Edexcel English Language A
Level Paper 1 with correct
answers 2025/2026
Abbreviation - correct answersA word is shortened
Accent - correct answersThe characteristic mode of pronunciation of a person or group
Accommodation Theory - Giles - correct answersThe idea that we adapt our language
depending on who we are talking/writing to
convergence and divergence
Acornyms - correct answersWords derived from the initials of other words - said as one word -
e.g. lol
Affixing - correct answersAdding prefixes or suffixes to a word
Amelioration - correct answersThe meaning is more positive
Archaisms - correct answersWords that we no longer use
Back Formation - correct answersMorphemes that look like affixes are removed
, Bias and Blame - Loftus - correct answersConducted experiments on eyewitness testimony in
order to test whether perceptions of an event were altered based on the language used in the
question 'how fast was the car going when it hit/bumped/collided/smashed...?
Concluded that the choice of verb had an impact on the perception of speed, violence, debris,
etc. - working of question can influence the response
Bidialectal - correct answersRefers to some identity groups who can change between two
dialects naturally in spoken language
Blending - correct answersTwo words mixed together but parts of the words are lost - e.g. Motel
Broadening - correct answersThe meaning has become wider
Cameron / Hyde 'Gender Similarities Hypothesis - correct answersArgues that a lot of research is
biased, because there has been more focus on the differences between the two genders, which
are actually quite small, rather than their similarities
Refers to the work of Hyde, who carried out a statistical meta analysis on a wide range of
gender research and developed a conclusion known as the 'gender similarities hypothesis'
Chaucer - Middle English - correct answersWrote 'The Canterbury Tales'
Crucial in developing the legitmacy of the vernacular, Middle English, at a time when the
dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin
Compounding - correct answersTwo words together - e.g. homework
Conversion - correct answersAn existing word moves word classes
Level Paper 1 with correct
answers 2025/2026
Abbreviation - correct answersA word is shortened
Accent - correct answersThe characteristic mode of pronunciation of a person or group
Accommodation Theory - Giles - correct answersThe idea that we adapt our language
depending on who we are talking/writing to
convergence and divergence
Acornyms - correct answersWords derived from the initials of other words - said as one word -
e.g. lol
Affixing - correct answersAdding prefixes or suffixes to a word
Amelioration - correct answersThe meaning is more positive
Archaisms - correct answersWords that we no longer use
Back Formation - correct answersMorphemes that look like affixes are removed
, Bias and Blame - Loftus - correct answersConducted experiments on eyewitness testimony in
order to test whether perceptions of an event were altered based on the language used in the
question 'how fast was the car going when it hit/bumped/collided/smashed...?
Concluded that the choice of verb had an impact on the perception of speed, violence, debris,
etc. - working of question can influence the response
Bidialectal - correct answersRefers to some identity groups who can change between two
dialects naturally in spoken language
Blending - correct answersTwo words mixed together but parts of the words are lost - e.g. Motel
Broadening - correct answersThe meaning has become wider
Cameron / Hyde 'Gender Similarities Hypothesis - correct answersArgues that a lot of research is
biased, because there has been more focus on the differences between the two genders, which
are actually quite small, rather than their similarities
Refers to the work of Hyde, who carried out a statistical meta analysis on a wide range of
gender research and developed a conclusion known as the 'gender similarities hypothesis'
Chaucer - Middle English - correct answersWrote 'The Canterbury Tales'
Crucial in developing the legitmacy of the vernacular, Middle English, at a time when the
dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin
Compounding - correct answersTwo words together - e.g. homework
Conversion - correct answersAn existing word moves word classes
