Edexcel GCSE English Language Paper 2 June 2019 question paper 1EN0/02

From lines 1-2, identify two details about the guesthouses.

From lines 5-10, give two ways the writer describes people who run guesthouses.

You may use your own words or quotations from the text.

Analyse how the writer uses language and structure to interest and engage the reader.

In your answer you should write about:

• language features and techniques

• structural techniques

• the effect on the reader.

Support your views with detailed reference to the text.

From lines 7-11, identify one complaint about the hotel rooms.

From lines 16-17, identify one positive comment given about the hotel.

In this extract, the writer attempts to show different opinions.

Evaluate how successfully this is achieved.

Support your views with detailed reference to the text.

The two texts show opinions about places to stay.

What similarities do the places to stay share in these extracts?

Use evidence from both texts to support your answer.

Compare how the writers of Text 1 and Text 2 present ideas and perspectives about staying in a guesthouse/hotel.

You should write about:

• the ideas and perspectives

• how they are presented

• how they are similar/different.

Support your answer with detailed references to the texts.

Write a letter applying for a job at a local guesthouse/hotel.

In your letter, you could include:

• why you want a job in a guesthouse/hotel

• what relevant skills and knowledge you have

• what difference you can make to the experience of guests

as well as any other ideas you might have.

*Your response will be marked for the accurate and appropriate use of vocabulary, spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Write an article for a newspaper with the title ‘Making the Best of a Bad Situation’.

In your article, you could include:

• what you think a bad situation might be

• the possible causes of the situation

• suggestions to help people make the best of things

as well as any other ideas you might have.

*Your response will be marked for the accurate and appropriate use of vocabulary, spelling, punctuation and grammar.