Paper 2

• Reading the sources - 10 minutes

  • read the questions first
  • highlight techniques and ideas
• Q1 - 4 true statements

  • won't take long
• Q2 - Summary/compare

  • 12 minutes
  • 2 paragraphs
  • inference is the key skill
  • alternative meanings
• Q3 - Language

  • 12 minutes
  • 2 to 3 paragraphs
• Q4 - Comparing writer's viewpoints

  • 25 minutes
  • 3 to 4 main paragraphs + conclusion if time
  • compare language, structure etc.
• Q5 - transactional writing

  • 40 minutes
  • newspaper article (headline, sub-headline, by-line)
  • letter (yours sincerely if you know their name, yours faithfully if you don't)
  • speech (acknowledge its a speech in some way)