OCR GCSE English Language Paper 1 - Friday, May 23, 2025 [Exam Chat]

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OCR GCSE English Language Paper 1: Communicating information and ideas (J351/01) - 23 May 2025 [Exam Chat]
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Date/Time: 23 May 2025 AM
Length: 2h
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Reply 1

dingy-euphemism

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first

Reply 2

StrawberryDreams

TSR Community Staff

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How did it go, everyone? :smile:

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by dingy-euphemism

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Reply 3

dingy-euphemism

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Prettty mid apart from q4 which made no sense. I am so cooked 😭😭😭

Reply 4

dingy-euphemism

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This exam board is so unknown that no one else is gonna reply 💀💀💀

Reply 5

ToniTh3

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by dingy-euphemism

Prettty mid apart from q4 which made no sense. I am so cooked 😭😭😭

Ik what even was question 4😭 there was barely anything for text 2 being suprising

Reply 6

80/80 IN ECON

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Did you write more for the 18 marker than the transactional writing? Like I spent 34 minutes on transactional and wasn't sure what else to add so ended up writing more for the 18 marker (3 pages) in 39 minutes compared to 2 pages plus those lines under the question for non-fic.

Reply 7

Reebaoliver

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Original post

by 80/80 IN ECON

Did you write more for the 18 marker than the transactional writing? Like I spent 34 minutes on transactional and wasn't sure what else to add so ended up writing more for the 18 marker (3 pages) in 39 minutes compared to 2 pages plus those lines under the question for non-fic.

What did you pick up from text 2 for question 4? There was no surprise?

Reply 8

80/80 IN ECON

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by Reebaoliver

What did you pick up from text 2 for question 4? There was no surprise?

the bullies force her to stay in the library during recess which ironically contributes to her reading

Reply 9

80/80 IN ECON

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by 80/80 IN ECON

Did you write more for the 18 marker than the transactional writing? Like I spent 34 minutes on transactional and wasn't sure what else to add so ended up writing more for the 18 marker (3 pages) in 39 minutes compared to 2 pages plus those lines under the question for non-fic.

I mean would 2 and a bit pages be seen as too less? (Normal size handwritng) and how harshly penalized would you be if you didn't include any rhetorical questions and more 'advanced' punctuation like semi-colons