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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Paper 2 - Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives

Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes (80 Marks)

For this paper, you must have Source A – ‘Slumming it for Real’ extract and Source B – ‘A Letter to the
Editor of the Times’ extract.

Instructions and Information

• Answer all questions.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided and do all rough work in this book.
• Do not use a dictionary.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets.
• The maximum mark for the entire paper is 80.
• Section A is marked out of 40 and Section B is marked out of 40.
• You must make your work as neat and clear as possible and consider the need for good English.
• Section A assesses reading.
• Section B assesses writing.

Advice
• You should spend about 15 minutes reading through the Source and all five of the questions you have
to answer.
• You should make sure you leave time to check your answers.

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Section A: Reading
Answer all questions in this section.
Suggested Time: This section should take about 45 minutes.

0 1 Read Source A again from lines 1 to 35.

Choose four statements below which are TRUE:

• shade the boxes of the ones you think are true;

• choose four statements only.

[4 marks]

A Marco arrived in London 3 years ago.

B Marco is Spanish.

C He shares his flat with 2 other men.

D Marco sells retro clothing and vinyl records.

E The walls in the flat have no paper or paint.

F Marco and his friends broke the living room window.

G The flat is in Eversham.

H The living room carpet is covered in cigarette burns.

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0 2 You need to refer to both Source A and Source B for your answer to this question.

Use details from both sources. Write a summary of the similarities between Marco’s flat and
the living conditions of the men who wrote the letter to the Times (Source B).

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0 3 You now need to refer only to Source B, the letter to the Times newspaper.

How do the writers use language to show the reader their terrible living conditions?

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0 4 For this question, you will have to look at the whole of Source A as well as Source B.

Compare how the two writers convey their attitudes about the living conditions in London.

In your response, you could:

• compare their different attitudes;

• compare the methods they each use to convey their ideas;

• support your ideas with references to both texts.

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Section B: Writing
Suggested Time: This section should take about 45 minutes.
Write in full sentences and plan your work carefully.
Make sure you leave time to check your work.

0 5 ‘Living conditions in Britain are getting worse and worse. When a landlord won’t take control
and fix his property, it should become a criminal matter.’

Write a speech for school in which you explain your feelings about this statement.

(24 marks for content and organisation

16 marks for technical accuracy)
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