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Every Edexcel GCSE English Language exam question on Question 2: Two points from a short extract, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 15 questions on Question 2: Two points from a short extract, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): Read this extract. … somehow, it became clear to us that, if God left him alive, and if the war ever came to an end, he and I should belong to one another. When
- November 2024, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): Read this extract. A man’s voice suddenly shouted: “Fire! Fire! Fire!” Hannigan tumbled down from his perch, swung over the fence, and ran shouting towards the
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): Read this extract. It was bitter cold; so cold, that the air almost took the skin off my face as I ran; but I ran on, crying to think how my poor little darling
- November 2023, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): Read this extract. It led me across a barren* slope divided by stone fences, with here and there a group of shattered sheds, a tall chimney, and a blackened cin
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): Read this extract. Arriving at the town, we had no difficulty in finding the inn. The town is composed of one desolate street; and midway in that street stands
- November 2022, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): Read this extract. As he stood, he leaned upon his weapon for support, and yet his tall figure and the massive framework of his bones suggested a wiry and vigor
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): From lines 8–11, give two things that the reader learns about the weather that night. You may use your own words or quotations from the text. 1 2
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): From lines 10–14, give two things that the reader learns about Lucy’s early life. You may use your own words or quotations from the text. 1 2
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): From lines 17–20, give two ways in which the narrator finds the landscape attractive. You may use your own words or quotations from the text. 1 2
- November 2019, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): From lines 1-8, give two ways in which the mood of the crowd is shown. You may use your own words or quotations from the text. 1 2
- June 2019, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): From lines 1-6, give two emotions that Florence feels. You may use your own words or quotations from the text. 1 2
- November 2018, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): From lines 6-10, give two ways in which the writer shows that the narrator is worried. You may use your own words or quotations from the text. 1 2
- June 2018, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): From lines 4-14, give two ways in which the speed of events is shown. You may use your own words or quotations from the text. 1 2
- November 2017, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): From lines 10-16, give two ways in which danger is made clear to the reader. You may use your own words or quotations from the text. 1 2
- June 2017, Paper 1, Q2 (2 marks): From lines 4-10, give two ways in which the appearance of the woman surprises the narrator. You may use your own words or quotations from the text. 1 2
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