Eduqas GCSE English Language Component 2 November 2024 question paper

Who scored the winning goal for England in the Women’s Euro 2022 final?

Who scored Germany’s equaliser?

How did England’s head coach react at the end of the game?

How does the writer, Alan Garry, try to capture the drama and excitement of the

Women’s Euro 2022 final? You should comment on:

• what he says

• his use of language, tone and structure

• other ways the article tries to show the drama and excitement of the occasion

You must refer to the text to support your comments, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.

To answer the following questions you must read the passage on the opposite page, taken from the report of the first official women’s football match in March 1895.

How many spectators were reported to be at the match?

What was the final score in the game?

What was different about the ball used in the game?

“The writer gives an entirely negative view of the first women’s official football match and women playing football.”

To what extent do you agree with this statement? You should comment on:

• what the writer says

• how the writer says it.

You must refer to the text to support your comments.

To answer the following questions you must use texts.

Using information from both texts, give the details of the football kit worn by each of

the teams in the two football games. You should make it clear which text you are referring to.

Both of these texts are about women playing in football matches in front of large crowds of spectators. Compare:

• the impressions the writers create of the spectators who watched the games at

Wembley and the Crouch End Athletic Ground

• how the writers create these impressions.

You must use the text to support your answers and make it clear which text you are referring to.