AQA GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1 EXPLORATIONS IN
CREATIVE READING AND WRITING NOVEMBER 2024
(AUTHENTIC MARKING SCHEME ATTACHED)
GCSE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing
Tuesday 2 June 2020 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
Source A – provided as a separate insert.
For Examiner’s
Instructions
Use
Answer all questions.
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Questio Mark
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. n
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. 1
Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 2
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 3
answer(s). 4
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not
want to be marked. 5
You must refer to the insert booklet provided. TOTAL
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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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 Rosie from this part of the source.
[4 marks]
1
2
3
4 4
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Do not
write
0 2 Look in detail at this extract, from lines 14 to 23 of the source: outside the
box
Rosie had made a quick check of the unfamiliar garden before letting the
children go out to play. The bottom half of the garden was an overgrown mess,
a muddle of trees and shrubs. An ancient mulberry tree stood at the centre. Its
massive twisted branches drooped to the ground in places, its knuckles in the
earth like a gigantic malformed hand. The wintry sun hung low in the sky and
the gnarled growth threw long twisted shadows across the undergrowth within
its cage. The trunk of the tree was snarled with the tangled ivy that grew up
through the broken bricks and chunks of cement, choking it. The path that led
down towards the fence at the bottom, which marked the garden off from an
orchard beyond, disappeared into a mass of nettles and brambles before it
reached the padlocked door.
How does the writer use language here to describe the
garden? 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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Do not write
outside the
box
8
*04
IB/G/
* Jun20/8700/1
CREATIVE READING AND WRITING NOVEMBER 2024
(AUTHENTIC MARKING SCHEME ATTACHED)
GCSE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing
Tuesday 2 June 2020 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
Source A – provided as a separate insert.
For Examiner’s
Instructions
Use
Answer all questions.
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Questio Mark
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. n
You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. 1
Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. 2
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 3
answer(s). 4
Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not
want to be marked. 5
You must refer to the insert booklet provided. TOTAL
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.
*JUN20 700101*
IB/G/Jun20/E4 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 Rosie from this part of the source.
[4 marks]
1
2
3
4 4
*02
IB/G/
* Jun20/8700/1
, 3
Do not
write
0 2 Look in detail at this extract, from lines 14 to 23 of the source: outside the
box
Rosie had made a quick check of the unfamiliar garden before letting the
children go out to play. The bottom half of the garden was an overgrown mess,
a muddle of trees and shrubs. An ancient mulberry tree stood at the centre. Its
massive twisted branches drooped to the ground in places, its knuckles in the
earth like a gigantic malformed hand. The wintry sun hung low in the sky and
the gnarled growth threw long twisted shadows across the undergrowth within
its cage. The trunk of the tree was snarled with the tangled ivy that grew up
through the broken bricks and chunks of cement, choking it. The path that led
down towards the fence at the bottom, which marked the garden off from an
orchard beyond, disappeared into a mass of nettles and brambles before it
reached the padlocked door.
How does the writer use language here to describe the
garden? You could include the writer’s choice of:
words and phrases
language features and techniques
sentence forms.
[8 marks]
Turn over ►
*03
IB/G/
* Jun20/8700/1
, 4
Do not write
outside the
box
8
*04
IB/G/
* Jun20/8700/1
