English Language study guides

A complete overview of the core reading skills for AQA GCSE English Language: inference and deduction, language techniques and terminology, tone, mood and register, and structural features, and how these transferable skills underpin every reading question across both papers.

A complete overview of the core writing skills for AQA GCSE English Language: planning and organising writing, sentence variety and punctuation, vocabulary and spelling, and crafting openings and endings, and how these transferable skills lift both the creative task and the viewpoint task into the top bands.

A complete overview of AQA GCSE English Language Paper 1, Explorations in creative reading and writing: the question order on the unseen fiction extract, the four reading skills (AO1, AO2 and AO4), the creative writing task (AO5 and AO6), the mark tariffs and timing, and how to study each part.

A complete overview of AQA GCSE English Language Paper 2, Writers' viewpoints and perspectives: the two unseen non-fiction texts, the four reading questions (AO1, AO2 and AO3), the synthesis and comparison skills, the viewpoint writing task (AO5 and AO6), the mark tariffs and timing, and how to study each part.

A complete overview of the AQA GCSE English Language Spoken Language endorsement: what it is, how it is reported separately from the grade, the three skills of presenting (AO7), responding to questions (AO8) and using Standard English and register (AO9), and how to prepare and deliver a strong presentation.