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1.2 Section B (20%) - Prose Writing

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Question 118

The cake that nearly wasn’t

In this question you will be assessed for the quality of your creative prose writing skills. 24 marks are awarded for communication and organisation; 16 marks are awarded for vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation.

You should aim to write about 450 to 600 words.

Write a story about making a birthday cake that does not go to plan. You may use these prompts to help you organise your story:

  • Who is making the cake, and for whom?
  • What goes wrong?
  • What do the characters try?
  • How do they solve the problem?
  • How does the story end?

Your story must end with these words:

…and we carried it carefully to the table.

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1.2 Section B (20%) - Prose Writing Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Language
  3. /1.2 Section B (20%) - Prose Writing

171 exam-style questions on Eduqas GCSE English Language 1.2 Section B (20%) - Prose Writing, covering 1.2.3 Required form: narrative / recount. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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