GCSE English Language Past Paper Pack

Foundation Tier

Name: ____________________________________________

English Teacher: _____________________________________

Contents:

January 2011 Sources and Questions

June 2011 Sources and Questions

January 2012 Sources and Questions

June 2012 Sources and Questions

You are advised to spend one hour on Section A. Break that hour down like this:

Q1a) 5 minutes

Q1b) 5 minutes

Q2 10 minutes

Q3 20 minutes

Q4 20 minutes

You are advised to spend one hour on Section B. Break down that hour like this:

Q5 25 minutes to plan, write and check

Q6 35 minutes to plan, write and check

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Source 1

Jamie Oliver's school dinners shown to have improved academic resultsResearch has shown that the healthier school dinners introduced by Jamie Oliver, the celebrity chef, have not only improved pupils’ test results, but also cut the number of days they were off

sick.The proportion of 11-year-olds in Greenwich, south London, who did well in English and science rose after Oliver swept "turkey twizzlers" and chicken dinosaurs off canteen menus in favour of creamy coconut fi sh and Mexican bean wraps, according to a study of results.

The number of "authorised absences" — which are generally due to illness – fell by 15% in the wake of his 2004

Feed Me Better campaign, brought into the nation's sitting rooms via the Channel 4 series Jamie's School Dinners.

But the poorest pupils – those who are eligible for free school meals – did not seem to benefi t. Instead it was mainly children from more middle class homes who saw their scores boosted after Oliver's junk food ban was put in place.

The researchers estimated that the proportion of students who got level 4 in their English Sats at key stage 2 increased by 4.5% after his intervention.

The number who got level 5 in science was up 6%, they reported.

Oliver described the research results as "fantastic". "It's the fi rst time a proper study has been done into the positive effects of the campaign and it strongly suggests we were right all along," he said.

"Even while doing the programme, we could see the benefi ts to children's health and teachers. We could see that asthmatic kids weren't having to use the school inhalers so often, for example.

"We could see that it made them calmer and therefore able to learn."

The chef said it was further evidence that faster movement was needed towards improving take-up of nutritious, home-cooked school meals across the country by training dinner ladies, getting kitchens and dining halls up to scratch and educating children and parents.

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News Education School meals

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Source 2

No girl deserves to be ignored. Every girl deserves access to a decent education.

By sponsoring a girl with Plan, you can help put a stop to child discrimination. You can help get girls into school, into a classroom where their enormous potential won’t go to waste. You’ll help give them a voice, ensuring they aren’t condemned to a life of poverty, but have a better chance of a brighter future.

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Source 3

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January 2011 Foundation Tier

Read Source 1, the webpage article called Jamie’s school dinners shown to have improved academic

results and answer the questions below.

1. a) List four things you find out about healthier school dinners in Greenwich. (4 marks)

1. b) What was Jamie Oliver’s reaction to the research about his school dinners? (4 marks)

Now read Source 2, the charity webpage called Sponsor a girl today and answer the question below.

2. What reasons are given to persuade the reader to sponsor a girl? (8 marks)

Now read Source 3, an extract from an advice leaflet called Getting on with your teenager and

answer the question below.

3. How does the writer use language:

• To inform the reader about teenagers

• To advise parents and carers? (12 marks)

Now look again at all three sources.

4. Choose two of the sources and compare the presentational features. I have chosen

source……. and source ……..

Remember to:

• Write about the way the sources are presented

• Write about the way they look. (12 marks)

5. Write a letter to your head teacher explaining how to improve your school or college.

Remember to:

• Write a letter

• Explain the things that would make your school or college better (16 marks)

6. Write the text for a leaflet to persuade young people in your area to take part in a

sponsored event for charity.

The leaflet should be about:

• The sponsored charity event of your choice

• Which charity the event is for

• Why young people should support the charity

Remember to:

• Write a leaflet

• Use language and techniques to persuade (24 marks)

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New

York, the most exciting and vibrant city in the w

orld aw

aits you. You’ll be staying for 3 nights at the Grand

Hyatt N

ew York H

otel on 42nd S

treet. You’ll have time to

visit the iconic Em

pire State B

uilding, walk through

Central P

ark, take a ferry to Staten Island, and even

take in a show on B

roadway. N

aturally, you can shop till you drop in all the fam

ous department stores, getting all

your friends and family unique gifts for C

hristmas. O

n the w

ay home, there is no luggage lim

it! Yes, rather than fl ying back, you are com

ing home in style on the C

unard ship Q

ueen Mary 2.

