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Reading skills (Section A)

Section A is worth 57.2% of the qualification across five reading objectives. Work through each masterclass - they include original practice extracts and model answers in the Pearson mark style.

Retrieval - RAO1 (4.3%)

Identify and retrieve explicit ideas and information precisely.

Inference - RAO2 (10%)

Deduce, infer and interpret beyond the literal.

Structure & organisation - RAO3 (8.6%)

Comment on how a text is built and the effect of its order.

Language - RAO4 (18.6%)

The biggest-weighted objective: word- and sentence-level analysis.

Purpose & viewpoint - RAO5 (15.7%)

Writers’ purposes, viewpoint and the overall effect on you.

Critical response

Interpret a text and select the best textual evidence.

Comparison

Link and contrast two non-fiction texts - the 6-mark question.

Grammar terminology

Name word and sentence classes precisely for the closed items.

Then drill the matching question types and sit a practice paper.

Qualification facts, assessment objectives and mark grids reproduced for educational guidance from the Pearson Edexcel International Award in Lower Secondary English Specification (Issue 2, November 2024, ISBN 978 1 446 95667 0) and the LEH11/01 October 2025 mark scheme. © Pearson Education Limited. The English Hub is not affiliated with or endorsed by Pearson. All practice texts on these pages are original works written by The English Hub and are not reproduced from any past paper.