GCSE English question guides
One page per question type: what it is worth, what it is actually assessing, the mistakes that reliably cost marks, and how to practise it. Mark totals are read from real past papers rather than copied from a revision site.
English Language
- AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 5: creative writing
AQA · Language Paper 1, Section B · 40 marks
- AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 3: structure
AQA · Language Paper 1, Section A · 8 marks
- AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 2: language analysis
AQA · Language Paper 1, Section A · 8 marks
- AQA English Language Paper 1 Question 4: evaluation
AQA · Language Paper 1, Section A · 20 marks
- AQA English Language Paper 2 Question 5: writing a viewpoint
AQA · Language Paper 2, Section B · 40 marks
- Edexcel English Language Paper 1: imaginative writing
Edexcel · Language Paper 1, Section B · 40 marks
English Literature
- AQA English Literature unseen poetry: both questions
AQA · Literature Paper 2, Section C · 24 and 8 marks
- AQA English Literature poetry anthology comparison
AQA · Literature Paper 2, Section B · 30 marks
More to come
This set covers the questions that carry the most marks on the most widely sat papers. OCR and WJEC guides, and the remaining Edexcel Literature questions, are being written.
In the meantime, the board pages cover paper structures for all four boards.
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