Question 1: True Statements Flashcards
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How many marks is Paper 2 Question 1 worth, and which assessment objective does it test?
4 marks, testing AO1: identifying and interpreting explicit and implicit information. Spend about 5 minutes on it, so you have time for the 8, 12 and 16-mark questions that follow.
What exactly does Paper 2 Question 1 ask you to do?
You re-read a set of lines from the start of Source A, then choose four statements which are true from a list of eight (A–H) by shading their boxes. Exactly four are true and four are false.
What happens if you choose more than four statements in Paper 2 Question 1?
Your mark is automatically reduced, even if all four true statements are among them. Never choose a fifth "just in case": choose exactly four.
In Paper 2 Question 1, can a statement be true because of something the writer only implies?
Yes. Q1 tests implicit as well as explicit information, so a statement like "the writer was excited about starting school" can be true if the lines clearly suggest it, even though the word excited never appears.
Where must you look to decide whether a Paper 2 Question 1 statement is true?
Only in the lines the question gives you. Ignore the rest of the source and the introduction above it. Something that becomes true later in the source doesn't count.
What is the most common way students lose marks on Paper 2 Question 1?
Misreading the exact wording of a statement. False statements are often nearly right: the wrong person, the wrong number, or a small word like only, all, never or both that the text doesn't support.
Text: "Most of the guests had gone home by midnight." Statement: "All of the guests had gone home by midnight." True or false?
False. Most is not all: some guests could still be there. One changed word is enough to make a statement false, so check every word against the text.
Text: "I had been dreading the interview for weeks." Statement: "The writer was nervous about the interview." True or false?
True. The text doesn't say nervous, but dreading clearly implies it. That makes it a true implicit statement.
What is a good method for Paper 2 Question 1?
Read the given lines first. Then take each statement in turn, find the part of the text it refers to (they are in text order) and mark it T or F next to the letter. Mark your answers only when you have exactly four Ts.
In Paper 2 Question 1, what should you do if you change your mind about an answer?
Follow the instructions on the front of the paper so your final four answers are clear. From summer 2027 AQA uses tick boxes for all multiple-choice questions, so the method for changing an answer may differ from older papers. Then check you still have exactly four.