English Language GCSEPaper 2

Question One

GCSE

English

Language

overview

We will be

focusing on

Paper Two.

Summary of the paper and question one.

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Question 2 is a true or false question.

Try this quick quiz:

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Question 1

will be about

EITHER

Source A or

Source B.

You will be

asked to

shade in the

boxes of the

four TRUE

answers.

1. First draw a

box around

lines 1-19.

2. It may

help to

cross out the

answers

that you

are sure

are false

first.

3. Go through

the extract

again looking

for the

remaining true statements

4. Shade in

the four true

answers.

This question is

marked by a

machine, so

make sure

you shade in carefully.

Some of the answers will be explicit e.g.

This answer can be found

explicitly in the text when

it states:

“Start Jefferies cries out

for a more simplified

existence”

Stuart Jeffries believes

we rely too much on

electricity.

Explicit means stated

clearly

Some of the answers will be implicit e.g.

“And I will be there,

tittering away”Stuart Jefferies will

enjoy the power cut

if it happens

“tittering away” means that he is laughing

at those who have relied upon technology

too much.

Implicit means

suggested, not

directly said.