AQA English Language Paper 1

Question 5: 10 Practice Questions

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

Either: Write a description of a busy street scene as suggested by this

picture

Or: Write the opening of a story that begins ‘As the cars and bikes jostled

for space, the danger became apparent…’

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

Either: Write a description of a beach as suggested by this picture

Or: Write the opening of a story that begins ‘We didn’t know there was

something in the water that day…’

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

Either: Write a description of a train station as suggested by this

picture

Or: Write the opening of a story that begins ‘When he left that day,

I did not know I would not see him again for five years…’

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

Either: Write a description of a hot air balloon flight as suggested by

this picture

Or: Write the opening of a story that begins ‘As we ascended into the

sky that warm, summer evening, I did not consider the danger…’

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

Either: Write a description of a harbour as suggested by this scene

Or: Write the opening of a story that begins ‘I decided it was time to

go out on my boat for the first time since the accident…’

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

Either: Write a description of a street fruit-seller as suggested by this

scene

Or: Write the opening of a story that begins ‘Despite the woman’s poverty,

she taught me so much that morning about life…’

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

Either: Write a description of a countryside setting as suggested by this picture

Or: Write the opening of a story that begins ‘After living here for three

months, I realised I was not cut out for life in the country after all…’

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

Either: Write a description of a hospital setting as suggested by this picture

Or: Write the opening of a story that begins ‘The doctor’s first day on the job

at the new hospital was certainly going to be challenging…’

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

Either: Write a description of a fairground as suggested by this picture

Or: Write the opening of a story that begins ‘The noise and bustle of the crowd did

not distract the detective from the task to find the fairground killer…’

Section B: Writing

You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on this section.

Write in full sentences.

You are reminded of the need to plan your answer.

You should leave enough time to check your work at the end.

Either: Write a description of a trek through the snow as suggested by this picture

Or: Write the opening of a story that begins ‘As dawn broke across the snow-filled

landscape, we faced the most gruelling trek of our lives…’