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English Language
Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0
Paper 2

Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 · 1EN2

Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 Paper 2

Contemporary Texts

Length: 1 hour 55 minutes
Marks: 80
Weighting: 50% of the GCSE

From the Edexcel specification (opens in a new tab), Issue 3, PDF page 9.

4 sections · 23 revision notes · 7 past papers

What’s on Paper 2

1.1 Reading skills

Reading skillsOn both papers7 notes

1.1 Reading skills

Reading 19th-century non-fiction
Reading 20th- and 21st-century fiction and literary non-fiction

Paper 2 past papers

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Explicit and implicit information

Analysing language

Analysing structure

Evaluating with three reasons

Evaluating a quoted opinion

Reading skills overview

1.1 Paper 2 Section A: reading contemporary fiction and non-fiction

Paper 2 reading questions6 notes

1.1 Paper 2 reading questions

Paper 2 Questions 1 and 3: finding information
Paper 2 Question 2: language
Paper 2 Question 4: language and structure
Paper 2 Question 5: synthesis
Paper 2 Question 6: comparing ideas and perspectives
Paper 2 Section A worked through

Paper 2 Section A: reading contemporary fiction and non-fiction overview

1.2 Paper 2 Section B: imaginative writing

Paper 2 writing5 notes

1.2 Paper 2 writing

Paper 2 Questions 7 and 8: imaginative writing
Ideas from an opening line, a prompt or an image
Shaping a narrative
Description, voice and viewpoint
Crafting vocabulary and sentences

Paper 2 Section B: imaginative 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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