Component 2 Questions 11 and 13: finding information — Eduqas GCSE English Language C700
Eduqas GCSE English Language · C700
Component 2 Questions 11 and 13: finding information
Component 2 reading questions
What you need to know
The short AO1 questions, one set on each text: three 1-mark questions on the first text and three on the second, each asking for a precise detail.
Reading the question and the right text carefully, answering in a clear phrase or short sentence rather than a single word when one word would not answer it, and moving on quickly.
The worked example uses two texts about pioneering journeys made possible by new technology, both printed in the lesson: a GOV.UK news story from 2016 about the astronaut Tim Peake's return from the International Space Station, and the actor Fanny Kemble's 1830 letter about riding beside George Stephenson on his new railway engine, from her memoir 'Records of a Girlhood'.
The news story is printed with the credit line its licence asks for: 'Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.'
Answers that would and would not earn the marks, and why.