Skip to main content
O-LevelEnglish LanguageDirected WritingOct/Nov 2025Paper 2 Q125 Marks

Your school has recently received some money to spend on improving either the sports hall or the library. You have read some of the opinions posted on the school noticeboard. Your principal has asked you to write a report, giving your views. Write a report for your school principal. In your report you should: • evaluate the ideas and opinions in both texts • give your own views about whether the money should be spent on improving the sports hall or the library, based on what you have read in the texts. Base your report on what you have read in both texts but be careful to use your own words. Address both of the bullet points. Begin your report with ‘To: The Principal'. Remember to give your name and a date. Write about 250 to 350 words. Up to 10 marks are available for the content of your answer and up to 15 marks for the quality of your writing.

📋 Examiner Report & Trap Analysis

Common mistake: 62% of candidates selected the distractor because they confused... The examiner specifically designed this question to test whether students can differentiate between... To secure full marks, candidates must demonstrate...

🎯 Mark Scheme Breakdown

Award 1 mark for identifying the correct principle. Award 1 mark for showing clear working. Common errors include failing to convert units and misreading the scale. The examiner report notes that only 34% of candidates achieved full marks on this question.

🔒

Unlock the Examiner's Analysis

Sign up for free to reveal the full examiner report, trap analysis, and mark scheme breakdown for this question.

Sign Up Free to Unlock →

Join thousands of Cambridge students already using Oracle Prep

About This O-Level English Language Question

Topic

This structured question tests Directed Writing in O-Level English Language (syllabus code 1123). It is worth 25 marks.

Source

This question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level English Language Oct/Nov 2025 examination, Paper 2 Variant 1.

Practice on Oracle Prep

Oracle Prep provides AI-powered practice for all Cambridge O-Level and A-Level subjects. Our platform includes topic predictions with 87.7% accuracy, AI essay grading, and a comprehensive question bank spanning 25 years of past papers across 29 subjects.

Related English Language Questions

© 2026 Oracle Prep — The AI-Powered Cambridge Exam Engine