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Gathering a range of evidence: English

June 2018 papers and mark schemes

AS

Paper 1A (AS): Question paper June 2018 (193.3 KB)
Paper 1A (AS): Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) June 2018 (525.0 KB)
Paper 1A (AS): Examiner report June 2018 (211.8 KB)
Paper 1A (AS): Mark scheme June 2018 (476.4 KB)
Paper 1B (AS): Question paper June 2018 (197.4 KB)
Paper 1B (AS): Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) June 2018 (155.7 KB)
Paper 1B (AS): Examiner report June 2018 (224.9 KB)
Paper 1B (AS): Mark scheme June 2018 (534.7 KB)
Paper 2A (AS): Question paper June 2018 (187.6 KB)
Paper 2A (AS): Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) June 2018 (512.2 KB)
Paper 2A (AS): Examiner report June 2018 (260.5 KB)
Paper 2A (AS): Mark scheme June 2018 (500.6 KB)
Paper 2B (AS): Question paper June 2018 (191.4 KB)
Paper 2B (AS): Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) June 2018 (517.8 KB)
Paper 2B (AS): Examiner report June 2018 (259.2 KB)
Paper 2B (AS): Mark scheme June 2018 (481.0 KB)

A-level

Component 3 (A-level): Examiner report June 2018 (547.0 KB)
Paper 1A (A-level): Question paper June 2018 (190.7 KB)
Paper 1A (A-level): Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) June 2018 (153.7 KB)
Paper 1A (A-level): Question paper (Modified A3 36pt) June 2018 (529.0 KB)
Paper 1A (A-level): Examiner report June 2018 (114.2 KB)
Paper 1A (A-level): Mark scheme June 2018 (467.3 KB)
Paper 1B (A-level): Question paper June 2018 (198.5 KB)
Paper 1B (A-level): Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) June 2018 (533.3 KB)
Paper 1B (A-level): Examiner report June 2018 (107.8 KB)
Paper 1B (A-level): Mark scheme June 2018 (536.8 KB)
Paper 2A (A-level): Question paper June 2018 (247.5 KB)
Paper 2A (A-level): Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) June 2018 (548.6 KB)
Paper 2A (A-level): Examiner report June 2018 (97.1 KB)
Paper 2A (A-level): Mark scheme June 2018 (705.1 KB)
Paper 2B (A-level): Question paper June 2018 (253.3 KB)
Paper 2B (A-level): Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) June 2018 (522.7 KB)
Paper 2B (A-level): Question paper (Modified A3 36pt) June 2018 (158.3 KB)
Paper 2B (A-level): Examiner report June 2018 (109.2 KB)
Paper 2B (A-level): Mark scheme June 2018 (674.1 KB)

June 2017 papers and mark schemes

AS

Paper 1A (AS): Question paper June 2017 (196.1 KB)
Paper 1A (AS): Examiner report June 2017 (165.6 KB)
Paper 1A (AS): Mark scheme June 2017 (187.5 KB)
Paper 1B (AS): Question paper June 2017 (214.3 KB)
Paper 1B (AS): Examiner report June 2017 (176.3 KB)
Paper 1B (AS): Mark scheme June 2017 (191.2 KB)
Paper 2A (AS): Question paper June 2017 (194.3 KB)
Paper 2A (AS): Examiner report June 2017 (261.6 KB)
Paper 2A (AS): Mark scheme June 2017 (190.9 KB)
Paper 2B (AS): Question paper June 2017 (213.0 KB)
Paper 2B (AS): Examiner report June 2017 (247.5 KB)
Paper 2B (AS): Mark scheme June 2017 (226.1 KB)

A-level

Component 3 (A-level): Examiner report June 2017 (194.1 KB)
Paper 1A (A-level): Question paper June 2017 (207.6 KB)
Paper 1A (A-level): Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) June 2017 (254.6 KB)
Paper 1A (A-level): Examiner report June 2017 (270.9 KB)
Paper 1A (A-level): Mark scheme June 2017 (257.2 KB)
Paper 1B (A-level): Question paper June 2017 (230.0 KB)
Paper 1B (A-level): Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) June 2017 (259.1 KB)
Paper 1B (A-level): Examiner report June 2017 (270.6 KB)
Paper 1B (A-level): Mark scheme June 2017 (266.7 KB)
Paper 2A (A-level): Question paper June 2017 (280.2 KB)
Paper 2A (A-level): Examiner report June 2017 (257.4 KB)
Paper 2A (A-level): Mark scheme June 2017 (314.7 KB)
Paper 2B (A-level): Question paper June 2017 (270.5 KB)
Paper 2B (A-level): Examiner report June 2017 (259.6 KB)
Paper 2B (A-level): Mark scheme June 2017 (282.1 KB)

