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Language analysis (AO2): AQA GCSE English Language questions

Every AQA GCSE English Language exam question on Q2 Language analysis (AO2), 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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  1. Q02

    June 2025 · Paper 1

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    November 2024 · Paper 1

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    June 2024 · Paper 1

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  4. Q02

    June 2023 · Paper 1

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  5. Q02

    November 2021 · Paper 1

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    November 2020 · Paper 1

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All 6 questions on Language analysis (AO2), as a list
  1. June 2025, Paper 1, Q02 (8 marks): Look in detail at this extract from lines 9 to 18: The early morning of the 27th was an affair of slatternly* rags soaking in a dishwater sky, with a grey light
  2. November 2024, Paper 1, Q02 (8 marks): Look in detail at this extract, from lines 8 to 14 of the source: Behind a tall, rusting gate, Foxcote Manor erupts from the undergrowth, as if a geological hea
  3. June 2024, Paper 1, Q02 (8 marks): Look in detail at this extract, from lines 7 to 17 of the source: As time passed, the heat became an obsession. Outside, there was a rough heap of giant boulder
  4. June 2023, Paper 1, Q02 (8 marks): Look in detail at this extract, from lines 10 to 19 of the source: I am not one to hold a prejudice against any animal, but it is a plain fact that the spotted
  5. November 2021, Paper 1, Q02 (8 marks): Look in detail at this extract, from lines 5 to 15 of the source: Ugwu did not believe that anybody, not even this master he was going to live with, ate meat ev
  6. November 2020, Paper 1, Q02 (8 marks): Look in detail at this extract, from lines 14 to 23 of the source: Rosie had made a quick check of the unfamiliar garden before letting the children go out to p

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