GCSE English Language Mock Paper 1: Fiction Reading and Descriptive Writing
A free GCSE English Language mock in the style of Paper 1: fiction reading and creative writing. Reading questions on an extract from Frankenstein, plus a descriptive writing task, with mark schemes and example answers.
- Time allowed
- 105 minutes
- Total marks
- 72
Instructions
- Section A: Reading. Read the extract carefully before answering.
- Section B: Writing. Spend about 45 minutes on the writing task, including time to plan and check.
- Quote short phrases from the extract to support your points.
- Longer answers are marked by you against a mark scheme after you finish.
Suitable for AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas. Written by MockNine; not an official exam board paper.
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Section A. Decide whether each statement about the extract is true or false.
It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.
Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist, describes the night his creature comes to life.
(a)The events take place in November.
(b)It is a sunny afternoon.
(c)The narrator's candle is almost burnt out.
(d)The first sign of life is the creature's eye opening.
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How does the writer use language to create a tense, uneasy atmosphere? You could write about words and phrases, language features and techniques, and sentence forms.
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A student said: 'In this extract, the writer makes the creation of life feel horrifying rather than exciting.' To what extent do you agree? In your response you could consider your own impressions of the scene, evaluate how the writer creates these impressions, and support your opinions with references to the text.
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Section B: Writing. You are going to enter a creative writing competition.
Write a description of a place at night during a storm. You could write about the sights, sounds and feelings it creates. (24 marks for content and organisation, 16 marks for technical accuracy.)
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