Paper 2 Q1 · Directed writing: past paper questions
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- 0990/21 · May/June 2026 · Q1[40]
Your friend is considering keeping an online digital diary to be published on the internet. Write a letter to your friend giving your advice about whether or not this is a good idea. In your letter you should: ° evaluate the ideas, attitudes and opinions in the texts * give your views about the factors your friend shou...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · May/June 2026 · Q1[40]
Imagine you live in an area where a proposal to remove technology from all school classrooms is being considered. Write a speech to a meeting of parents, teachers and members of the local community, giving your views on whether or not this is a good idea. In your speech you should: * evaluate how the proposal might aff...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · October/November 2025 · Q1[40]
Imagine you are a parent of a child attending the school which is advertising the art competition in Text B. Following complaints that it would be unfair to allow entries of computer art, the headteacher has asked parents to share their opinions. Write a letter to the headteacher. In your letter you should: evaluate th...
See it on the paper → - 0990/21 · May/June 2025 · Q1[40]
Write an article for your school or college magazine about whether or not a volunteer scheme for older students would be a good idea. In your article you should: • • evaluate the ideas, attitudes and opinions about volunteering in both texts consider the effects a compulsory volunteering scheme in school would have on...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · May/June 2025 · Q1[40]
Imagine you live in a city which is considering redesigning your neighbourhood. In your letter you should: • • evaluate the ideas, attitudes and opinions given in the texts consider whether or not the proposal is desirable or workable and whether or not it will benefit different people in the community. Base your lette...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · October/November 2024 · Q1[40]
Write an article for a teenage magazine with the title, ‘What’s the point of learning to cook?’ • • evaluate the ideas, attitudes and opinions given in both texts give your views on whether or not young people need to cook and want to cook. Base your article on what you have read in both texts but be careful to use you...
See it on the paper → - 0990/21 · May/June 2024 · Q1[40]
Write an article for young people about food waste and what they can do about it. In your article you should: • • evaluate the ideas, attitudes and opinions given in both texts suggest how young people can help to reduce food waste in their homes, schools and the wider world. Base your article on what you have read in...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · May/June 2024 · Q1[40]
A friend has asked for advice about whether or not to lie to avoid attending an event that they might find boring or embarrassing. Write a letter to your friend, giving your advice. In your letter you should: • • evaluate the ideas, attitudes and opinions in both texts give advice to your friend about how to respond, g...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · October/November 2023 · Q1[40]
Imagine you are an employee of a business in which listening to podcasts is not allowed. Write a letter to persuade your boss that staff should be allowed to listen to podcasts in their workplace. In your letter you should: • evaluate the ideas, attitudes and opinions about podcasts given in both texts • consider the c...
See it on the paper → - 0990/21 · May/June 2023 · Q1[40]
Write an article for young people, advising them what they need to consider when deciding on a holiday destination. In your article you should: evaluate the ideas, opinions and attitudes in both texts suggest what young people should consider in order to make a responsible decision. • • Base your article on what you ha...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · May/June 2023 · Q1[40]
Your friend has been asked by their boss at work to apologise to a colleague for missing a meeting. Your friend is unsure whether to apologise and how to apologise so that their boss is satisfied. Write a letter to your friend, giving advice on what they should do. In your letter you should: evaluate the ideas about ap...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · October/November 2022 · Q1[40]
Imagine that schools in your area are considering either introducing or abandoning handwriting lessons for all younger students. You have been invited to speak at a meeting of teachers and parents to discuss the idea. Write the words of your speech. In your speech you should: • • evaluate the ideas, attitudes and opini...
See it on the paper → - 0990/21 · May/June 2022 · Q1[40]
A relative is considering moving to another country where they and their teenage children will have to learn a new language. Write a letter to your relative giving your views about whether or not this is a good idea. In your letter you should: evaluate the ideas, opinions and attitudes in both texts explain how success...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · May/June 2022 · Q1[40]
Write an article for young people about outdoor learning. In your article you should: evaluate the ideas, opinions and attitudes given in both texts give your own views about whether or not an outdoor education for children and young people is feasible or desirable. • • Base your article on what you have read in both t...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · October/November 2021 · Q1[40]
Imagine you are the boss of a company that tries to recruit workers of different ages. Write a speech to be given to new members of staff on their first day explaining how and why the company values workers of all ages. In your speech you should: • evaluate the views given in both texts • persuade your workers that the...
See it on the paper → - 0990/21 · May/June 2021 · Q1[40]
Write an article for your school or college magazine with the title, ‘Small Change, Big Difference?’ In your article you should: evaluate the views given in both texts about saving the planet give your own views, based on what you have read, about whether your school or college can make a difference and how. • • Base y...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · May/June 2021 · Q1[40]
Write a magazine article for young people about modern friendship. In your article you should: evaluate the ideas about friendship given in both texts explain, based on what you read, to what extent you think social media affects friendship. • • Base your article on what you have read in both texts, but be careful to u...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · October/November 2020 · Q1[40]
Write a magazine article for young people about who they should listen to when faced with decisions in their own lives. In your article you should: evaluate the attitudes and opinions about experts in each of the texts give your own views, based on what you have read, about getting the best advice. • • Base your articl...
See it on the paper → - 0990/21 · May/June 2020 · Q1[40]
Imagine you have a rich relative who is considering whether or not to reserve a seat on one of the first tourist space flights and they have asked you for your views. Write a letter to your relative. In your letter you should: • evaluate the ideas and opinions in both texts • give your own views to your relative, based...
See it on the paper → - 0990/22 · May/June 2020 · Q1[40]
Imagine you are the parent of a student who attends a school that is considering a study exchange programme. Write the speech you give at a meeting for parents and teachers about whether it is a good idea for the school to run a study exchange programme. In your speech you should: evaluate the ideas and opinions given...
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Write an article for your school or college magazine about whether or not a volunteer scheme for older students would be a good idea. In your article you should: • evaluate the ideas, attitudes and opinions about volunteering in both texts • consider the effects a compulsory volunteering scheme in school would have on students, teachers and the wider community. Base your article on what you hav...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0990/21 Q1 (Cambridge)
Imagine you live in a city which is considering redesigning your neighbourhood. Write a letter to the city authorities, giving your views on the proposal to create a ‘city village’. In your article you should: • evaluate the ideas, attitudes and opinions given in both texts • consider whether or not the proposal is desirable or workable and whether or not it will benefit different people in the...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0990/22 Q1 (Cambridge)
Imagine you are an employee of a business in which listening to podcasts is not allowed. Write a letter to persuade your boss that staff should be allowed to listen to podcasts in their workplace. In your letter you should: • evaluate the ideas, attitudes and opinions about podcasts given in both texts • consider the concerns your boss might have • suggest some of the benefits of staff listening...
— Examiner report, October/November 2023, 0990/22 Q1 (Cambridge)
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