Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions
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What are the most important things to think about when choosing a career? Give reasons and examples to support your view.
Write a story which includes the words: ‘What are you searching for in this room? You have no right to be here.'
Peace.
Write a story about how someone settled a disagreement.
In paragraph 2, Britain's 7,000 miles of railway track is described as 'a stunning technological achievement'. From your own knowledge or experienc...
Pick out and write down one opinion from paragraph 3.
From your reading of paragraph 5, decide whether each of the following statements is true or false, and tick the boxes you have chosen.
From paragraph 1 Apart from the expense, what might discourage animal photographers from using the 'best method' of making an animal film?
From paragraph 2 Pick out and write down the characteristic of the chevrotain that made the writer think it would make an appealing photograph.
From paragraph 3 The writer describes the sun as being 'in the right place for us to get the best result'. What do you think 'the best result' woul...
From paragraph 4 In the search for the chevrotain, members of the team descended onto the patch of undergrowth 'like a swarm of hungry locusts'. In...
From paragraph 3, write down one opinion. You are free to use your own words or the words of the passage.
From paragraph 6, write down one opinion. You are free to use your own words or the words of the passage.
From paragraph 1 Why did the pile of straw heave 'gently and rhythmically'?
From paragraph 2 Explain in your own words why, even before the babies were brought to him, the writer had 'ample opportunity' to get to know kusim...
From paragraph 3 What effect is created by the word 'sprawling' that would not be created by, for example, 'lying'?
From paragraph 4 What does the word 'merely' suggest about the many troubles the writer would have with the kusimanses in the future?
From paragraph 5 What evidence is there to suggest that Colly was a ‘vain creature'?
Recently you became aware of a person in your area who quietly does a lot to help members of the community who have problems. However, very few peo...
Contrast the scene and the atmosphere in a shop that you like to visit and in one you do not like. (Remember you are describing the atmosphere, the...
Do you think it is possible for celebrities to have private lives? Give reasons and examples to support your view.
Write a story which includes the sentence: ‘I realised only at the last minute that I had forgotten something important.'
Crowds.
Write a story in which a small painting plays an important part.
Read Passage 1 in the insert and answer all the questions below. (a) Notes [15 marks] Identify and write down the points in the passage which descr...
From your reading of paragraph 1, decide whether each of the following statements is true or false and tick the boxes you have chosen. All glass is...
From paragraph 6, select and write down two of the writer's opinions. You may use the words of the text or your own words.
From paragraph 1 In which two ways, according to Pi, was his name odd?
From paragraph 2 Explain in your own words what prompted one of Pi's classmates to make fun of his name.
From paragraph 3 The lessons ‘started to stretch out like a desert'. What impression of the lessons is given by this description?
From paragraph 4 Give two pieces of evidence which suggest that Ravi had ‘a good reputation' in the school.
From paragraph 5 Pi had a 'plan'. Without using the words of the passage, explain in no more than fifteen words what the plan was.
From paragraph 6 Why do you think Pi took 'every chance' he could to answer questions that day?
From paragraph 6, write down the sentence which is the writer's opinion. The opinion is..
From your reading of paragraph 6, decide which one of the following statements is true and tick the box you have chosen. The passage ends on a pes...
Read Passage 2 in the insert and answer all the questions below. From paragraph 1
From paragraph 2 Pi's parents looked ‘as if they were walking through a jungle, spreading the tall grass ahead of them' (lines 10–11). Without copy...
From paragraph 3 Explain in your own words why Pi's uncle thought that swimming in a swimming pool was preferable to swimming in the sea.
From paragraph 4 What did Pi's father like to do in his spare time?
From paragraph 5 According to Pi's uncle, what was special about the Deligny pool?
Your Principal wants to form a School Council (a group of teachers and students) to discuss ways of improving school life for everyone. You would l...
Describe how music affected you in different ways on two separate occasions. (Remember, as well as how it made you feel, you can describe the music...
What will you look forward to and what will you miss when your schooldays are over? Give reasons and examples to support your view.
Write a story which includes the sentence: ‘When the announcement was made, two people got up and left the room.'
Clothes.
Write a story in which a diary plays an important part.
Every year the older students in your school invite adults to come and talk about why they are successful in their careers. You decide to write a l...
Describe two different places which have special memories for you for different reasons. (Remember you are describing the atmosphere and your feeli...
'To save our towns and cities, people should use public transport more and their own cars less.' Do you agree? Give reasons and examples to support...
Write a story which includes the sentence: 'Because the space was so small, it did not seem possible to get the vehicle through it.'