Cambridge IGCSE English First Language 2026 Predicted Papers
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Paper 1 — Reading
Paper 2 — Directed Writing and Composition
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Who developed these predicted papers?
These predicted papers were developed by experienced Cambridge IGCSE English First Language teachers, with each paper led by a specialist in the relevant component rather than a single author across all papers. Together, the team brings over 17 years of combined teaching and marking experience, and all texts have been carefully selected to reflect Cambridge’s style and level of demand.
How will this benefit me?
Time is one of the most valuable things you have in the run-up to exams. These resources helps you use it more wisely by pinpointing the 'core' focus questions you should be practising according to our teachers.
Reviews
The mark schemes were clear and aligned well with Cambridge expectations. This made standardisation within our department much easier. A solid resource for both teaching and assessment
The summary task in these papers is tough. They used a very wordy texts, but the variety of text is good. Would recommend to anyone who wants to challenge themselves:)
Since we’ve moved to more digital mock formats in 2026, the formatting of these papers made them very easy to upload to our VLE
We used these predicted papers with a group of students ahead of their IGCSE First Language English exam, and they proved to be a very effective revision tool. The passages were well-selected and reflected the level of challenge students typically face, while the questions encouraged precise reading and careful interpretation. In particular, we thought the writer’s effect and summary questions were pretty well done
I am so glad my predicted paper focused on the persuasive speech aspect for Question 3. Moving from the narrative boyhood perspective to the environmentalist one voice for the speech was tricky, but because I’d practiced the speech format from this paper like the rhetorical questions and we pronouns, I knew exactly how to structure the answer