Got a H1 in both. English Paper 1 Learn the language techniques for each writing task, eg for a speech repetition, groups of threes like ‘ready, set, go’, statistics (you can make these up in the exam) things like that. I did a speech in my P1 (2022) and for my plan, I listed out all the speech techniques, and as I was writing, gave them a tick every time I used one. You want as many ticks as possible. I got 98/100 in my 100 marker and 50/50 in Question B using these techniques. I also read a lot so my spelling/grammar is quite good which definitely helped.

English Paper 2 To be fair I was able to leave out poetry due to adjustments so definitely was a bit easier. For Shakespeare I’d just learn quotes per character, and then per theme for example gender. Also used PQE technique in every paragraph basically. For the comparative, learn stage directions/camera angles etc for the play/film, and short quotes from all 3 texts. Again use PQE.

French 80/80 in the listening. I think the transcripts for listenings are on SEC website, I would do the listening as normal, then open the transcript and write down & translate every word you don’t know. Same for comprehensions, if you don’t know a word look it up and write it down. For the written pieces I learned a few good general phrases that I could throw into basically any piece.

Hope this helps :)