English Non-fiction
Foundation exam
paper
What you’ll be asked to do
What will you see?
O 3 sources you will write about
O 5 questions on the sources for section A –
the reading section
O 2 questions (6 and 7) for section B – the
writing section
O Spend 1 hour 15 minutes on section A
O Spend 1 hour on section B
Question one
O Find four pieces of information from source
1 about a particular subject
Question one
Question two
O Find four pieces of information from source
1 that show something in particular
Question two
Question three
O Read source 2, pick out language features
and explain how they do a particular thing
(such as persuade) – Use PEE
Question three
Question four
O Read source 3, pick out language features
and explain how they do a particular thing
(such as persuade and inform) – Use PEE
Question four
Question five
O Choose two of the sources to write on
O Write about the way the sources are
presented
O Compare how they look – are they similar or
different
Question five
Question 6
O Spend 25 minutes on this section
O You will have to either inform, explain or
describe
O You will have to write a particular text – it
could be a letter, speech, article or
something else
Question 7
O Spend 35 minutes on this section
O You will have to persuade, argue or advise
O You will have to write a particular text – it
could be a letter, speech, article or
something else