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Core writing skills
Quick questions on Vocabulary and spelling: securing AO6 - OCR GCSE English Language core writing skills
4short Q&A pairs drawn directly from our worked dot-point answer. For full context and worked exam questions, read the parent dot-point page.
What is vague words left in place?Show answer
"Nice", "big", "very scared" waste the vocabulary marks; upgrade them for precision.
What is no spelling check?Show answer
Spelling is part of AO6's guaranteed marks; proofread specifically for the words you are least sure of.
What is q1?Show answer
Why does a precise, correctly spelt word score better than a rare word used wrongly? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Upgrade "walked quickly" and "very big" for precision. [2 marks]
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