Eduqas GCSE English Language Component 1 June 2023 question paper

SECTION A: 40 marks

Read carefully the passage in the separate Resource Material for use with Section A . Then answer all the questions below.

Read lines 1–6.

List five things you learn about Lisa in these lines.

Read lines 7–14.

What impressions does the writer create of Lisa’s mother in these lines? You must refer to the language used in the text to support your answer, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.

Read lines 15–33. In what ways does Lisa change when she goes to art college? How does the writer

show these changes? You should write about: • what happens in these lines • the writer’s use of language and structure You must refer to the text to support your answer, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.

Read lines 34–66. What are the narrator’s thoughts and feelings in these lines? How does the writer show

her thoughts and feelings? You must refer to the language used in the text to support your answer, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.

To answer this question, read lines 67–78 and consider the passage as a whole. “The narrator and her mother are totally unaware of what Lisa is really like.”

To what extent do you agree with this statement? You should write about: • your thoughts and feelings about how the narrator and her mother are presented in lines 67–78 and the passage as a whole

• how the writer has created these thoughts and feelings

You must refer to the text to support your answer.

SECTION B: 40 marks

In this section you will be assessed for the quality of your creative prose writing skills.

24 marks are awarded for communication and organisation; 16 marks are awarded for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation.

You should aim to write about 450–600 words.

Choose one of the following titles for your writing:

Either,

… and I don’t miss her at all.

Or,

Mum insisted that I went to the supermarket with her.

The space below can be used to plan your work.