Paper 2: How to Answer Question 1 (AQA GCSE English Language)

Paper 2: How to Answer Question 1

Each question in Paper 2 Section A (reading) is worth a different number of marks, and you are being tested on specific skills for each. However, your approach to each question should be the same; the only difference is how you write each answer.

This page will provide you with the information you need to answer Paper 2 Question 1 confidently.

Overview to Paper 2 Question 1

Paper 2 Question 1 is a quick “search and find” question. It is also known as the “true or false” question. You are being tested on your ability to read carefully. Remember, you are given two source texts in Paper 2, but Question 1 will always ask you about certain lines from Source A. You will be given 8 statements, labelled A-H, but only four of them will be true according to the lines in the Source document. You have to choose which four are true. It is very important that you only take your answers from the lines you are given in the question:

Shade the circles in the boxes of the statements you think are true, and only choose a maximum of four statements.

Steps to success for the true or false question

Following these steps will give you a strategy for answering this question effectively:

1. Grab your highlighter and read the question and the statements first

   • Read the question carefully and highlight which lines you need to use in the source text for your answers

   • Read each of the statements carefully

     

2. Scan the section of the source

   • Decide which of the statements are true

     

3. Shade the circles in the boxes of the statements which are true

   • Only shade four answers

   • If you make a mistake, cross out the whole box

   • If you change your mind again and want to go back to a statement you have already crossed out, just draw a circle around the box