Edexcel English Level 2 Practice paper 8 – Reading

Your friend wants to know what schemes are available to support young people starting a business.

Using Text A, identify two schemes available to support young people starting a business.

Which word best describes the style of Text A?

Which two of these quotations from Text A are examples of informal language?

You have been asked to add subheadings to each paragraph in Text A.

Number each subheading from 1 to 5 to show which best matches each paragraph.

Two have been done for you.

What does this quotation from Text B suggest about starting a business?

‘Ahead of the game’

What does this quotation from Text B suggest about starting a business?

‘Don’t cut corners’

Text B includes both facts and opinions.

Which one of these statements is an opinion?

According to Text B, where can you find information about local networking events?

Which organisational feature is used in Text B to present this information?

Using Text B, identify two reasons young people are anxious about starting their own business.

Using Text B, identify two ways banks can help young people starting their own business.

Using Text C, give two quotations that suggest family can help when you start up a business.

Using Text C, identify two language features used to describe people’s experience of starting a business.

Give an example to support each answer.

Which one of these quotations from Text C conveys a positive view about starting a business?

You may use a dictionary to answer this question.

‘The average age is declining’

Give one word or phrase to replace ‘declining’ that keeps the meaning of this quotation from Text A the same.

You may use a dictionary to answer this question.

‘Initially it flourished’

Give one word or phrase to replace ‘flourished’ that keeps the meaning of this quotation from Text C the same.

Compare similar ideas from Text A and Text C about the benefits of starting your own business.

In your answer you should:

Give two similarities from these texts about the benefits of starting your own business

Compare similar ideas from Text A and Text C about the benefits of starting your own business.

In your answer you should:

Give one quotation from Text A and one quotation from Text C to support each similarity.

Which one of these statements about the language used in Text A and Text B is correct?

Your friend is interested in the personal qualities people need to start their own business.

Identify one piece of evidence from each of the three texts that shows the personal qualities people need to start a business.