This question assesses your ability to:
identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas
select and synthesise evidence from different texts
It will ask you to read a section of text and choose four true statements related to a topic.
Suggested time: 4 minutes
Top tips:
Use the line references; try drawing a line to ensure you only look at the section of text you are asked to consider.
Select four pieces of information - not three, not five.
Read each statement carefully - not all of the statement may be correct.
Reference the text - don't work only form memory.
Don't spend too long on this question.
Q1: Read again the first part of Source A, from lines 1 to 13.
Choose four statements below which are TRUE.
A. People living in an old house were scared when they heard music at night.
B. The only clue to the mystery that Andrew Green found was mouse droppings.
C. The cause of the ‘music’ was mice chewing on the felt pads of the piano.
D. The writer is surprised when Andrew Green solved the mystery.
E. Most of Andrew Green’s ghost investigations are nothing to do with the supernatural.
F. Andrew Green lives in an old cottage next to a churchyard.
G. Four motorists claimed they saw a ghost and they were correct.
H. Families with very young children are most likely to experience poltergeists.
Choose four statements below which are TRUE.
A. People living in an old house were scared when they heard music at night.
B. The only clue to the mystery that Andrew Green found was mouse droppings.
C. The cause of the ‘music’ was mice chewing on the felt pads of the piano.
D. The writer is surprised when Andrew Green solved the mystery.
E. Most of Andrew Green’s ghost investigations are nothing to do with the supernatural.
F. Andrew Green lives in an old cottage next to a churchyard.
G. Four motorists claimed they saw a ghost and they were correct.
H. Families with very young children are most likely to experience poltergeists.
Sample question and answer taken from AQA Language Paper 2 June 2017