GCSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 2 Writers’ viewpoints and perspectives

Materials For this paper you must have: • Source A and Source B – provided as a separate Insert. Instructions For Examiner’s Use • Answer all questions. Question Mark • Use black ink or black ball-point pen. • Fill in the boxes at the top of this page. 1 • You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. 2 • Do not write outside the box around each page or on blank pages. • If you need extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of 3 this book. Write the question number against your answer(s). 4 • Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked. 5 • You must refer to the Insert booklet provided. TOTAL • You must not use a dictionary. Information • The marks for questions are shown in brackets. • The maximum mark for this paper is 80. • There are 40 marks for Section A and 40 marks for Section B. • You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. • You will be assessed on the quality of your reading in Section A. • You will be assessed on the quality of your writing in Section B. Advice • You are advised to spend about 15 minutes reading through the sources and all five questions you have to answer. • You are advised to plan your answer to Question 5 before you start to write. • You should make sure you leave sufficient time to check your answers. *JUN218700201* IB/G/Jun21/E10 8700/2 0 1 2 Section A: Reading Answer all questions in this section. You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section. Do not write outside the box Read again the first part of Source A from lines 1 to 10. Choose four statements below which are true. • Shade the circles in the boxes of the ones that you think are true. • Choose a maximum of four statements. • If you make an error cross out the whole box. • If you change your mind and require a statement that has been crossed out then draw a circle around the box. [4 marks] ABCDEFGHThe cinema programme was every Saturday morning. The cinema programme was short. The children all came from the same street. The children formed a large group as they moved through the streets. The Odeon was in Rockdale. The children wore shoes. The children went to the cinema on foot. The children had really tough feet. 4 *02* IB/G/Jun21/8700/2 0 2 3 You need to refer to Source A and Source B for this question. The children at the cinema in Source A and the children at the factory in Source B have different experiences of childhood. Use details from both sources to write a summary of what you understand about the different experiences of the children.