Which of the following does NOT correctly embed a quote?

'A fur, a rat-grey fungus' grows on the berries, devouring them as a pest would

Despite 'a fur, a rat-grey fungus' devouring the berries each year, the boy never stopped his hoarding

Describing a mould as 'a fur, a rat-grey fungus' makes the reader imagine it as a pest, like a rat

The poet writes 'a fur, a rat-grey fungus' meaning mould

Which of the following correctly embeds a quote from Seamus Heaney's poem, 'Blackberry-Picking'?

The hoarded blackberries rot, 'a fur, a rat-grey fungus' spoiling them and causing disappointment

A fur, a rat-grey fungus spoils the berries, disappointing the narrator yearly in his youth

Every year, the narrator was disappointed by the fungus which grew on his hoarded berries

The narrator expresses his sense of disappointment: 'a fur, a rat-grey fungus'

Which of the following uses evidence from the text by paraphrasing?

'The new sense, the possible': this refers to lying

The narrator views the boy's first awareness of lying as an awakening to 'the new sense, the possible'

The narrator watches as a new world opens up to the boy: 'the new sense, the possible'

The boy learns about the opportunities available to him when lies become possible

Which of the following correctly embeds a quote?

'Tinkles like ice in glasses': this repeats an 's' sound, reinforcing the crisp, frosty imagery

The repetition of the 's' sound in 'tinkles like ice in glasses' reinforces the crisp, frosty imagery

The crisp, frosty imagery is reinforced by the 's' sound in tinkles like ice in glasses

The repetition of the 's' sound in the first line reinforces the crisp, frosty imagery

Which of the following correctly embeds a quote from Shenagh Pugh's poem, 'The Beautiful Lie'?

'The new sense, the possible': this refers to lying

The narrator views the boy's first awareness of lying as an awakening to 'the new sense, the possible'

The narrator watches as a new world opens up to the boy: 'the new sense, the possible'

The boy learns about the opportunities available to him when lies become possible

When writing an essay, in addition to providing quotes from the text, you should also...

tell the examiner when you read the text

make a point of your own and explain how the quote supports your point

write several paragraphs about how the text makes you feel

'I met a traveller from an antique land / Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone / Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, / Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, / And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, / Tell that its sculptor well those passions read' - From Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem, 'Ozymandias'. Which of the following does NOT use quotation marks correctly?

Although the statue's face has been destroyed, his 'frown' and 'sneer' survive intact

Ozymandias's 'sneer of cold command' is one of the few surviving features of his 'shattered visage'

Ozymandias surveys his lost kingdom with a 'sneer' of cold command

Despite his 'shattered visage', Ozymandias's 'frown' and 'sneer of cold command' survive

Which of the following correctly introduces a quote from Norman MacCaig's poem, 'November Night, Edinburgh'?

In his first line, MacCaig evokes a sense of celebration. 'The night tinkles like ice in glasses'

The night tinkles likes ice in glasses: in this line, MacCaig evokes a sense of celebration

In his first line, MacCaig evokes a sense of celebration: 'The night tinkles like ice in glasses'

In his first line, the night tinkles like ice in glasses, MacCaig evokes a sense of celebration

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GCSE English Using Evidence from the Text Quiz

Practise using quotes and textual evidence in your essays with this GCSE English quiz. Perfect your technique and strengthen your arguments.

Written by Rebecca HughesReviewed by Dr. Emma ClarkeUpdated 17 Mar 2026

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Topic: Using Evidence From The Text

Questions: 10

Duration: 10 min

Difficulty: ★★ Medium

Focus: applying Using Evidence From The Text with consistent method and answer precision.

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Practise using quotes and textual evidence in your essays with this GCSE English quiz. Perfect your technique and strengthen your arguments.

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