You board the QM

2 in New

York, and set sail from the

city that never sleeps, passing the Statue of Liberty, as

you settle back into the lap of luxury. For the next 5 nights you w

ill enjoy the pampering and excitem

ent of a C

unard transatlantic voyage. The QM

2 comm

ands a certain am

ount of regal awe. It is 113 feet longer than

the original Queen M

ary ship with outstanding facilities

onboard: 14 bars, 10 restaurants, 8 whirlpools, fi tness

suites and more. There is an opportunity to dow

n a pint in the G

olden Lion Pub, a traditional style E

nglish public house. E

ntertainment, like the opulence of the ship, is

also not in short supply. Theatre performances in the

Royal C

ourt Theatre, live jazz in the Com

modore C

lub, even a casino, can all be found on board. There is also a com

puter centre for guests to use with W

I-FI spots across the ship. W

hatever your taste there is something

to entertain everyone.

You arrive back in Southam

pton, having seen the sights of New

York and after 5 nights of luxury, w

ith all your Christm

as shopping done!

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Source 2

Torres: S

witching off

W

e have adapted perfectly to Liverpool but when it com

es to eating w

e still follow a Spanish tim

etable. Eating at English times still feels too

early so we started arranging barbeques. O

ne Sunday we started eating in

the garden. It was a sunny day w

ith the odd cloud and we didn’t think

anything of it.... until the heavens opened and it started snowing. Yes,

snowing. Since then the slightest sign of bad w

eather and we set up in the

garage instead.

I enjoy shopping too. A friend of mine in Liverpool som

etimes opens

up his shop for me so that I can go w

hen it’s quiet. I like to stroll around the big departm

ent stores. You always fi nd som

ething new for the house or the

latest fashions. I don’t suffer the same am

ount of hassle in England as I did in Spain and I can go about m

y business much m

ore easily.

During m

y fi rst few m

onths in Liverpool, I seem

ed to be permanently surrounded by

hamm

ers, screwdrivers, pliers and spanners as

I discovered a new hobby: putting together

furniture. There were tools everyw

here.

In Spain I hadn’t put together a single wardrobe but here in England I

found myself in the position w

here I either had to get on and do it or the box w

ould just gather dust. I can be pretty determined and once I start

something I have to get it fi nished as soon as possible. Bit by bit I started to

learn the tricks of the trade and I was im

proving all the time.

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ne of my favourite m

oments each day, m

atches permitting, is the

evening stroll with m

y wife O

llala and our two dogs. They’re English

bulldogs, a male called Pom

o and a female called Llanta. They have been

with us for a few

years and made the journey to Liverpool w

ith us. It’s nice to stroll around quiet places w

ith them – w

e have found a couple of parks near w

here we live that are relaxed and peaceful, offering a real escape.

I read all sorts of books. W

hen you’re travelling with the team

, a book is the best friend you can have. Because I’m

quite impatient, once I start a

book, I have to fi nish it, and as soon as possible. I can’t put the book down.

I can’t stop.

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Source 3

ut of habit, Honorin skirted around the pile of stones at the end of the village (the pile where her brother had once fallen down and hurt himself). “No, not that way,” she called to the toddler who always came with her to the rice fi eld to collect the water. “A different way today.”

Then she stopped, wonder fi lling her eyes. “Oh look. Baby sister, look ...”

A hundred yards away, a pipe with a tap stuck out of the ground. Someone had put fl owers around it. Already two other laughing children were carefully fi lling buckets with cool, fresh, clean water.

Not the yellow water from the faraway fi eld with worms wriggling in it, so horrible tasting every drop had to be boiled – but sweet, clear running water from the newly-dug well. Like the other children, Honorin had been frightened of the people who came to talk about stopping illness. But the grown-ups had gathered and listened, and nodded.

Making a well was an enormous task. The villagers gathered sand and stones, while the people helped dig the well.

She took her turn fi lling the bucket and held the toddler’s hand to walk back. She’d be in plenty of time to have breakfast and go to school, not late and tired like she used to be. Honorin thought she’d like to be a teacher herself when she grew up, and explain to other children how important it is to keep clean and wash your hands before eating.

Before the people left she’d summoned up the courage to ask why they came to her village. They’d told her that someone on the other side of the world had given some money so children like her needn’t die from drinking dirty water. She thought that was nice.______________________________________________________________

If you’d like to be that person, please complete the direct debit form.

Honorin isn’t one girl. She’s many. Last year WaterAid helped over one million people around the world to gain access to clean water.

Call now on 0300 123 4240 or fi ll in the form.

Thank you.

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June 2011 Foundation Tier

Read Source 1, the online holiday brochure for a trip to New York called guardian holiday offers and

answer the questions below.

