The Big GCSE English Language Paper 2 Quiz

You will receive two sources, one from the _______th century and one from the 20^th or _____st century.

• 19 / 21

• 18 / 21

• 19 / 22

Fiction writing is...

• Real life stories

• Made up/creative writing

• recipes

• a set of instructions

Non fiction writing is...

• writing set in fantasy worlds.

• always made up.

• Texts about real life

• fairy tales

The sources for paper 2 are always non fiction.

• True

• False

You have 2 minutes to list as many types of non fiction texts that you can think of.

How many questions are in section A (the reading section) of paper 2?

• 10

• 3

• 1

• 4

Question 1 of paper 2 asks you too...

• find four things.

• circle the right answers.

• select 4 true facts out of 8 statements.

Which of the following skills are key for getting good marks for question 2 of paper 2.

• Comparing

• Evaluating language

• Inference

• Writing a summary

How many marks are the questions in paper 2 worth?

Q1: __ Q2: __ Q3: __ Q4:__ Q5: __

• Q1: 4 Q2: 8 Q3: 12 Q4: 16 Q5: 40

• Q1: 4 Q2: 8 Q3: 16 Q4: 20 Q5: 45

How long should you spend on question 4 of paper 2

• 5 minutes

• 40 minutes

• 16-20 minutes

• 10 minutes