english language paper 1 question 5 overview

english language paper 1 question 5

what is it?

paper 1 question 5 is a creative writing question - they give you both an image and a statement and you have to write the beginning of the story (usually) based on one of these.

how many marks?

40 - 24 marks for content and 16 marks for SPaG

what to include for each

picture: about 70% description with about 30% narrative (story)

statement: about 70% narrative with about 30% description

(this is only a reccommendation, it is a guide especially if…