AQA GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Explorations in creative
reading and writing 2021 QP
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GCSE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing
Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• Source A – provided as a separate insert.
For Examiner’s Use
Instructions
• Answer all questions. Question Mark
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 1
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. 2
• Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
3
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 4
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be 5
marked.
• You must refer to the insert booklet provided. TOTAL
• You must not use a dictionary.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
• There are 40 marks for Section A and 40 marks for Section B.
• You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.
• You will be assessed on the quality of your reading in Section A.
• You will be assessed on the quality of your writing in Section B.
Advice
• You are advised to spend about 15 minutes reading through the source and all five questions you have
to answer.
• You are advised to plan your answer to Question 5 before you start to write.
• You should make sure you leave sufficient time to check your answers.
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outside the
Section A: Reading box
Answer all questions in this section.
You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.
0 1 Read again the first part of the source, from lines 1 to 4.
List four things about Master from this part of the source.
[4 marks]
1
2
3
4
4
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0 2 Look in detail at this extract, from lines 5 to 15 of the source: box
Ugwu did not believe that anybody, not even this master he was going to live with, ate meat
every day. He did not disagree with his aunty, though, because he was too choked with
expectation, too busy imagining his new life away from the village. They had been walking
for a while now, since they got off the lorry at the motor park, and the afternoon sun burned
the back of his neck. But he did not mind. He was prepared to walk hours more in even
hotter sun. He had never seen anything like the streets that appeared after they went past
the university gates, streets so smooth and tarred that he itched to lay his cheek down on
them. He would never be able to describe to his sister Anulika how the bungalows here
were painted the colour of the sky and sat side by side like polite well-dressed men, how
the hedges separating them were trimmed so flat on top that they looked like tables
wrapped with leaves.
How does the writer use language here to describe Ugwu’s impression of the city?
You could include the writer’s choice of:
• words and phrases
• language features and techniques
• sentence forms.
[8 marks]
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reading and writing 2021 QP
Please write clearly in block capitals.
Centre number Candidate number
Surname
Forename(s)
Candidate signature
I declare this is my own work.
GCSE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 1 Explorations in creative reading and writing
Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• Source A – provided as a separate insert.
For Examiner’s Use
Instructions
• Answer all questions. Question Mark
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
• Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 1
• You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. 2
• Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages.
3
• If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of
this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 4
• Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be 5
marked.
• You must refer to the insert booklet provided. TOTAL
• You must not use a dictionary.
Information
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
• There are 40 marks for Section A and 40 marks for Section B.
• You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers.
• You will be assessed on the quality of your reading in Section A.
• You will be assessed on the quality of your writing in Section B.
Advice
• You are advised to spend about 15 minutes reading through the source and all five questions you have
to answer.
• You are advised to plan your answer to Question 5 before you start to write.
• You should make sure you leave sufficient time to check your answers.
*JUN218700101*
IB/G/Jun21/E6 8700/1
, 2
Do not write
outside the
Section A: Reading box
Answer all questions in this section.
You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.
0 1 Read again the first part of the source, from lines 1 to 4.
List four things about Master from this part of the source.
[4 marks]
1
2
3
4
4
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, 3
Do not write
outside the
0 2 Look in detail at this extract, from lines 5 to 15 of the source: box
Ugwu did not believe that anybody, not even this master he was going to live with, ate meat
every day. He did not disagree with his aunty, though, because he was too choked with
expectation, too busy imagining his new life away from the village. They had been walking
for a while now, since they got off the lorry at the motor park, and the afternoon sun burned
the back of his neck. But he did not mind. He was prepared to walk hours more in even
hotter sun. He had never seen anything like the streets that appeared after they went past
the university gates, streets so smooth and tarred that he itched to lay his cheek down on
them. He would never be able to describe to his sister Anulika how the bungalows here
were painted the colour of the sky and sat side by side like polite well-dressed men, how
the hedges separating them were trimmed so flat on top that they looked like tables
wrapped with leaves.
How does the writer use language here to describe Ugwu’s impression of the city?
You could include the writer’s choice of:
• words and phrases
• language features and techniques
• sentence forms.
[8 marks]
Turn over ►
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