GCSE 2016 Syllabus - Literary texts
Please use the navigation bar at the top of the page to access the exercises.
Foundation Tier
Strategies for answering literary text questions Prediction Anticipation Skim reading Scanning Evaluation Deduction and inference What can you tell about the text from the title, the exam rubric, any visuals, the layout, the punctuation? Read the English questions to add to your overall sense of what the text is about, and anticipate possible answers based on real world logic and probability. Read the whole text once through to add to your gist understanding. Don't stop when there are unfamiliar words. Don’t stress about understanding every word. Go back to the questions, one by one. Decide what information you need. Who? What? Where? When? Why? If the task is multiple choice, scan the text for those specific words. If not, scan for possible answers that fit, e.g. a person for 'Who?'. Keep the overall text and context in mind. Ensure that answers don't contradict each other (use in-text logic) and are not impossible or unlikely (use real world logic). In more challenging questions, the answers are not directly given but are built-up by piecing together hints from the text. Where the answer is not immediately clear, look at the sentence before and after the keyword to get more information.
Index Index
Strategies Strategies
Text 1 Text 1
  • Exercise 1 - English summary
  • Exercise 2 - Multiple choice
  • Exercise 3 - Text sequencer
  • Exercise 4 - Sentence & word translator
  • Exercise 5 - Find the French for ...
Text 2 Text 2
  • Exercise 1 - English summary
  • Exercise 2 - Multiple choice
  • Exercise 3 - Text sequencer
  • Exercise 4 - Sentence & word translator
  • Exercise 5 - Find the French for ...
Text 3 Text 3
  • Exercise 1 - English summary
  • Exercise 2 - Multiple choice
  • Exercise 3 - Text sequencer
  • Exercise 4 - Sentence & word translator
  • Exercise 5 - Find the French for ...
Please use a bigger screen to access the exercises.
GCSE 2016 Syllabus - Literary texts