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OCR GCSE English Language
Paper 1

OCR GCSE English Language · J351

OCR GCSE English Language Paper 1

Communicating information and ideas

Length: 2 hours
Marks: 80
Weighting: 50% of the GCSE

From the OCR specification (opens in a new tab), Version 2.0 (March 2026), PDF page 10.

4 sections · 22 revision notes · 9 past papers

What’s on Paper 1

2b Reading skills

Reading skillsOn both papers5 notes

2b Reading skills

Explicit and implicit information
Analysing language

Paper 1 past papers

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Analysing structure

Evaluating a text

Comparing two texts

Reading skills overview

2c Component 01 Section A: reading non-fiction

Component 01 reading questions6 notes

2c Component 01 reading questions

Reading 19th-, 20th- and 21st-century non-fiction
Component 01 Question 1: finding and explaining information
Component 01 Question 2: synthesising similarities
Component 01 Question 3: language and structure
Component 01 Question 4: evaluating and comparing
Component 01 Section A worked through

Component 01 Section A: reading non-fiction overview

2c Component 01 Section B: writing for audience, impact and purpose

Component 01 writing6 notes

2c Component 01 writing

Component 01 Questions 5 and 6: the non-fiction writing task
Purpose, audience and register
Writing a letter
Writing an article
Writing a speech or talk
Building an argument

Component 01 Section B: writing for audience, impact and purpose overview

3h Technical accuracy

Technical accuracyOn both papers5 notes

3h Technical accuracy

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

Technical accuracy overview

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