Pearson Edexcel GCSE GCSE Sample Practice Papers Revision

The Pearson Edexcel English Language GCSE is comprised of two papers. Paper 1 asks students to analyse an extract from a 19th century fiction text and then produce a piece of imaginative writing. This paper is worth 40% of the GCSE overall and has time-limit of one hour and 45 minutes. Paper 2 is worth 60% and has a time-limit of two hours and five minutes. It focuses on two thematically-linked non-fiction texts from the 20th/21st century and produce a piece of non-fiction (transactional) writing. All texts in this exam are unseen. There is also an internally assessed speaking and listening component which is unweighted.

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