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Cambridge Ordinary Level: Cambridge Assessment International Education

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Cambridge Assessment International Education

Cambridge Ordinary Level

ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1123/11


Paper 1 Writing October/November 2019
1 hour 30 minutes

No Additional Materials are required.


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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

An answer booklet is provided inside this question paper. You should follow the instructions on the front cover
of the answer booklet. If you need additional answer paper ask the invigilator for a continuation booklet.

Note: Remember that Section 1 and Section 2 of this paper are worth the same number of marks, so you should
divide your time carefully between them.

Answer both Section 1 and Section 2.

This document consists of 3 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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Section 1: Directed Writing

You are advised to write between 200 and 300 words. Total marks for this part: 30.

• You will be awarded up to 15 marks for following the task instructions.


• You will be awarded up to 15 marks for the language you use.

Task 1

Recently, two of your relatives who live abroad came to stay with your family for a week. This was a
very happy event for everyone. You decide to write to your aunt, who lives in another city, to tell her
about this visit.

Write your letter. You must include the following:

• who the relatives are and when they came to visit


• details about what you and your relatives did together during the visit
• what your relatives enjoyed most about their visit and why.

Cover all three points above in detail. You should make your letter interesting and informative.
Start your letter ‘Dear Aunt ...,’ and remember to supply an appropriate ending.

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Section 2: Composition

Begin your answer on a new page of your answer booklet.

Write on one of the following topics.

At the beginning of your composition put the number of the task you have chosen.

You are advised to write between 350 and 500 words. Total marks for this part: 30.

Tasks 2–6

Description

2 Describe the best meal you have ever eaten. (Remember you must describe the place, the
atmosphere and the people you were with as well as the food itself.)

Argument

3 Which characteristic in people do you most like and which characteristic do you least like? Give
reasons and examples to support your views.

4 Is it better for people to live in the same place all their lives or to live in different places? Give
reasons and examples to support your views.

Narrative

5 Write a story which includes the sentence: ‘When she tried to open the door, she was surprised
that the key didn't fit.’

6 Write a story in which a science laboratory plays an important part.

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BLANK PAGE

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 the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of
Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which itself is a department of the University of Cambridge.

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