P1 Ex 5 · Email: past paper questions
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- 0993/11 · October/November 2025 · Q16[15]
You have seen an expensive item that you want to buy. You don’t have enough money at the moment, but you have a plan to get the money to buy it. Write an email to a friend about your plan to buy the item. • describe the item that you want to buy • tell your friend why you want to buy the item • explain how you are goin...
See it on the paper → - 0993/11 · May/June 2025 · Q16[15]
You recently went on a school trip to a museum in another city. Write an email to a friend about the school trip to the museum. • explain what you did in class to prepare for the museum trip • describe what you liked about the museum trip • tell your friend about a problem with the museum trip. Write about 120 to 160 w...
See it on the paper → - 0993/12 · May/June 2025 · Q16[15]
You recently went away for the weekend with your family. However, there was a problem during your weekend away. Write an email to a friend telling them about your weekend away. • say why you were going away • describe what the problem was • explain how the problem affected you and your family. Write about 120 to 160 wo...
See it on the paper → - 0993/11 · October/November 2024 · Q16[15]
You have recently been to a new shopping mall. You enjoyed it but you had a small problem during your visit. Write an email to a friend about your visit to the shopping mall. In your email you should: • say what you liked about your visit to the shopping mall • describe the problem that you had during your visit • make...
See it on the paper → - 0993/11 · May/June 2024 · Q16[15]
You have decided to help at a sports event that will take place in your town next month. Write an email to a friend about this. In your email you should: • describe the sports event that you are going to help at • say why you decided to help at the sports event • explain what you will be doing at the sports event. Writ...
See it on the paper → - 0993/12 · May/June 2024 · Q16[15]
WEEKEND COURSE You recently attended an interesting weekend course for teenagers. Write an email to a friend about the weekend course. In your email you should: • give information about the course • explain why you wanted to do the course • say how the course could be better. Write about 120 to 160 words. You will rece...
See it on the paper → - 0993/11 · October/November 2023 · Q14[12]
You have recently been having difficulty with a piece of homework. Write an email to a friend asking for their help. In your email, you should: • describe what you have to do for the homework • explain why you are finding it so difficult • say how you would like your friend to help you. The pictures above may give you...
See it on the paper → - 0993/21 · October/November 2023 · Q15[16]
You have recently been having difficulty with a piece of homework. Write an email to a friend asking for their help. In your email, you should: • describe what you have to do for the homework • explain why you are finding it so difficult • say how you would like your friend to help you. The pictures above may give you...
See it on the paper → - 0993/11 · May/June 2023 · Q12[12]
Your school is running a competition to find the best idea for a business that could be started by teenagers. One of the competition rules is that you must enter together with another student. Write an email to a friend about the competition. In your email, you should: • describe what your business idea is • explain wh...
See it on the paper → - 0993/21 · May/June 2023 · Q13[16]
Your school is running a competition to find the best idea for a business that could be started by teenagers. One of the competition rules is that you must enter together with another student. Write an email to a friend about the competition. In your email, you should: • describe what your business idea is • explain wh...
See it on the paper → - 0993/22 · May/June 2023 · Q14[16]
Your friend from another country is coming to stay with you and your family for a week, for the first time. Write an email to this friend about the visit. In your email, you should: • explain where you would like to take your friend • describe who your friend will meet • say what your friend should bring. The pictures...
See it on the paper → - 0993/11 · October/November 2022 · Q13[12]
You have been attending an after-school club for several weeks. Write an email to a friend about the after-school club. In your email, you should: • explain how you found out about the club • describe what you usually do in club meetings • suggest improvements you would like to see at the club. The pictures above may g...
See it on the paper → - 0993/21 · October/November 2022 · Q14[16]
You have been attending an after-school club for several weeks. Write an email to a friend about the after-school club. In your email, you should: • explain how you found out about the club • describe what you usually do in club meetings • suggest improvements you would like to see at the club. The pictures above may g...
See it on the paper → - 0993/11 · May/June 2022 · Q12[12]
Your town has been chosen as the location for a large international event. Write an email to a friend telling them about this. In your email, you should: • explain why your town was chosen for the event • describe what will happen at the event • suggest how you could both get tickets to watch the event. The pictures ab...
See it on the paper → - 0993/21 · May/June 2022 · Q13[16]
Your town has been chosen as the location for a large international event. Write an email to a friend telling them about this. In your email, you should: • explain why your town was chosen for the event • describe what will happen at the event • suggest how you could both get tickets to watch the event. The pictures ab...
See it on the paper → - 0993/22 · May/June 2022 · Q14[16]
You and your family recently took part in a ‘no technology’ challenge. This meant not using any technology for a week. Write an email to a friend about this. In your email, you should: • explain why you decided to take part in the challenge • say what you found difficult during the challenge • describe how your habits...
See it on the paper → - 0993/11 · October/November 2021 · Q13[16]
You recently bought something, but there has been a problem with it. Write an email to a friend about it. In your email, you should: • describe what you bought • explain what the problem is with the thing that you bought • say what you are going to do about the problem. The pictures above may give you some ideas, and y...
See it on the paper → - 0993/21 · October/November 2021 · Q14[16]
You recently bought something, but there has been a problem with it. Write an email to a friend about it. In your email, you should: • describe what you bought • explain what the problem is with the thing that you bought • say what you are going to do about the problem. The pictures above may give you some ideas, and y...
See it on the paper → - 0993/11 · May/June 2021 · Q13[12]
You are going to perform in a music festival in another town. Write an email to a friend about this. In your email, you should: • explain how you found out about the festival • describe what you are going to do in the festival • invite your friend to come and see you perform. The pictures above may give you some ideas,...
See it on the paper → - 0993/12 · May/June 2021 · Q12[12]
You recently joined a nature club, and last week you went on a trip with the club into the countryside. Write an email to a friend about this. In your email, you should: • describe the place in the countryside you went to with the nature club • explain what you learned during the trip to the countryside • invite your f...
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What examiners said
Most candidates wrote well-developed emails with an appropriately informal tone. The most successful responses contained a description of their preparations for the trip, together with details of what they particularly liked about it and a full explanation of a problem that they faced. For the first bullet point, the most successful candidates expanded on the details of the preparation such as re...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0993/11 Q16 (Cambridge)
Most responses were fully relevant and used an appropriate informal style and register. The most successful responses also featured some engagement with the target audience by using phrases such as, ‘How are you?’, ‘I hope that your GCSE went well’, ‘I’m writing to you to tell you about an interesting weekend away with my family’ and towards the end of the response: ‘Good luck with school’ and ‘do...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0993/12 Q16 (Cambridge)
Most candidates appeared to relate well to the task, and many answers were well-developed with an appropriate, informal tone and register. Successful responses conveyed a full description of why their town was chosen as the location for the event and what will happen there, together with suggestions as to how they could get tickets to watch it. For the first bullet point, examiners were looking t...
— Examiner report, May/June 2022, 0993/21 Q13 (Cambridge)
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