Question 1 (AQA GCSE English Language): Revision Notes
📚 Revision Notes
Paper 2: How to Answer Question 1
What is it asking?
- This question requires you to shade the correct boxes that, importantly, answer the question!
Timings
| Marks | Timings |
|---|---|
| [4] | 5 minutes |
Structure
You get given 8 options and a box with a circle in the middle (shown below). The answers are found in the lines outlined in the question, so be sure to read this properly.

Top tips:
- Make sure to read the whole question
- Scan for synonyms as well as exact matches in the text – they may use different vocabulary (e.g. '100 years' in the text and 'century' in the statement)