2025 Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE English Language and Literature Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Voices in Speech and Writing Combined Question Paper and Marking Scheme
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Monday 12 May 2025
Morning (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 8EL0/01
English Language and Literature
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
You must have: Total Marks
Source Booklet (enclosed)
Instructions
•• Fillcentre
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
•• Answer the question in Section A and the question in Section B.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 50.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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SECTION A
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Creation of Voice
Read Text A on pages 4–5 of the source booklet before answering
Question 1 in the space below.
1 You have been invited to speak at a United Nations conference on this year’s
International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Using information provided in Text A,
write the text for a short speech which you would deliver to an audience of young
people from around the world.
The purpose of your speech would be to educate your audience about some of the
issues faced by British people with disabilities.
You may develop points included in Text A but you must draw only on the factual
information in the text.
You should:
• develop the content of your speech using the conventions of public speaking
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• craft your speech appropriately to the given context
• write to engage your audience.
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PAPER 1: Voices in Speech and Writing Combined Question Paper and Marking Scheme
Please check the examination details below before entering your candidate information
Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Monday 12 May 2025
Morning (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 8EL0/01
English Language and Literature
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Voices in Speech and Writing
You must have: Total Marks
Source Booklet (enclosed)
Instructions
•• Fillcentre
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
number and candidate number.
•• Answer the question in Section A and the question in Section B.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 50.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
,P76045A
©2025 Pearson Education Ltd.
Y:1/1/1/1/1/
, Answer BOTH questions.
SECTION A
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Creation of Voice
Read Text A on pages 4–5 of the source booklet before answering
Question 1 in the space below.
1 You have been invited to speak at a United Nations conference on this year’s
International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Using information provided in Text A,
write the text for a short speech which you would deliver to an audience of young
people from around the world.
The purpose of your speech would be to educate your audience about some of the
issues faced by British people with disabilities.
You may develop points included in Text A but you must draw only on the factual
information in the text.
You should:
• develop the content of your speech using the conventions of public speaking
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
• craft your speech appropriately to the given context
• write to engage your audience.
(20)
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