ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(1EN0) PEARSON
EDEXCEL GCSE
PAPER 2: NON-
FICTION AND
TRANSACTIONAL
WRITING
QUESTIONS WITH
MARKING SCHEME
LATEST UPDATE
2025
, SECTION A
Reading
Read Text 1. Then answer Questions 1–3.
You should spend about 1 hour 20 minutes on the WHOLE of Section A (Questions 1–7).
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1 From lines 1–4, identify two things the writer says about the call.
1 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
(Total for Question 1 = 2 marks)
2 Read this extract.
A second man directed them to a disused outside lavatory. Inside, there was a small
hole in the floor, just big enough for a man to slip through. A third conspirator showed
them how to get in: you had to lower yourself in backwards, then slide into the tunnel.
Tillemann stepped in. He found himself in a narrow tunnel, two feet high and three
feet wide, and started crawling. He was under the Berlin Wall, on his way to freedom.
From the extract, give two ways the writer describes the place to escape.
You may use your own words or quotations from the text.
1 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
(Total for Question 2 = 2 marks)
2
,3 Analyse how the writer uses language and structure to interest and engage the
reader.
In your answer you should write about:
• language features and techniques
• structural techniques
• the effect on the reader.
Support your views with detailed reference to the text.
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(1EN0) PEARSON
EDEXCEL GCSE
PAPER 2: NON-
FICTION AND
TRANSACTIONAL
WRITING
QUESTIONS WITH
MARKING SCHEME
LATEST UPDATE
2025
, SECTION A
Reading
Read Text 1. Then answer Questions 1–3.
You should spend about 1 hour 20 minutes on the WHOLE of Section A (Questions 1–7).
Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1 From lines 1–4, identify two things the writer says about the call.
1 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
(Total for Question 1 = 2 marks)
2 Read this extract.
A second man directed them to a disused outside lavatory. Inside, there was a small
hole in the floor, just big enough for a man to slip through. A third conspirator showed
them how to get in: you had to lower yourself in backwards, then slide into the tunnel.
Tillemann stepped in. He found himself in a narrow tunnel, two feet high and three
feet wide, and started crawling. He was under the Berlin Wall, on his way to freedom.
From the extract, give two ways the writer describes the place to escape.
You may use your own words or quotations from the text.
1 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2 ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
(Total for Question 2 = 2 marks)
2
,3 Analyse how the writer uses language and structure to interest and engage the
reader.
In your answer you should write about:
• language features and techniques
• structural techniques
• the effect on the reader.
Support your views with detailed reference to the text.
(15)
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