plumiQ16 Comparing the two texts (AO3, 10 marks): Eduqas GCSE English Language questions
Every Eduqas GCSE English Language exam question on Q16 Comparing the two texts (AO3, 10 marks), 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 15 questions on Q16 Comparing the two texts (AO3, 10 marks), as a list
- June 2025, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about polar expeditions. Compare: • the challenges Preet Chandi and Fridtjof Nansen faced when they were on their expeditions • how the
- November 2024, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about women playing in football matches in front of large crowds of spectators. Compare: • the impressions the writers create of the spe
- June 2024, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about swimmers who have successfully swum the English Channel. Compare: • what makes Sally Minty-Gravett and Captain Webb successful Cha
- November 2023, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about people who have climbed mountains. Compare: • Jules Molyneaux’s and Isabella Bird’s thoughts and feelings while they were climbing
- June 2023, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about women who were involved in rescues at sea. Compare: • the impressions the writers create of Aileen Jones and Ida Lewis • how the w
- November 2022, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about Jumbo the elephant and his life in London Zoo. Compare: • what the two writers tell readers about Jumbo’s life in London Zoo • how
- June 2022, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about men who work as Punch and Judy performers. Compare: • the impressions the Punch and Judy men give of the children who have watched
- November 2021, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about remarkable achievements in the history of flight. Compare: • the difficulties and dangers faced by Tim Peake and Otto Lilienthal •
- November 2020, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about the experience the writers had when seeing gorillas in the wild. Compare: • what impressions the two writers give of the gorillas
- November 2019, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about markets and street sellers. Compare: • the ways in which Harry West and the Petticoat Lane street sellers try to sell their goods
- June 2019, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts give an account of a mining rescue. Compare: • what the writers tell us about what happened on the day when the miners were rescued • how th
- November 2018, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about tightrope walkers crossing Niagara Falls. Compare: • what Blondin and Nik Wallenda did during their crossings of Niagara Falls • h
- June 2018, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about volcanoes that have erupted. Compare: • what the writers could see and hear of the erupting volcanoes • how they get their experie
- November 2017, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts contain accounts of the hunting of whales. Compare: • the writers’ attitudes to the hunting of whales in the 1850s and in the recent whale h
- June 2017, Component 2, Q16 (10 marks): Both of these texts are about solitary confinement in prisons. Compare: • what the writers say about the effects of solitary confinement on prisoners • how the
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