomachs 1 5(f) chew 1 5(g) 58 / fifty(-)eight 1 5(h) souvenirs 1
Mark scheme, page 4
0510/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 4 of 5 Exercise 3 Question Answer Marks 6(a) Speaker 1 F 1 6(b) Speaker 2 G 1 6(c) Speaker 3 D 1 6(d) Speaker 4 C 1 6(e) Speaker 5 A 1 6(f) Speaker 6 E 1 Exercise 4 Question Answer Marks 7(a) B 1 7(b) A 1 7(c) C 1 7(d) C 1 7(e) B 1 7(f) A 1 7(g) B 1 7(h) B 1
Mark scheme, page 5
0510/42 Cambridge IGCSE – Mark Scheme PUBLISHED October/November 2023 © UCLES 2023 Page 5 of 5 Exercise 5 Part (a) Question Answer Marks 8A(a) (water) pumps 1 8A(b) boat 1 8A(c) newspapers 1 8A(d) liquid 1 8A(e) efficiency 1 Exercise 5 Part (b) Question Answer Marks 8B(a) (making) decisions 1 8B(b) regulations 1 8B(c) expense 1 8B(d) (existing) tunnels 1 8B(e) environmental 1
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Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2023 Oct/Nov, Paper 4 · Variant 2. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.