Edexcel GCSE English Language · 1EN0

Reading 19th-century fiction

Paper 1 reading questions

What you need to know

Reading an unseen 19th-century extract with confidence: older vocabulary, long sentences, first-person narrators and dialogue.
The worked example uses an extract of about 650 words from Wilkie Collins's 19th-century story 'The Dream Woman', printed in the lesson.
Sentence starters and a short checklist for using the skill in the exam.