Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 Paper 1 2025 Qp

Get the official Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 Paper 1: Non-Fiction Texts question paper for the Summer 2025 examination series (1EN2/01). This examiner-issued PDF contains the complete Reading and Writing examination paper, including evaluation questions, language-analysis tasks, comparison responses, and transactional-writing prompts used in the live May 2025 examination.

This May 2025 Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 Paper 1 question paper includes two historical non-fiction texts focused on young people’s behaviour and social attitudes. Text 1, “Good Manners”, is adapted from an 1885 newspaper article about behaviour at home, while Text 2, “The Manners of Young People”, is adapted from an 1897 newspaper letter discussing youth behaviour, social conditions, and the need for better facilities and education.

The paper tests reading-analysis skills through evaluation, inference, language analysis, and critical-response questions, alongside transactional-writing tasks requiring students to write either a blog titled “How to behave” or a newspaper article titled “More needs to be done”. Pair it with the matching Edexcel GCSE English Language 1EN2/01 May 2025 mark scheme on markscheme.net for complete examiner-standard revision and self-assessment. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, fully mobile optimised, and instantly downloadable from markscheme.net.

This document is designed for GCSE English Language students preparing for the 2026 Edexcel examination series, including Year 10 and Year 11 learners, resit candidates targeting grades 7–9, home-educated students, and international learners following the Pearson Edexcel English Language 2.0 specification. It is especially valuable for students practising non-fiction analysis, evaluative responses, language-analysis techniques, and transactional writing under timed examination conditions.

Teachers, tutors, intervention providers, revision-course organisers, and parents can use this official paper for timed mock examinations, classroom assessment, retrieval practice, examiner-technique modelling, and structured revision activities aligned to the Edexcel GCSE English Language 2.0 specification.