Multiple choice answer sheet for Cambridge IGCSE second language syllabuses

From the March 2024 series, candidates sitting the following Cambridge exams will submit their answers on a multiple-choice answer sheet. (Where component ‘02’ is mentioned, it includes all variants of component ‘02’where applicable. For example, 21, 22, 23.)

March 2024

• 0510/02 – Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (Speaking Endorsement) Paper 2 Listening.

June 2024

• 0511/02 – Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (Count in Speaking) Paper 2 Listening.
• 0991/02 – Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (Count in Speaking) Paper 2 Listening.
• 0993/02 – Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language (Speaking Endorsement) Paper 2 Listening.

June 2025

• 0531/02 – IGCSE IsiZulu as a Second Language Paper 2 Listening.
• 0548/02 – IGCSE Afrikaans as a Second Language Paper 2 Listening.

At the end of the exam, candidates will have six minutes to transfer their answers from the question paper onto the multiple-choice answer sheet.

The total exam time is approximately 50 minutes, but this may vary slightly between exams. You must allow candidates the full time for the exam. The length of the exam includes six minutes at the end for candidates to transfer their answers from the question paper onto the multiple-choice answer sheet. The six minutes’ transfer time is included in the recorded material that we provide for the listening exam.

The answer on the multiple-choice answer sheet will be taken as the candidates’ final answer. Candidates are strongly advised to check carefully to make sure they have correctly transferred all of their answers onto the multiple-choice answer sheet. The six minutes’ transfer time has been designed to allow candidates enough time to transfer and check their answer.

We recommend that candidates first answer on the question paper. They should use the six minutes’ transfer time to transfer their answers onto the multiple-choice answer sheet.

Your pre-printed multiple-choice answer sheets will be sent to you in your pre-exam despatch. Section 4.2 of the Cambridge Handbook has more information about all pre-exam and question paper despatches.

If you do not receive a pre-printed sheet for all your candidates, you should use a supplementary multiple-choice answer sheet (Exam Day – Form 2a) which is available to download from the administrative forms page under ‘Exam day’.

You must give the candidate everything at the start of the test – the question paper and the multiple-choice answer sheet.

Make sure you tell candidates and invigilators before the exam that they will have six minutes to transfer their answers from the question paper on to their multiple-choice answer sheet. It may be helpful to show candidates the sample multiple-choice answer sheet, along with a specimen question paper, so they are well prepared. We recommend you also include this information in your invigilator training. Your invigilators must check that candidates are transferring their answers during the six minutes provided.

Yes. If you have applied for an access arrangement to allow a candidate to have extra time in their exam, they will also have extra time to transfer their answers. They will get the same percentage of time e.g. if they get 25% extra time for the exam, they also get 25% extra time to transfer their answers from the question paper to the multiple-choice answer sheet.

Other access arrangements are available for exams using multiple-choice answer sheets. If your candidate will need help transferring their answers onto the multiple-choice answer sheet, please contact us so that we can confirm which access arrangements are available for the exam(s) the candidate is taking.

All candidate multiple-choice answer sheets, including those for absent or withdrawn candidates, must be returned to Cambridge in the script packet envelope provided. See section 5.4 of the Cambridge Handbook for instructions on packing and sending scripts.

The question papers should not be returned to Cambridge. They should be collected at the end of the exam and stored securely until at least 24 hours after the end of the exam or Key Time, whichever is later.

No. We will not accept any enquiries about results based on the question paper. The answers given on the multiple-choice answer sheet will be taken as the candidates’ final answer.

The multiple-choice answer sheet a candidate must use depends on which syllabus they are sitting.

There are four different versions of the multiple-choice answer sheet and candidates must use the correct version in their exam. We send you the correct multiple-choice answer sheet(s) in your pre-exam despatch:

• A multiple-choice answer sheet for Cambridge International AS & A Level listening and reading exams.
• A multiple-choice answer sheet for Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language, Cambridge IGCSE Isizulu (0531/02) and Afrikaans (0548/02) as a Second Language listening exams.
• A multiple-choice answer sheet for Cambridge IGCSE and O Level foreign language, and Cambridge IGCSE English as an Additional Language, listening exams.
• A multiple-choice answer sheet for Cambridge IGCSE Mandarin Chinese listening exams.

Here is an example of the multiple-choice answer sheet. This version must only be used for Cambridge IGCSE English as a Second Language listening exams, Cambridge IGCSE Isizulu (0531/02) and / or Afrikaans (0548/02) as a Second Language listening exams.

Cambridge IGCSE English, Isizulu (0531/02) and / or Afrikaans (0548/02) as a Second Language multiple choice answer sheet sample (PDF, 715KB)