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English Language
Edexcel GCSE English Language
Paper 2

Edexcel GCSE English Language · 1EN0

Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 2

Non-fiction and Transactional Writing

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes
Marks: 96
Weighting: 60% of the GCSE

From the Edexcel specification (opens in a new tab), Issue 6, PDF page 32.

4 sections · 24 revision notes · 15 past papers

What’s on Paper 2

1.1 Reading skills

Reading skillsOn both papers4 notes

1.1 Reading skills

Explicit and implicit information
Analysing language

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Analysing structure

Evaluating a text

Reading skills overview

2.1 Paper 2 Section A: reading non-fiction

Paper 2 reading questions7 notes

2.1 Paper 2 reading questions

Reading 20th- and 21st-century non-fiction
Paper 2 Questions 1, 2, 4 and 5: finding information
Paper 2 Question 3: language and structure
Paper 2 Question 6: evaluation
Paper 2 Question 7a: synthesis
Paper 2 Question 7b: comparing ideas and perspectives
Paper 2 Section A worked through

Paper 2 Section A: reading non-fiction overview

2.2 Paper 2 Section B: transactional writing

Paper 2 writing8 notes

2.2 Paper 2 writing

Paper 2 Questions 8 and 9: transactional writing
Purpose, audience and register
Writing an article
Writing a letter
Writing a review
Writing the text for a speech
Writing a guide, leaflet or booklet
Building an argument

Paper 2 Section B: transactional writing overview

1.2 Technical accuracy

Technical accuracyOn both papers5 notes

1.2 Technical accuracy

Sentence demarcation
Punctuation for clarity and effect
Spelling
Standard English and grammar
Paragraphs and cohesion

Technical accuracy overview

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