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Eduqas GCSE English Language
Component 1

Eduqas GCSE English Language · C700

Eduqas GCSE English Language Component 1

20th Century Literature Reading and Creative Prose Writing

Length: 1 hour 45 minutes
Marks: 80
Weighting: 40% of the GCSE

From the Eduqas specification (opens in a new tab), Version 3, PDF pages 5 and 11.

4 sections · 21 revision notes · 15 past papers

What’s on Component 1

2 Reading skills

Reading skillsOn both papers4 notes

Reading skills

Explicit and implicit information
Analysing language

Component 1 past papers

June 2025 Component 1 (U10)
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November

November 2024 Component 1 (U10)
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June

June 2024 Component 1 (U10)
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Other papers

Analysing structure and tone

Evaluating a text

Reading skills overview

2.1 Component 1 Section A: reading 20th-century fiction

Component 1 reading questions7 notes

2.1 Component 1 reading questions

Reading 20th-century literary prose
Component 1 Question 1: listing what you learn
Component 1 Question 2: first impressions
Component 1 Question 3: analysing a longer section
Component 1 Question 4: language and structure
Component 1 Question 5: evaluating a view of the text
Component 1 Section A worked through

Component 1 Section A: reading 20th-century fiction overview

2.1 Component 1 Section B: creative prose writing

Component 1 writing5 notes

2.1 Component 1 writing

Component 1 Section B: the creative writing task
Choosing a title and planning
Shaping a narrative
Characters, dialogue and setting
Crafting vocabulary and sentences

Component 1 Section B: creative prose writing overview

3.1 Technical accuracy

Technical accuracyOn both papers5 notes

3.1 Technical accuracy

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

Technical accuracy overview

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