4EA0 02R Que 20150610
4EA0 02R Que 20150610
4EA0 02R Que 20150610
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Pearson Edexcel
International GCSE
English Language A
Paper 2
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4EA0/02R
Total Marks
Instructions
Information
you should take particular care on this question with your spelling, punctuation
and grammar, as well as the clarity of expression.
Copies of the Edexcel Anthology for International GCSE and Certificate
Qualifications in English Language and Literature may not be brought into the
examination.
Dictionaries may not be used in this examination.
Advice
each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Read
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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Question 1: Reading
You should spend about 45 minutes on this question.
Remind yourself of Refugee Blues from the Edexcel Anthology and then answer
Question 1.
Refugee Blues
Say this city has ten million souls,
Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes:
Yet theres no place for us, my dear, yet theres no place for us.
Once we had a country and we thought it fair,
Look in the atlas and youll find it there:
We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now.
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W. H. Auden
1 How does the writer create sympathy for the refugees in the poem?
In your answer, you should write about:
You should refer closely to the text to support your answer. You may use brief
quotations.
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Question 2: Writing
You should spend about 45 minutes on this question.
2 Write on ONE of the following:
EITHER
(a) Your local newspaper has decided to award a prize to someone who has done
something special.
Write a letter to the newspaper explaining why the prize should be awarded to a
person of your choice.
(15)
OR
(b) Money cant buy you happiness.
Write an article for a magazine giving advice on how to be happy.
(15)
OR
(c) Write a story with the title The Gift.
(15)
Indicate which question you are answering by marking a cross in the box .
If you change your mind, put a line through the box and then indicate your new
question with a cross .
Chosen question number:
Question 2(a)
Question 2(b)
Question 2(c)
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