Skip to content
Android waitlistTry on iPad

Q14 Evaluating the second text (AO4, 10 marks): Eduqas GCSE English Language questions

Every Eduqas GCSE English Language exam question on Q14 Evaluating the second text (AO4, 10 marks), 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

Paper
All papers
Exam
All years

210 questions

  1. Q14

    June 2025 · Component 2

    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  2. Q14

    November 2024 · Component 2

    Sources (insert) ↗
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  3. Q14

    June 2024 · Component 2

    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  4. Q14

    November 2023 · Component 2

    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  5. Q14

    June 2023 · Component 2

    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  6. Q14

    November 2022 · Component 2

    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  7. Q14

    June 2022 · Component 2

    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  8. Q14

    November 2021 · Component 2

    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  9. Q14

    November 2020 · Component 2

    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  10. Q14

    November 2019 · Component 2

    Sources (insert) ↗
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  11. Q14

    June 2019 · Component 2

    Sources (insert) ↗
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  12. Q14

    November 2018 · Component 2

    Sources (insert) ↗
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  13. Q14

    June 2018 · Component 2

    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  14. Q14

    November 2017 · Component 2

    Sources (insert) ↗
    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
  15. Q14

    June 2017 · Component 2

    The whole paper ↗
    0 words
All 15 questions on Q14 Evaluating the second text (AO4, 10 marks), as a list
  1. June 2025, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): “Fridtjof Nansen’s diary entries suggest that day by day he increasingly felt the expedition had become too difficult to continue.” To what extent do you agree
  2. November 2024, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): “The writer gives an entirely negative view of the first women’s official football match and women playing football.” To what extent do you agree with this stat
  3. June 2024, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): “We are never sure that Captain Webb’s attempt to swim the English Channel will be successful, until the very end of Arthur Payne’s account.” To what extent do
  4. November 2023, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): “Isabella Bird’s account convincingly shows the difficulties Long’s Peak presents to climbers.” To what extent do you agree with this view? You should comment o
  5. June 2023, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): “The newspaper article paints a vivid picture of the difficult conditions faced by Ida and her brother on the day they rescued the soldiers.” To what extent do
  6. November 2022, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): “Matthew Scott writes about Jumbo in a way that shows feelings of pride and affection for the elephant.” To what extent do you agree with this view? You should
  7. June 2022, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): “The account shows that making a living as a Punch and Judy man was hard and unrewarding work.” To what extent do you agree with this view? You should comment o
  8. November 2021, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): “Robert Wood admires Otto Lilienthal’s skill in building and flying his ‘flying machine’.” How far do you agree with this statement? You should comment on: • wh
  9. November 2020, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): ‘Mary Kingsley’s account captures her mixed feelings about the gorillas she sees on this trip.’ How far do you agree with this view? You should comment on: • wh
  10. November 2019, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): ‘The writer paints a vivid picture of the sights and sounds of Petticoat Lane Market.’ How far do you agree with this statement? You should comment on: • what t
  11. June 2019, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): “In the first three paragraphs of the account, the writer gives the impression that the accident was so serious that the trapped miners would not be found alive
  12. November 2018, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): “In this extract, George Banks presents Blondin in a very positive way.” How far do you agree with this view? You should comment on: • what the writer says • ho
  13. June 2018, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): ‘Pieter Sandrick gets across his feelings of increasing terror really well.’ How far do you agree with this statement? You should comment on: • what he says • h
  14. November 2017, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): ‘The writer, Henry Cheever, gives his readers a clear and dramatic description of what it was like to take part in a whale hunt in the 1850s.’ How far do you ag
  15. June 2017, Component 2, Q14 (10 marks): What do you think and feel about Dickens’ views about solitary confinement as a punishment and the way he expresses these views? You should comment on: • what h

Questions, mark schemes and examiner’s reports are © WJEC Eduqas, from their published past papers. Plumi isn’t affiliated with any exam board. Want whole papers? Every Eduqas GCSE English Language paper.

Rather write your answers by hand on iPad? Plumi marks them against the same mark schemes.