Navigate the 2027–2029 Reading and Writing paper
Practise the current six-exercise structure: four reading tasks and two 120–160-word writing responses.
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Before you begin
Work on paper. Try each question before revealing help, and explain why your method works.
Quick readiness check
What should you verify before drafting an exam response?
What you will learn
- Recognise reading formats including short answers, matching, notes and multiple choice.
- Write an informal email and a formal or semi-formal response.
- Address the purpose, audience, format and supplied prompts.
Read the four reading exercises
Paper 1 is two hours, 60 marks and 70% of the qualification. The four reading exercises use short answers, multiple matching, brief notes and multiple choice.
The 2027–2029 paper has no summary-writing exercise. Use the exact task to distinguish a direct fact, a viewpoint, a connection or an implied meaning.
Write both 120–160-word responses
Exercise 5 is an informal email; Exercise 6 is a formal or semi-formal article, report, essay or review. Each rubric supplies the purpose, format, audience and prompts.
Plan the points before writing, then check task fulfilment, language range, accuracy and organisation. Do not carry the older 120-word functional or 200-word extended format into this route.
Sources for this lesson
- Cambridge IGCSE Hindi as a Second Language 0549 subject page
- 0549 syllabus for exams in 2023–2025
- 0549 syllabus update for exams in 2023–2025
- 0549 syllabus for exams in 2026 · Version 2
- 0549 syllabus update for exams in 2026
- 0549 syllabus for exams in 2027–2029 · Version 2
- 0549 syllabus update for exams in 2027–2029
Pause and explain
What is the required length for each current writing response?
Worked example
A prompt asks for an informal email about a club: describe one activity, give your opinion and invite a friend. Which three points must be present?
Show the worked solution
- Describe the activity.
- State an opinion.
- Make an invitation.
Answer All three prompts belong in a 120–160-word informal email. This is original planning practice, not a Cambridge exam question.
Try a topic test
Choose Easy, Normal or Difficult. Save your answers and open worked review after finishing.
Test this topic →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.
An informal email asks whether you enjoyed a trip, which place you visited and what you recommend to a friend. Make a three-point plan.
Give me a hint
Make one note for each prompt.
Compare my reasoning
- State whether you enjoyed it.
- Name the place.
- Give a recommendation to the friend.
A complete plan covers enjoyment, the visited place and a recommendation in a friendly email.
Look for these in your work
- Includes every prompt
- Uses the correct audience
- Plans relevant information
A formal article asks for one benefit and one difficulty of a school recycling scheme. How will you organise it?
Give me a hint
Use a clear opening, balanced points and a conclusion.
Compare my reasoning
- Introduce the scheme.
- Explain one benefit and one difficulty.
- Finish with a supported view or suggestion.
A well-organised article introduces recycling, develops both sides and concludes with a relevant view or suggestion.
Look for these in your work
- Covers both sides
- Uses coherent order
- Keeps a suitable style
You have written 175 words for the current route. Revise it without losing required ideas.
Give me a hint
Remove repeated or off-task material and recount.
Compare my reasoning
- Mark every required prompt.
- Combine repeated ideas and remove irrelevant sentences.
- Check the final count is within 120–160 words.
Keep each required point, remove repetition and off-task detail, and recheck that the result is 120–160 words.
Look for these in your work
- Preserves task fulfilment
- Edits for concision
- Checks the correct cycle’s word range
Common mistakes
- Adding a summary when the new paper has no summary task
- Using a formal report tone in the informal email
- Missing one prompt while focusing on elegant language
What can you explain now?
What is the required length for each current writing response?
Compare with the explanation
120–160 words
The 2027–2029 syllabus specifies this range for both writing exercises.
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Make it stick
Explain one decision that helped you: recognise reading formats including short answers, matching, notes and multiple choice.
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.