AQA GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1
EXPLORATONS IN CREATIVE RAEDING AND WRITING
NOVEMBER 2024
(AUTHENTIC MARKING SCHEME ATTACHED)
GCSE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing
Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
Source A – provided as a separate insert.
For Examiner’s Use
Instructions
Answer all questions. Question Mark
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
1
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. 2
Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 3
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at
the end of this book. Write the question number against your 4
answer(s). 5
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not
want to be marked. TOTAL
You must refer to the insert booklet provided.
You must not use a dictionary.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
There are 40 marks for Section A and 40 marks for Section B.
You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.
You will be assessed on the quality of your reading in Section A.
You will be assessed on the quality of your writing in Section B.
Advice
You are advised to spend about 15 minutes reading through the source and all five
questions you have to answer.
You are advised to plan your answer to Question 5 before you start to write.
You should make sure you leave sufficient time to check your answers.
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Section A: Reading box
Answer all questions in this section.
You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this
section.
0 1 Read again the first part of the source, from lines 1 to 4.
List four things about Master from this part of the source.
[4 marks]
1
2
3
4 4
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0 2 Look in detail at this extract, from lines 5 to 15 of the source: box
Ugwu did not believe that anybody, not even this master he was going to live
with, ate meat every day. He did not disagree with his aunty, though, because
he was too choked with expectation, too busy imagining his new life away from
the village. They had been walking for a while now, since they got off the lorry
at the motor park, and the afternoon sun burned the back of his neck. But he
did not mind. He was prepared to walk hours more in even hotter sun. He had
never seen anything like the streets that appeared after they went past the
university gates, streets so smooth and tarred that he itched to lay his cheek
down on them. He would never be able to describe to his sister Anulika how the
bungalows here were painted the colour of the sky and sat side by side like
polite well-dressed men, how the hedges separating them were trimmed so flat
on top that they looked like tables wrapped with leaves.
How does the writer use language here to describe Ugwu’s impression of
the city? You could include the writer’s choice of:
words and phrases
language features and techniques
sentence forms.
[8 marks]
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EXPLORATONS IN CREATIVE RAEDING AND WRITING
NOVEMBER 2024
(AUTHENTIC MARKING SCHEME ATTACHED)
GCSE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing
Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
Source A – provided as a separate insert.
For Examiner’s Use
Instructions
Answer all questions. Question Mark
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
1
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. 2
Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 3
If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at
the end of this book. Write the question number against your 4
answer(s). 5
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not
want to be marked. TOTAL
You must refer to the insert booklet provided.
You must not use a dictionary.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
There are 40 marks for Section A and 40 marks for Section B.
You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.
You will be assessed on the quality of your reading in Section A.
You will be assessed on the quality of your writing in Section B.
Advice
You are advised to spend about 15 minutes reading through the source and all five
questions you have to answer.
You are advised to plan your answer to Question 5 before you start to write.
You should make sure you leave sufficient time to check your answers.
IB/G/Jun21/E6
8700/1
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Section A: Reading box
Answer all questions in this section.
You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this
section.
0 1 Read again the first part of the source, from lines 1 to 4.
List four things about Master from this part of the source.
[4 marks]
1
2
3
4 4
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Do not write
outside the
0 2 Look in detail at this extract, from lines 5 to 15 of the source: box
Ugwu did not believe that anybody, not even this master he was going to live
with, ate meat every day. He did not disagree with his aunty, though, because
he was too choked with expectation, too busy imagining his new life away from
the village. They had been walking for a while now, since they got off the lorry
at the motor park, and the afternoon sun burned the back of his neck. But he
did not mind. He was prepared to walk hours more in even hotter sun. He had
never seen anything like the streets that appeared after they went past the
university gates, streets so smooth and tarred that he itched to lay his cheek
down on them. He would never be able to describe to his sister Anulika how the
bungalows here were painted the colour of the sky and sat side by side like
polite well-dressed men, how the hedges separating them were trimmed so flat
on top that they looked like tables wrapped with leaves.
How does the writer use language here to describe Ugwu’s impression of
the city? You could include the writer’s choice of:
words and phrases
language features and techniques
sentence forms.
[8 marks]
Turn over ►
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Jun21/8700/1
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Do not write
outside the
box
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