1. a) List four activities you can do in New York. (4 marks)

1. b) What do we learn about the ship Queen Mary 2 (QM2)? (4 marks)

Now read Source 2, the extract from the autobiography of the footballer Fernando Torres.

2. How does Fernando Torres like to spend his spare time? (8 marks)

Now read Source 3, the WaterAid charity leaflet and answer the question below.

3. How does the writer use language:

• To describe

• To show the child’s (Honorin’s) point of view? (12 marks)

Now look again at all three sources.

4. Choose two of these sources and compare the way that both texts use presentational

features for effect. I have chosen Source….. and Source…..

Remember:

• To write about the way the sources are presented

• To compare how they look (12 marks)

5. A place can appear very different if you visit at different times of year.

Choose a place you know well and describe it at two different times of year for a travel

website.

Remember to:

• Write about a place

• Write to describe (16 marks)

6. Choose an activity or hobby you are interested in.

Write an article for your school or college magazine persuading other students to try it.

Remember to:

• Write an article for students

• Write to persuade (24 marks)

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Source 1

Cool in the pool! How Rachael Latham is making a splash all the way to London 2012

Here, in the fi rst in the series, Gail Emms, a former Olympic badminton silver medallist interviews Paralympic swimmer Rachael Latham.

Different strokes: Rachael Latham in mid-fl ow

Gail: You’re now at university. How do you balance training, studying and socialising? Rachael: It’s really hard when it comes to exam time. It’s diffi cult to cram everything in, but my swimming always comes fi rst — that’s who I am, a swimmer.

G: The prospect of competing at London 2012 is scary. A part of me is glad that I won’t have to compete under so much pressure. Are you frightened at the prospect? R: Actually, no. Bring it on. The fun and madness in Beijing made me want to compete in London all the more. Having seen the crowd's reaction to the three Chinese girls in my fi nal, there’s no way I could miss my home games.

G: What tricks do you have to help you cope with the pressure of competition? R: Visualisation. I pretend I’m in the race, I get into my little place and put my earphones in. It’s easy to visualise racing at Sheffi eld because I’ve been there thousands of times. But it’s diffi cult to imagine racing in London because the pool’s not even fi nished yet. I’m

sure we’ll get in there before the Games — and that should give us an advantage.

G: What track is your most listened to on your iPod? R: In Beijing I had Snow Patrol’s Run on repeat. I fi rst heard it on a motivational DVD we were given by British Swimming, then I fell in love with it.

G: What do you think about when you’re swimming? R: When I’m racing, I say to myself, ‘C’mon, c’mon. Let’s go,’ in my head, over and over again. I make my biggest decisions when training. I plan my life. I decided which university to go to during a training session.

Studious: Latham combines her swimming with the demands of university

G: Do you love winning more than swimming? R: I love swimming but it’s racing that really gets me going. I mean, who likes losing?

G: If you could compete in any other sport, which would you choose? R: Cycling. I’d like to do a sport where you can just get up and go. I have to get to a pool, get changed and then swim. I want to just be able to go.

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Source 2

This is an extract from the autobiography of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. As a young man he was a talented footballer. Here he writes about how his football career ended.

Humble PieThen, disaster. The pity of it is that my football career effectively came to an end in a training session – one of those bizarre training accidents where you barely realise what it is you’ve done. I smashed my cartilage, seriously damaging my knee, and stupidly, I tried to play on.Afterwards I should still have been resting up, but I tried to get back into the game too quickly. I was out for eleven long weeks, getting more and more paranoid, terrifi ed that someone else would take my place on the bench. Once the plaster came off, I started training again like a demon. After training sessions, I would spend hours in hot and cold baths, trying to ease the pain, to reduce any swelling. Deep down, I think I knew I was in trouble, but I pushed these kinds of thoughts to the back of my mind. I was determined to put in a third appearance for the fi rst team and in order to do that, I had to ignore the message my body was trying to send me.But come the start of the new season, there was no getting away from it. The club’s manager and his assistant called me into their offi ce on Friday morning to give me the bad news. It was all over for me. I was not going to be signed.I went home, shut myself away and had a good cry. I couldn’t face seeing anyone. I suppose I mourned for what might have been. But I was also certain that I had no future in football. I wanted it all, or I wanted nothing. No matter how much promise I had shown, I was always going to be labelled as the player with a gammy knee. I had to let go of the game I love. I wanted to be the best at whatever I did, not the kind of guy that people secretly laughed at behind his back. I needed a new challenge. The only question was: what would it be?

