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Teaching IGCSE Paper 1

See below for more information on the marking of Paper 1, comments from examiners and strategies to help improve student performance in this paper.

The mark scheme levels for Paper 1 have been clarified for the 2024 examinations onwards.

The timing, style of questions and mark allocations remain the same for 2024 onwards.

a. Paper 1 - Preparing students for the exam

This page provides key information on Paper 1 that should be shared with students as well as strategies for helping students write better answers.

b. Paper 1 - Strategies for extended writing

Here are some suggestions for helping students to develop their extended writing skills - particularly important for part (c) of Paper 1 questions.

c. Paper 1: Marking

See below for help on marking Paper 1 answers.d. Paper 1 - Exemplar answers

d. Paper 1 - Exemplar answers

See below for high scoring sample answers for Paper 1 questions.The PDF under each question gives the examiner comments for each question to justify the mark

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