June 2025
Extreme weather
[The Great Storm & the frozen winter]
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Edexcel GCSE English Language
Paper 2 — Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
1EN0/02 · 2 hours 5 minutes · 96 marks · 60% of GCSE
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November 2024
Food and family
[Himalayan holidays & shish kabob]
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June 2024
Becoming a doctor
[Adam Kay & Elizabeth Blackwell]
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November 2023
Cities
[New York & Newcastle-Gateshead]
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June 2023
Escapes
[Berlin Wall tunnel & Papillon]
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November 2022
Helping wildlife
[Elsa the lion & trapped penguins]
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June 2022
Expeditions
[Robert Swan & Ben Fogle]
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November 2021
Poverty
[Living without money]
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June 2020
Olympic running
[Mary Decker & Zola Budd]
November 2019
Discrimination
[Hidden Figures & Anne Frank]
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June 2019
Places to stay
[Guesthouses & the royal hotel visit]
November 2018
Expecting a baby
[E. B. White & pregnancy advice]
June 2018
Music
[Little Milton & Bessie Smith]
November 2017
Space travel
[Buzz Aldrin & Tim Peake return to Earth]
June 2017
Possessions
[Prison belongings & downsizing]
Specimen 1
Survival
[Aron Ralston & Shackleton]
Specimen 2
Letters and food
[Bert Bailey & Jack Monroe]
Specimen
Intelligence work
[MI6 recruitment & wartime codebreaking]