GCSE English Language: Paper 2 - Section A

Whereas Paper 1 has one fiction source, Paper 2 has two (a)   sources.

It is likely that the sources will...

NB We cannot guarantee that the sources you encounter will be from any exact or specific periods, of course.

• Be from different eras/periods

• Be from exactly the same era/period

• Feature a text from a period such as the Victorian era

• Feature a text from a period such as the Ice Age

• Feature a more modern text

Which of these are good things to do before you answer any question? (More than 1 correct)

• Read the question (this is not a trick answer)

• Underline key words in the question

• Read the sources

• Have a nap

Paper 2, Question 1 is worth...

• 2 marks

• 4 marks

• 8 marks

• 16 marks

In Paper 2, Question 1, you have to... (2 correct)

• Write down four true statements

• Identify four true statements

• Shade the boxes next to the true statements

• Draw a circle round the correct letters

What's a good tactic for Q1? (2 correct)

• Put a dot next to the ones you think are right as you're reading through; then shade the boxes

• Just shade the boxes straight away!

• Skim read the statements - the true ones are obvious

• Read the statements carefully - there's often a trickily phrased one

Paper 2, Question 2 is worth...

• 4 marks

• 8 marks

• 12 marks

• 20 marks

Which of these skills should you use in Q2? (More than 1 correct)

• Summarising

• Making links

• Quoting or making textual references

• Analysing methods

Which of these sentences is a good way to start a paragraph in response to a Q2 asking you to 'write a summary of what you understand about the similar behaviour of the drivers'?

• Source A says that drivers are selfish, whereas Source B thinks cyclists are selfish.

• Both writers suggest that some drivers are selfish in their approach on the road.

• In Source A, we see that drivers are selfish, and in Source B, the drivers are aggressive.

Q2 might ask you to summarise the similarities OR the differences between a particular thing in the two sources.

• True

• False