GCSE English Language
How to answer every question
What each question on your paper asks, how long to spend, how it’s marked and what a top answer looks like, with a model answer you can pull apart.
Paper 1: Explorations in creative reading and writing
1 hour 45 minutes · 80 marks · one fiction source · read the source first, for about 15 minutes
Paper 2: Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives
1 hour 45 minutes · 80 marks · two non-fiction sources · read the sources first, for about 15 minutes