AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives November 2019 question paper 8700/2

Read again the first part of Source A from lines 1 to 5.

Choose four statements below which are true.

Shade the circles in the boxes of the ones that you think are true.

Choose a maximum of four statements.

If you make an error cross out the whole box.

If you change your mind and require a statement that has been crossed out then draw a circle around the box.

Both sources describe how the elephants behave.

Use details from both sources to write a summary of what you understand about the similar behaviour of the elephants.

How does the writer use language to describe the crowd of people?

Compare how the writers convey their different attitudes to the elephants.

In your answer, you could:

• compare their different attitudes to elephants

• compare the methods the writers use to convey their attitudes

• support your response with references to both texts.

Write an article for a magazine in which you explain your point of view on this statement. (24 marks for content and organisation 16 marks for technical accuracy)

You are advised to plan your answer to Question 5 before you start to write.