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Source 3

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Be a sport and dress up!Everyone loves a bit of fancy dress, so get the whole school to sport something fetching for Sport Relief! It’s easy and fun, plus it’s something absolutely everyone can do.If you each make a small donation for the privilege, you’ll raise loads of cash and make a huge difference to people’s lives.Why don’t you...?Challenge staff and pupils to dress up as

their favourite (or least favourite) sporting personality.

Get in the Olympic spirit - your students could come dressed as the Olympic fl ag or wear the kit for different Olympic sports.

Ask students to base their whole outfi t on the red-and-white stripy theme of our fantastic Sport Relief Socks.

You could even...Let your pupils decide what the staff have to wear. If they each pay to vote for your dress code, you’ll really get your fundraising off to a fantastic start.

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January 2012 Foundation Tier

Read Source 1, the online newspaper interview with Rachel Latham and answer the questions

below.

1. a) List four things we learn about Rachel Latham. (4 marks)

1. b) How does Rachel feel about her swimming career? (4 marks)

Now read Source 2, the extract from Humble Pie, the autobiography of celebrity chef Gordon

Ramsay. Answer the question below.

2. As a young man, Gordon Ramsay was a talented footballer. What problems did he face

following his football training accident? (8 marks)

Remember to:

• Show your understanding by explaining in your own words

• Support your ideas using the text

Now read Source 3, the Sport Relief webpage for school about Fantastic Fundraising Ideas, and

answer the question below.

3. How does the webpage use language:

• To inform and

• To persuade schools to take part in Sport Relief?

Remember to:

• Give some examples of language features that inform

• Give some examples of language features that persuade

• Explain the effects (12 marks)

4. Look again at Source 1 and Source 3. Compare the way that both texts use presentational

features for effect.

Remember to:

• Write about the way the sources are presented

• Explain the effect of the presentational features

• Compare the way they look (12 marks)

5. A new TV series ‘Dream Jobs’ is giving people the chance to work in their dream job for a

day. Write a letter to the producers explaining what your dream job would be and why you

would love to try it.

Remember to:

• Write a letter

• Use language to explain (16 marks)

6. ‘Sports stars are good role models for young people.’

Write an article for a magazine of your choice arguing for or against this view.

Remember to:

• Write an article

• Argue your point of view (24 marks)

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'Help us mutiny': Johnny Depp pays surprise visit to London primary school dressed as Jack Sparrow after letter from girl, 9It's not every day a Hollywood heart-throb pitches up in your classroom.But these Greenwich schoolgoers left the rest of Britain's children - if not parents - green with envy when they had a surprise visit from Johnny Depp yesterday.The star is currently in south-east London fi lming the fourth Pirates Of The Caribbean movie On Stranger Tides and arrived at the Meridian Primary School dressed in full character as Captain Jack Sparrow. He made the one-off trip after nine-year-old pupil Beatrice Delap wrote to the star asking for help staging a 'mutiny' against the teachers, as he was fi lming at the nearby 18th century Old Naval College.The school was told just ten minutes before that Depp would be arriving and two blacked-out cars swept through the school gates.An onlooker said she heard the most 'incredible screams of joy' as the actor, in full make-up, then entered the school.In an interview on London Tonight after the visit, Beatrice revealed what she had written in the letter to the star - or rather his salty seadog character.She said: 'Captain Jack Sparrow, At Meridian Primary School, we are a bunch of budding young pirates and we were having a bit of trouble mutiny-ing against the teachers, and we'd love if you could come and help. 'Beatrice Delap, aged nine, a budding pirate.'She said that she was then asked by the star to make herself known from the assembled pupils once he

arrived, and gave her a cuddle. Beatrice marvelled: 'He gave me a hug and he said, "Maybe we shouldn't mutiny today 'cos there are police outside monitoring me."'Police have been a constant presence as fi lming has progressed at the old college, parts of which have been transformed to look like Georgian London.Depp has been seen fi lming scenes in which he jumped from a third-fl oor window and later balanced on a chariot pulled by galloping horses.In the movie, Johnny stars alongside Penelope Cruz, who plays an old fl ame of the crazy ship's captain who heads off on a journey to fi nd the fountain of youth.The movie, which has already been shot in Hawaii, Los Angeles and Puerto Rico, is due for release next summer.Johnny has got form when it comes to fl ying visits to fans in London too. He made a secret visit to Great Ormond Street Hospital in January 2008 to donate £1 million to say thank you for saving his daughter's life, just months after making a clandestine visit to the wards to tell bedtime stories to sick children on the wards dressed as Captain Sparrow.The then eight-year-old Lily-Rose was treated there in March 2007 when her kidneys failed while he and partner Vanessa Paradis were staying in Richmond, southwest London, together with son Jack John, while Johnny fi lmed Sweeney Todd at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.

