A-level
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACTUAL 2025 PAPER MERGED
WITH MARK SCHEME
Paper 1 Language, the individual and society
Wednesday 21 May 2025 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book
• the Insert for Section A (enclosed).
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7702/1.
• There are two sections:
– Section A: Textual variations and representations –
Section B: Children’s language development.
• Answer all questions from Section A.
• Answer either Question 4 or Question 5 from Section B.
• Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• There are 25 marks for Question 1, 25 marks for Question 2 and 20 marks for Question 3.
There are 30 marks for either Question 4 or Question 5.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
• A set of phonemic symbols can be found on the back of this paper, for reference.
Advice
• It is recommended that you use:
– 30 minutes reading and preparing the texts –
30 minutes writing your Question 1 answer
– 30 minutes writing your Question 2 answer
– 20 minutes writing your Question 3 answer –
40 minutes writing your Section B answer.
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There are no questions printed on this page
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Section A
Textual variations and representations
Answer all questions from this section.
Text A and Text B are on the Insert.
Text A is an article from Mail Online published in 2020. It is about a campaign in Australia to remove
statues of the 18th century explorer Captain James Cook.
Text B is an extract from a book titled The History of Cleveland, written by Reverend John Graves in
1808. In a section on the village of Marton, Yorkshire, Graves writes about the achievements of
Captain James Cook, who was born there.
0 1 Analyse how Text A uses language to create meanings and representations.
[25 marks]
0 2 Analyse how Text B uses language to create meanings and representations.
[25 marks]
0 3 Explore the similarities and differences in the ways that Text A and Text B use language.
[20 marks]
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACTUAL 2025 PAPER MERGED
WITH MARK SCHEME
Paper 1 Language, the individual and society
Wednesday 21 May 2025 Afternoon Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book
• the Insert for Section A (enclosed).
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7702/1.
• There are two sections:
– Section A: Textual variations and representations –
Section B: Children’s language development.
• Answer all questions from Section A.
• Answer either Question 4 or Question 5 from Section B.
• Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• There are 25 marks for Question 1, 25 marks for Question 2 and 20 marks for Question 3.
There are 30 marks for either Question 4 or Question 5.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
• A set of phonemic symbols can be found on the back of this paper, for reference.
Advice
• It is recommended that you use:
– 30 minutes reading and preparing the texts –
30 minutes writing your Question 1 answer
– 30 minutes writing your Question 2 answer
– 20 minutes writing your Question 3 answer –
40 minutes writing your Section B answer.
, 2
IB/G/Jun25/G4006/E6 7702/1
There are no questions printed on this page
IB/G/Jun25/7702/1
, 3
Section A
Textual variations and representations
Answer all questions from this section.
Text A and Text B are on the Insert.
Text A is an article from Mail Online published in 2020. It is about a campaign in Australia to remove
statues of the 18th century explorer Captain James Cook.
Text B is an extract from a book titled The History of Cleveland, written by Reverend John Graves in
1808. In a section on the village of Marton, Yorkshire, Graves writes about the achievements of
Captain James Cook, who was born there.
0 1 Analyse how Text A uses language to create meanings and representations.
[25 marks]
0 2 Analyse how Text B uses language to create meanings and representations.
[25 marks]
0 3 Explore the similarities and differences in the ways that Text A and Text B use language.
[20 marks]
