GCSE Revision

English Language

AQA GCSE English Language: Paper 1, Explorations in creative reading and writing, and Paper 2, Writers' viewpoints and perspectives.

Terminology: every key term, with pictures

Exam guide: the papers, marks, timings and levels

Topics

LA1

Reading and writing toolkit

Used in both papers: the terms for language and structure, sentences and punctuation, and spelling and vocabulary that every answer needs.

LA2

Paper 1 reading: fiction

Paper 1, Section A: questions 1 to 4 on an extract from a 20th- or 21st-century novel or story.

LA3

Paper 1 writing: description and story

Paper 1, Section B: question 5, where you write a description or a story of your own.

LA4

Paper 2 reading: non-fiction

Paper 2, Section A: questions 1 to 4 on two linked non-fiction texts, one from the 19th century and one modern.

LA5

Paper 2 writing: your viewpoint

Paper 2, Section B: question 5, where you argue your point of view in an article, letter, speech or essay.