Ahoy there: Johnny Depp meets nine-year-old Meridian Primary School pupil Beatrice Delap and shows the letter she wrote asking him to help 'budding pirates' with their 'mutiny' against teachers

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Source 2

A family on holiday with a pet hamster needed the help of the RNLI on Wednesday (20 October) when their boat ran aground at Loch Ness.

The volunteer RNLI lifeboat crew were launched to assist the family. Aberdeen Coastguard received an emergency call alerting them to the incident and requested the launch of the Loch Ness lifeboat.

Crew Members Ian Putnam, Joy Cameron and Martin Douglas left the Temple Pier base at just

before 1pm aboard the Atlantic 75 lifeboat Mercurius to assist the stranded family. Weather conditions were clear but the loch was choppy. Joy had to swim, then wade, to the grounded vessel which had got into diffi culty in a notoriously tricky area.

The cruiser was checked to confi rm that it was not taking on water and that there were no injuries sustained to the six people aboard, before the three volunteer crew rigged tow ropes and bridles to allow a tow into deeper water. The extremely shallow water and very narrow channel created additional problems but the RNLI team were eventually able to free the vessel.

The family, vessel and hamster were under way a short time later. The lifeboat returned to station around 3.30 pm and was met by additional members of the local crew who refuelled and prepared her ready for service.

Lifeboat saved my hamster!22/10/2010

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Source 3

Michael Palin completed a round-the-world trip with a BBC fi lm crew. The extract describes the part of the trip where he is crossing the Arabian Sea on board an Indian cargo boat.

Our boat, the Al Sharma, really comes to life at fi rst light which, as we are moving east and have not adjusted our watches, comes a little earlier each day. I'm awake today at 5. The wind has dropped and the sea is fl at and calm. Over the reassuring rumble of the engine I can hear the soft sound of singing. I pull myself up on an elbow and look towards the bows. There is Kasim, standing motionless and in perfect silhouette, looking out to sea and chanting. Beside him two or three others are pulling in a sail.

As soon as they see we're awake someone is taken off their duties and sent to arrange us some tea. One of the things this traveller has learnt is that those who have least, are prepared to give most. This crew has given a lot up for us – sleeping space, living space and precious water.

Captain Suleyman takes a look at the sea. 'We are lucky men,' he says. He's rarely seen it quite as calm, and he knows the power of the sea, for in a storm last year, his brother's ship was sunk and eighteen drowned.

We're due South of Karachi. Looking at my map I see that it has taken us a day to travel between the 'A' and the 'R' of 'Arabian Sea'.

Sunday afternoon on the Al Sharma. The crew sit round watching us read or listen to our headsets.

Suddenly there is some sea-borne entertainment. Dahwood at the wheel, has spotted dolphins approaching the boat. They gather ahead of us, lazily and luxuriously rolling around in the bow wave, weaving in and out, diving, backtracking, returning and always keeping just ahead of the boat. The crew encourage them with drumbeats and whistles. As soon as they know there's an audience the dolphins show off shamelessly. For a magical few minutes they stay and play. The sea is so blue and clear it is one of the most remarkable and beautiful sights of the journey so far, rivalled a little later by the raising of the huge sail.

Glossary: Kasim and Dahwood: members of the crew

June 2012 Foundation Tier

Read Source 1, the online article ‘Help us mutiny’: Johnny Depp pays surprise visit to London primary

school dressed as Jack Sparrow after letter from girl, 9.

1. a) List four things we learn about the actor Johnny Depp from the article. (4 marks)

1. b) What was interesting and unusual about Johnny Depp’s visit to the primary school?

(4 marks)

Now read Source 2, the RNLI webpage.

2. Explain what you learn about the RNLI lifeboat rescue on Loch Ness.

Remember to:

• Show your understanding by explaining in your own words

• Support your ideas using the text (8 marks)

Now read Source 3, an extract of travel writing by Michael Palin.

3. How does the writer use language features to inform the reader about his trip and to

describe his experiences?

Remember to:

• Give some examples of language features to inform

• Give some examples of language features to describe

• Explain the effects (12 marks)

4. Choose two of the three sources and compare the way that both texts use presentational

features for effect.

I have chosen Source………and Source………

Remember to:

• Write about the way the sources are presented

• Explain the effect of the presentational features

• Compare the way they look (12 marks)

5. Your school of college has set up its own radio station. Write the script for a short radio

broadcast informing students about a good place to visit in your area.

Remember to:

• Write a script

• Use language to inform (16 marks)

6. Write a letter to a well-known person persuading them to visit your school or college for the

benefit of the students.

Remember to:

• Write a letter

• Use language to persuade (24 marks)