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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9–1)
Thursday 6 June 2024
Morning (Time: 1 hour 30 minutes) Paper
reference 4EA1/02R
English Language A 🞍 🞍
PAPER 2: Poetry and Prose Texts and
Imaginative Writing
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Pearson Edexcel International GCSE (9–1) English Language A PAPER 2: Poetry
and Prose Texts and Imaginative Writing QP JUNE 2024
Instructions
•• Fill
Use black ink or ball-point pen.
in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
•• Answer ONE question from each section.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 60.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
• Quality of written communication, including vocabulary, spelling, punctuation and
grammar, will be taken into account in your response to Section B.
• Copies of the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Anthology may not be
brought into the examination.
• Dictionaries may not be used in this examination.
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
•• Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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, SECTION A
Reading
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Answer the question in this section.
You should spend about 45 minutes on this section.
Begin your answer on page 4.
Remind yourself of Still I Rise, taken from the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE
English Anthology.
Still I Rise
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells
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Pumping in my living room.
Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I’ll rise.
Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops,
Weakened by my soulful cries.
Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don’t you take it awful hard
‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines
Diggin’ in my own backyard.
You may shoot me with your words,
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You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I’ve got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?
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