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Edexcel GCSE English Language topic questions
Practice questions per spec point, written in board paper style with mark-scheme answers.
- P1.A.AO1AO1 — Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information; select textual evidence4 questions →
- P1.A.AO2AO2 — Analyse the writer’s use of language, form and structure to create meaning and effect, with subject terminology5 questions →
- P1.A.AO4AO4 — Evaluate texts critically and support evaluation with quotation and reference4 questions →
- P1.B.AO5AO5 — Communicate clearly, imaginatively and effectively; adapt tone, style and register; organise the response with structural features5 questions →
- P1.B.AO6AO6 — Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures with accurate spelling and punctuation (SPaG)4 questions →
- P2.A.AO1AO1 — Identify and interpret information across both texts; synthesise evidence between them3 questions →
- P2.A.AO2AO2 — Analyse how each writer uses language, form and structure to convey meaning, viewpoint and effect4 questions →
- P2.A.AO3AO3 — Compare writers’ ideas and perspectives, and how those are conveyed across the two texts4 questions →
- P2.B.AO5AO5 — Communicate viewpoint clearly, organise ideas, adapt tone, style and register to audience, purpose and form4 questions →
- P2.B.AO6AO6 — Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures with accurate spelling and punctuation (SPaG)4 questions →
- SC1.1Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas in literary and non-fiction texts6 questions →
- SC1.2Read for different purposes, drawing inferences and supporting them with quotation and reference6 questions →
- SC1.3Distinguish supported claims from unsupported, identifying bias and use of evidence6 questions →
- SC1.4Reflect on a text in context and draw on wider reading to comment critically6 questions →
- SC1.5Summarise main ideas of one text and synthesise across two or more linked texts6 questions →
- SC1.6Analyse a writer’s choices of language, form, structure and grammar using accurate terminology6 questions →
- SC1.7Compare two or more non-fiction texts in terms of ideas, perspectives and methods6 questions →
- SC2.1Produce clear, coherent text matched to purpose, audience and form (describe, narrate, explain, argue, persuade)6 questions →
- SC2.2Adapt vocabulary, grammar, form and structural features for impact and effect6 questions →
- SC2.3Write imaginatively, sustaining a consistent voice or point of view6 questions →
- SC2.4Organise information and ideas; emphasise key points and use evidence effectively6 questions →
- SC2.5Use rhetorical devices (rhetorical question, antithesis, parenthesis, triadic structures) for emotional and persuasive effect6 questions →
- SC2.6Apply accurate spelling, punctuation and a wide vocabulary with varied sentence structures (the SPaG component, ~20% of writing marks)6 questions →
- SC3.1Plan and deliver a prepared spoken presentation, organising ideas persuasively5 questions →
- SC3.2Listen and respond to questions and feedback after presenting4 questions →
- SC3.3Use spoken Standard English appropriately in formal contexts5 questions →
- SL.AO7AO7 — Demonstrate presentation skills in a formal setting (prepared talk)2 questions →
- SL.AO8AO8 — Listen and respond appropriately to questions and feedback1 questions →
- SL.AO9AO9 — Use spoken Standard English effectively1 questions →