Paper 1 Question 3: language — Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 1EN2
Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 · 1EN2
Paper 1 Question 3: language
Paper 1 reading questions
What you need to know
The 8-mark AO2 question on the whole of Text 1: how the writer uses language to interest and inform the reader, with examples and relevant subject terminology.
Why the question rewards language alone, choosing examples from across the text, and writing a precise answer within Section A's 1 hour 10 minutes, using the marks as a guide to time.
The worked example uses two linked texts about exercise and getting fit, both printed in the lesson: Text 1, the introduction to Eugen Sandow's fitness guide 'Strength and How to Obtain It' (1897), and Text 2, from William Blaikie's 'How to Get Strong and How to Stay So' (1883), which argues for physical education in every school.
What separates the levels, in our own words, and a model answer with the level and mark an examiner would give, and why.
A weaker and a stronger answer to the same task side by side, with what lifts the weaker one to the next level.
Sentence starters for the question and a short checklist of the steps, for students aiming at Grade 4 and above.
