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GCSE English Language

Pearson Edexcel

Not interchangeable with AQA 8700. Edexcel puts 19th-century material on Paper 1 as fiction and assesses no 19th-century non-fiction at all.

Component 1: Fiction and Imaginative Writing

105 minutes · 64 marks · 40 per cent

Section A: Reading (24 marks)

One unseen 19th-century fiction extract, roughly 650 words

Section B: Imaginative Writing (40 marks)

Choose one of two tasks, one offering images

Component 2: Non-fiction and Transactional Writing

125 minutes · 96 marks · 60 per cent

Section A: Reading (56 marks)

Two unseen 20th and 21st-century non-fiction extracts

Section B: Transactional Writing (40 marks)

Choose one of two tasks; the five forms are a closed list

Spoken Language Endorsement (1EN0/03)

Endorsement

Compulsory, separately graded, no marks

Retrieval (Q1, Q2)

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