Reading paper · 2025–2027
Practise the current six-group Reading format, including short written responses in Malay, for exams through 2027.
Exam scope and assessment notes
Original StudyForA materials, not Cambridge papers or recordings. This is an initial mapped pathway, not the complete guided-learning course. Cambridge's vocabulary list is not reconciled word by word, grammar coverage is grouped rather than item-audited, and a qualified Malay-language specialist must review every example and answer before this course is described as complete. Browser speech synthesis varies by device and voice and is not Cambridge audio. Speaking rehearsal is not the centre-conducted assessment or an official mark; writing practice is not examiner-marked. Full timed specimen papers are not included. Confirm exam year and entry arrangements with Cambridge and your school.
Before you begin
Work on paper. Try each question before revealing help, and explain why your method works.
Quick readiness check
What is a useful way to approach reading paper · 2025–2027?
What you will learn
- Match short statements, signs and notices to their meaning.
- Answer multiple-choice questions on short familiar texts.
- Extract information through short responses in Malay from longer texts.
- Match descriptions and follow the main ideas of an article.
Keep the older response format separate
For exams in 2025–2027, Paper 2 lasts one hour and is worth 45 marks. Its six groups use multiple choice, matching and short responses in Malay. Some questions require you to supply a detail rather than select an option.
Answer a short-response item with the requested information only. Check whether the prompt asks for one or two details and retain names, dates and quantities accurately. The 2028–2030 route changes all Reading questions to multiple-choice and matching; do not mix the two formats.
Use concise, complete short answers
For a short answer in Malay, include the detail that earns the response and keep the wording clear. If the question asks for a person and a time, include both; if it asks for a reason, do not substitute the event itself.
For the longer text, identify which sentence supports the response, then check the question's number of requested points. This helps avoid answers that are either incomplete or padded with unrelated facts.
Sources for this lesson
Pause and explain
What should you check after studying reading paper · 2025–2027?
Worked example
A message says: “Bas sekolah bertolak pada pukul 7.15. Murid perlu membawa kad pelajar dan botol air.” Give the departure time and the two items required.
Show the worked solution
- Find the time after “bertolak”.
- Find both items after “membawa”.
- Keep the answer concise.
Answer The bus leaves at 07.15. Students must bring a student card and a water bottle.
From guided practice to a new situation
Write your answer and reasoning first. Use a hint only if you are stuck. The model solution is for self-checking; your written work is not automatically marked.
Answer this short-response question: a note says a student must meet Ms. Lim outside the science lab at 13.20. Where and when should the student meet?
Give me a hint
Return the two requested details only.
Compare my reasoning
- Find the person and place.
- Find the time.
- Check the requested details are both present.
The student should meet Ms. Lim outside the science lab at 13.20.
Look for these in your work
- Includes the correct place
- Includes the correct time
- Does not add an unsupported action
Read: “Pameran dibuka dari Selasa hingga Ahad. Tiket pelajar lebih murah pada waktu pagi. Pelawat boleh membeli tiket di kaunter atau melalui laman web.” State the days, discount condition and two purchase methods.
Give me a hint
Make a three-part note: opening days, price condition and methods.
Compare my reasoning
- Identify the opening range.
- Identify who receives a lower price and when.
- List both purchase methods.
It opens Tuesday through Sunday. Student tickets are cheaper in the morning. Tickets can be bought at the counter or through the website.
Look for these in your work
- Reports the correct days
- Keeps the condition with the discount
- Gives both methods
A longer article contains five facts but a short-answer question asks only for the reason a youth club changed its meeting place. Explain how you would avoid including distracting details.
Give me a hint
Mark the question word and locate the cause, not every fact.
Compare my reasoning
- Underline the requested reason.
- Find the cause marker or explanatory sentence.
- Answer only with the supported cause.
Identify the sentence explaining the change and answer with that reason in Malay. Do not add the date, activities or personal opinion unless the question asks for them.
Look for these in your work
- Targets the requested information
- Uses passage evidence
- Avoids irrelevant details
Common mistakes
- Giving a full sentence when a short detail is asked
- Omitting one item from a two-part answer
- Using the 2028 all-selected-response format for an earlier exam year
What can you explain now?
What response type remains in the 2025–2027 Reading paper?
Compare with the explanation
Some short answers in Malay
The earlier syllabus includes longer-text questions requiring short responses in Malay.
After trying it yourself, choose your next review. This is your self-assessment.
Your review choice appears on Today. Sign in to sync it across devices.
Make it stick
Explain one idea from reading paper · 2025–2027 from memory, then give one example and one detail that must be checked in the text.
If you needed the solution, close it and solve the problem again from a blank page. A correct answer is stronger when you can explain the reason for each step.