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Predictions for June 2023 Edexcel IGCSE English Language paper

Does anyone have any predictions for the Edexcel IGCSE English Language paper in June? I know it's early but I want to know which texts are more likely to come up. I'll be sitting the regional paper by the way. Also, do you know what texts came up in the June 2022 and January 2023 R papers?

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I took the exam last year and I feel like paper 1 is more predictable and paper 2 is entirely luck
last year we got between a rock and a hard place for paper 1, and night for paper 2
the only thing is night appeared in 2021 already so most of us didn't revise for it
I would recommend you listing out all texts that appeared in exams starting from 2018 and use elimination.
Group the texts into low, medium and high risk so you know what to prioritise.
2023 Jan was A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat and Whistle and I’ll Come to You (from The Woman in Black)
good luck!
Statistically….the ones below haven’t come up much
My money is on these:

Beyond sky and earth (Jun 2021)
Danger of single story (Nov 2020)
H is for Hawk (2020 R)
Between rock and hard place (Jan 2020)
Explorers or boys (2021)
Original post by Jules1066
Statistically….the ones below haven’t come up much
My money is on these:

Beyond sky and earth (Jun 2021)
Danger of single story (Nov 2020)
H is for Hawk (2020 R)
Between rock and hard place (Jan 2020)
Explorers or boys (2021)


What about A passage to Africa? That hasn’t come up recently
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Original post by Jules1066
Statistically….the ones below haven’t come up much
My money is on these:

Beyond sky and earth (Jun 2021)
Danger of single story (Nov 2020)
H is for Hawk (2020 R)
Between rock and hard place (Jan 2020)
Explorers or boys (2021)


Same here, except i found out from papers in January 2023 tha H is for Hawk, and Game of Polo with a Headless Goat came up
so which ones do you suggest we should read?
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Original post by prenzguy
so which ones do you suggest we should read?

Im doing these:
Journey into Bhutan
Passage to Africa
Exlporers boys messing abt
BAHRAAP ( between rock n hard place )

These havent come up in the last 2 years so yeah, chances are high one of these will come up
ok thanks
Reply 9
does anyone know when 'A Game of polo with a headless goat' came up apart from January Paper 1R?
Original post by prenzguy
does anyone know when 'A Game of polo with a headless goat' came up apart from January Paper 1R?


It never came up in a non R paper with the new spec.
It did however come up in January 2020's R paper and January 2023's R paper
we were given predictions from school for both paper 1 and 2
paper1
from high chances to low chances
1) A passage to Africa
2) The danger of a single story
3) explorers or boys messing about? either way, taxpayer gets rescue bill
4) from beyond the sky and the earth; a journey to Bhutan
5) young and dyslexic? you've got it going on
6) from the explorers daughter
7) from between the rock and a hard place
8) from Chinese Cinderella
9)from H is for hawk
10) from a game of polo with a headless got
paper 2
1) out out
2) significant cigarettes
3) still I rise
4) the story of an hour
5) an unknown girl
6) night
7) the bright lights of sarajevo
8) disabled
9) the necklace
10) whistle and ill come to you
hope this is helpful for june 2023 igsce edexcel 4EA1
Hi there, does anyone know what would come up at q5 on both papers for english language edxcel gcse. I would helpful because this to are 40 mark question.
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Original post by Hollyatoui3
Hi there, does anyone know what would come up at q5 on both papers for english language edxcel gcse. I would helpful because this to are 40 mark question.

we are doing igcse not gcse
Reply 14
What do u guys do to revise texts and understand them better?
Reply 15
Original post by prenzguy
What do u guys do to revise texts and understand them better?


I made revision sheets/ summaries with different points and quotations as well as the purpose of each text
Reply 16
Original post by CatalinaIK
I made revision sheets/ summaries with different points and quotations as well as the purpose of each text


Thank you.
Reply 17
Original post by shriya sunil
we were given predictions from school for both paper 1 and 2
paper1
from high chances to low chances
1) A passage to Africa
2) The danger of a single story
3) explorers or boys messing about? either way, taxpayer gets rescue bill
4) from beyond the sky and the earth; a journey to Bhutan
5) young and dyslexic? you've got it going on
6) from the explorers daughter
7) from between the rock and a hard place
8) from Chinese Cinderella
9)from H is for hawk
10) from a game of polo with a headless got
paper 2
1) out out
2) significant cigarettes
3) still I rise
4) the story of an hour
5) an unknown girl
6) night
7) the bright lights of sarajevo
8) disabled
9) the necklace
10) whistle and ill come to you
hope this is helpful for june 2023 igsce edexcel 4EA1



This is helpful
Are they based on the regional paper or UK paper? Thanks
Reply 18
Original post by CatalinaIK
I made revision sheets/ summaries with different points and quotations as well as the purpose of each text

Could you please share it with us?
Original post by shriya sunil
we were given predictions from school for both paper 1 and 2
paper1
from high chances to low chances
1) A passage to Africa
2) The danger of a single story
3) explorers or boys messing about? either way, taxpayer gets rescue bill
4) from beyond the sky and the earth; a journey to Bhutan
5) young and dyslexic? you've got it going on
6) from the explorers daughter
7) from between the rock and a hard place
8) from Chinese Cinderella
9)from H is for hawk
10) from a game of polo with a headless got
paper 2
1) out out
2) significant cigarettes
3) still I rise
4) the story of an hour
5) an unknown girl
6) night
7) the bright lights of sarajevo
8) disabled
9) the necklace
10) whistle and ill come to you
hope this is helpful for june 2023 igsce edexcel 4EA1


Does it mean the lower it is in the list, the lower the chance it will come out?

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