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Question 3: Language and structure (AO2): Edexcel GCSE English Language questions

Every Edexcel GCSE English Language exam question on Question 3: Language and structure (AO2), 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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    June 2025 · Paper 1

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All 15 questions on Question 3: Language and structure (AO2), as a list
  1. June 2025, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): Read this extract. One night, one hot night, having prayed even more heartily and tearfully, I had lain down to sleep. The windows were left open, that all poss
  2. November 2024, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): Read this extract. As Henry reached the front door, Hannigan had just broken the lock with a kick. A thick cloud of smoke poured over them, and Henry, ducking h
  3. June 2024, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): Read this extract. He told me he had been up the Fells to gather in his sheep, before the deep cold of night came on, and that under the holly-trees (black mark
  4. November 2023, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): Read this extract. Which should I take? There was no time to be lost in hesitation; so I chose the meadow, the further end of which was lost to sight in a fleec
  5. June 2023, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): Read this extract. Mrs. Fairbank saunters* gracefully down the length of the yard and does— what all women do, when they find themselves in a strange place. She
  6. November 2022, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): Read this extract. He had journeyed painfully down the ravine, and on to this little elevation, in the vain hope of seeing some signs of water. Now the great sa
  7. June 2022, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): In lines 21–34, how does the writer use language and structure to describe what happens as they arrive at the house? Support your views with reference to the te
  8. November 2021, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): In lines 28–42, how does the writer use language and structure to show Sir Michael’s thoughts and feelings about Lucy? Support your views with reference to the
  9. November 2020, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): In lines 24–38, how does the writer use language and structure to show the narrator’s thoughts and feelings about the Count? Support your views with reference t
  10. November 2019, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): In lines 16-33, how does the writer use language and structure to show the thoughts and feelings of Miss Hale and Mr Thornton? Support your views with reference
  11. June 2019, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): In lines 22-37, how does the writer use language and structure to describe the moment when Diogenes (Di) finds Florence? Support your views with reference to th
  12. November 2018, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): In lines 12-27, how does the writer use language and structure to show the narrator’s thoughts and feelings about the people he meets? Support your views with r
  13. June 2018, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): In lines 15-26, how does the writer use language and structure to build tension? Support your views with reference to the text.
  14. November 2017, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): In lines 10-22, how does the writer use language and structure to show the relationship between Maggie and Tom? Support your views with reference to the text.
  15. June 2017, Paper 1, Q3 (6 marks): In lines 12-29, how does the writer use language and structure to show the narrator’s thoughts and feelings? Support your views with reference to the text.

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