OCR
GCSE
English Language and Literature
H074/01: Non-fiction written and spoken texts
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INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers
must be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer the question in Section A and one question in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 8 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
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Section A
Reading spoken and written non-fiction
Read the two extracts from your anthology and answer the question.
You should spend about 50 minutes on this section.
Text A is an extract from the podcast Off Menu: Motsi Mabuse, 2023.
Text B is an extract from Roxane Gay’s talk entitled Effective Ways of Being Heard,
2022.
1 Compare the ways in which writers and speakers use language to convey meaning.
In your answer you should consider:
• context
• mode and genre • purpose and audience.
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Text A
ED I’d be terrified. Live TV, having to come up with a little shimmy to do. I
don’t know what I’d do. I’d fall over, my trousers would come down with it.
JAMES Well, it’s the thing as well, I mean, yes, live TV and you’re all having to, as
the judges, give your thoughts on something you’ve just seen and one of
the things that, I don’t know, this is probably a boring thing to say, but um
– I can’t believe how none of you ever really say, ‘um’ or ‘er’.
MOTSI Don’t we?
JAMES You just go straight. It’s like – it’s like you’re reading straight of a script.
You just do it, ‘Bam’. And it’s, like, these are so well thought out, er,
observations and opinions about the dances. They’re not faltering at any
point. You’re not going all over the shop.
MOTSI Not at all. You know, I speak English and I speak German mostly. Like, I
would say, 80% German and then 20% English but then I communicate
with my daughter in English. So, I’m always translating everything –
ED & JAMES Wow.
MOTSI – and I’m always stressed out because my tongue has become so
German. So, it feels like my tongue is a leather belt and I’m just
softening it up and I’m thinking, ‘Do not make a mistake’. And the worst
part is that my South African brain still corrects me when I have done a
mistake and I’m like, ‘It’s too late’. You know. I can’t change it! It’s live TV.
So, I’m always fighting that and in times of pressure I have slipped. I
have spoken German but I’m just like, come on it’s a continent, you’re all
here.
Everybody understands a bit of German somewhere.
ED A bit of German, yeah.
MOTSI So, it’s happened quite a few times and I hear what’s going on with my
tongue and I have that South African accent so it’s a mess. It’s a complete
mess.
ED As someone who only speaks English, that is such a –, even a weird idea
to imagine that you’re talking about your South African brain and German
tongue and having an internal dialogue about the languages and I’m just
sat here, sometimes I can’t even think in English.
JAMES No. Or speak in English.
ED No, yeah. An absolute mess.
JAMES I can’t do any of it. Just lucky to be here.
MOTSI Well, the thing is, you all speak differently. Every time I’m in the country,
I really have to concentrate. Some people, I just don’t know. I’m just like,
‘Are we speaking the same language?’ I mean, there’s a lot of accents
here. Like, different types of – er, I struggle with mostly – like, on Strictly I
really struggle with people that come from the North. I’m just like, I’m like,
‘Can you please translate?’ at this point. It’s so strong and I just don’t
understand, really. I’m being honest. It’s like, it starts with, ‘Hello,’ and
then it’s over. I’m, like, ‘What?’
© OCR 2025 H074/01 Jun25
GCSE
English Language and Literature
H074/01: Non-fiction written and spoken texts
*1878576859*
AS LEVEL
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers
must be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer the question in Section A and one question in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 50.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 8 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2025 [601/4705/2] DC (WW) 352968/4
OCR is an exempt Charity
Turn over
BLANK PAGE
, 2
Section A
Reading spoken and written non-fiction
Read the two extracts from your anthology and answer the question.
You should spend about 50 minutes on this section.
Text A is an extract from the podcast Off Menu: Motsi Mabuse, 2023.
Text B is an extract from Roxane Gay’s talk entitled Effective Ways of Being Heard,
2022.
1 Compare the ways in which writers and speakers use language to convey meaning.
In your answer you should consider:
• context
• mode and genre • purpose and audience.
© OCR 2025 H074/01 Jun25
, 3
Turn over
Text A
ED I’d be terrified. Live TV, having to come up with a little shimmy to do. I
don’t know what I’d do. I’d fall over, my trousers would come down with it.
JAMES Well, it’s the thing as well, I mean, yes, live TV and you’re all having to, as
the judges, give your thoughts on something you’ve just seen and one of
the things that, I don’t know, this is probably a boring thing to say, but um
– I can’t believe how none of you ever really say, ‘um’ or ‘er’.
MOTSI Don’t we?
JAMES You just go straight. It’s like – it’s like you’re reading straight of a script.
You just do it, ‘Bam’. And it’s, like, these are so well thought out, er,
observations and opinions about the dances. They’re not faltering at any
point. You’re not going all over the shop.
MOTSI Not at all. You know, I speak English and I speak German mostly. Like, I
would say, 80% German and then 20% English but then I communicate
with my daughter in English. So, I’m always translating everything –
ED & JAMES Wow.
MOTSI – and I’m always stressed out because my tongue has become so
German. So, it feels like my tongue is a leather belt and I’m just
softening it up and I’m thinking, ‘Do not make a mistake’. And the worst
part is that my South African brain still corrects me when I have done a
mistake and I’m like, ‘It’s too late’. You know. I can’t change it! It’s live TV.
So, I’m always fighting that and in times of pressure I have slipped. I
have spoken German but I’m just like, come on it’s a continent, you’re all
here.
Everybody understands a bit of German somewhere.
ED A bit of German, yeah.
MOTSI So, it’s happened quite a few times and I hear what’s going on with my
tongue and I have that South African accent so it’s a mess. It’s a complete
mess.
ED As someone who only speaks English, that is such a –, even a weird idea
to imagine that you’re talking about your South African brain and German
tongue and having an internal dialogue about the languages and I’m just
sat here, sometimes I can’t even think in English.
JAMES No. Or speak in English.
ED No, yeah. An absolute mess.
JAMES I can’t do any of it. Just lucky to be here.
MOTSI Well, the thing is, you all speak differently. Every time I’m in the country,
I really have to concentrate. Some people, I just don’t know. I’m just like,
‘Are we speaking the same language?’ I mean, there’s a lot of accents
here. Like, different types of – er, I struggle with mostly – like, on Strictly I
really struggle with people that come from the North. I’m just like, I’m like,
‘Can you please translate?’ at this point. It’s so strong and I just don’t
understand, really. I’m being honest. It’s like, it starts with, ‘Hello,’ and
then it’s over. I’m, like, ‘What?’
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