OCR GCSE English Language past papers
OCR GCSE English Language June 2023 Paper 1
- J351/01
- Communicating information and ideas
- 2 hours
- 80 marks
Question paper, Question paper, Insert, Mark scheme, Examiner report: on the OCR website.
Practise this paper's topics
5 new exam questions, 68 minutes, marked as you go. Free, no account.
- Comparing perspectives and methods
- Language effects in non-fiction
- Summary and synthesis
- Retrieval within the lines
- Structure for a named effect
What it tested
- Viewpoint writing40 marks
- Evaluate and compare18 marks
- Language and structure12 marks
- Read closely10 marks
- Q1Retrieval within the linesInference and evidence4 marks
- Q2Summary and synthesisComparing ideas like for like6 marks
- Q3Language effects in non-fictionStructure for a named effect12 marks
- Q4Comparing perspectives and methodsEvaluating a statement18 marks
- Q5Other forms: explain, instruct and informWriting foundations: task, audience and register40 marks
June 2023 grade boundaries
Marks needed across both papers, out of 160.
- Grade 9129
- Grade 8118
- Grade 7107
- Grade 694
- Grade 581
- Grade 469
- Grade 350
- Grade 232
- Grade 114
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