OCR GCSE English Language past papers

OCR GCSE English Language June 2022 Paper 2

  • J351/02
  • Exploring effects and impact
  • 2 hours
  • 80 marks

Question paper, Question paper, Insert, Mark scheme, Examiner report: on the OCR website.

Practise this paper's topics

3 new exam questions, 26 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.

  • Language effects in fiction
  • Retrieval within the lines
  • Structure for a named effect
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What it tested

  • Description and narrative40 marks
  • Language and structure18 marks
  • Evaluate and compare18 marks
  • Read closely4 marks
  1. Q1Retrieval within the linesInference and evidence4 marks
  2. Q2Language effects in fictionStructure for a named effect6 marks
  3. Q3Language effects in fictionStructure for a named effect12 marks
  4. Q4Evaluating a statementComparing ideas like for like18 marks
  5. Q5A narrative openingTechnical accuracy: the SPaG trainer40 marks

June 2022 grade boundaries

Marks needed across both papers, out of 160.

  • Grade 9126
  • Grade 8114
  • Grade 7102
  • Grade 690
  • Grade 578
  • Grade 467
  • Grade 353
  • Grade 239
  • Grade 125

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