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ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAM
 Your exam board for all English exams is
AQA: http://www.aqa.org.uk
English Language Exam
 29th May 2012 (2 hrs 15 mins)
Section A Reading (1hr and
15mins)
 Key words: imply, infer, convey, illustrate,
reinforce...
 Read the articles carefully (try to spend at
least 10 minutes reading)
 You are marked for reading only in this
section but it is still worth being careful with
your writing style.
Number of marks for each
question - Foundation
 1a) 4
 1b) 4
 2) 8
 3) 12
 4) 12
Type of questions- Foundation
 1a) 4 Pick out main points
 1b) 4 Pick out main points and infer
 2) 8 Infer (Use P-E-E)
 3) 12 Language features
 4) 12 Compare Presentational features
Number of marks for each
question - Higher
 1) 8
 2) 8
 3) 8
 4) 16
Type of questions - Higher
 1) 8 Infer (always 2 elements to question!)
 2) 8 Presentation question (Link some of text
to pictures)
 3) 8 Inference (What and How)
 4) 16 Compare Language. (Always Source 3
plus one other)
 You have an hour for the first section, worth
40 marks.
 This means that the number of minutes you
spend on each part should be 1 and ½ times
the available marks (e.g. 2 marks = 3 mins; 4
marks = 6 mins).
 Make sure your answers reflect the number of
marks available!
 Expect to find three texts on the same subject
or theme. These may be more or less factual,
or may give opinions - they may do both, in
different places. Often there is a persuasive
article or advertisement.
INFER
 The key thing to do in all questions (poss.
except the 1st on Foundation) is to infer. This
means to read between the lines. Use the
clues in the text.
 This sometimes simply means using P-E-E
 Use ‘This shows...’!
 There will always be a question asking you to
write about language devices, presentational
devices and compare
 On higher you will have to compare language
 On Foundation you will have to compare
presentational features
Section B (Writing)(1 hr)
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 You will be given two writing tasks to do. You
will be asked to Inform or Describe for the
shorter question and Argue or Persuade for
the longer question. Aim to write between 1
and 2 pages. Check your spelling, punctuation
and grammar.
 You will be offered a variety of different
forms to write in, which could consist of:
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 a newspaper or magazine article
a report
 a letter – formal or informal
speech
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Writing Assessment Objectives
 Write in the correct style for the audience and
purpose
 Organise ideas (sentences and paragraphs)
and use language devices (alliteration etc)
 Accurate spelling, punctuation and grammar!
Q5
 Shorter writing task –
Inform/Explain/Describe
 E.g. Describe a traumatic experience and
explain how it has affected you.
 25 minutes, 16 marks
 1-2 sides
Q6
 Longer writing – Argue/Persuade
 35 minutes, 24 marks
 2-3 sides