June 2016 papers and mark schemes

AS

Paper 1A (AS): Question paper June 2016 (190.7 KB)
Paper 1A (AS): Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) June 2016 (138.7 KB)
Paper 1A (AS): Examiner report June 2016 (101.0 KB)
Paper 1A (AS): Mark scheme June 2016 (157.0 KB)
Paper 1B (AS): Question paper June 2016 (192.0 KB)
Paper 1B (AS): Examiner report June 2016 (96.8 KB)
Paper 1B (AS): Mark scheme June 2016 (149.7 KB)
Paper 2A (AS): Question paper June 2016 (210.3 KB)
Paper 2A (AS): Question paper (Modified A4 18pt) June 2016 (147.2 KB)
Paper 2A (AS): Examiner report June 2016 (127.9 KB)
Paper 2A (AS): Mark scheme June 2016 (170.6 KB)
Paper 2B (AS): Question paper June 2016 (190.0 KB)
Paper 2B (AS): Examiner report June 2016 (106.4 KB)
Paper 2B (AS): Mark scheme June 2016 (176.4 KB)

Specimen papers and mark schemes

A-level

Paper 1A (A-level): Specimen question paper (208.5 KB)
Paper 1A (A-level): Specimen mark scheme (461.9 KB)
Paper 1B (A-level): Specimen question paper (209.8 KB)
Paper 1B (A-level): Specimen mark scheme (417.6 KB)
Paper 2A (A-level): Specimen question paper (265.6 KB)
Paper 2A (A-level): Specimen mark scheme (630.9 KB)
Paper 2B (A-level): Specimen question paper (94.0 KB)
Paper 2B (A-level): Specimen mark scheme (549.7 KB)

Other assessment resources

A-level

2021 Assessment materials

Mapping grid (A-level) (59.2 KB)
Mapping grid (AS) (49.7 KB)
Questions (A-level): Aspects of Comedy: Exploring comedy (664.0 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of crime writing: Hamlet (482.9 KB)
Questions (A-level): Aspects of Tragedy: King Lear (1.2 MB)
Questions (A-level): Aspects of Comedy: Twelfth night (1.3 MB)
Questions (A-level): Aspects of Tragedy: Explore Tragedy (526.0 KB)
Questions (A-level): Aspects of Comedy: Taming of the shrew (1.0 MB)
Questions (A-level): Aspects of Tragedy: Othello (1.4 MB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of crime writing: Selected poems (576.2 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of crime writing: Exploring crime writing (529.7 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of crime writing: Oliver Twist (477.2 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of crime writing: McEwan (328.1 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of crime writing: Coleridge (490.6 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of crime writing: Christie (498.3 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of crime writing: Greene (482.5 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of crime writing: Atkinson (484.0 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing: Hard Times (535.7 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing: Ibsen/Meyer (489.4 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing: Blake (484.4 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing: Hosseini (485.4 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing: Atwood (482.6 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing: Crace (475.1 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of crime writing: Unseen text (525.4 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing: Henry iV (488.2 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing: Exploring political and social protest writing (614.3 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing: Harrison (479.8 KB)
Questions (A-level): Elements of Political and Social Protest Writing: Unseen text (859.4 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Comedy: Twelfth Night (1.0 MB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Tragedy: King Lear (950.7 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Tragedy: Poetry anthology (827.8 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Tragedy: Thomas Hardy selection (768.2 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Tragedy: John Keats selection (823.5 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Comedy: Taming of the Shrew (1.2 MB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Tragedy: The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald (594.5 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Tragedy: Death of a Salesman - Arthur Miller (595.8 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Tragedy: The Remains of the Day - Kazu Ishiguro (604.9 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Tragedy: Othello (1.1 MB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Comedy: Educating Rita - Willy Russell (472.3 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Comedy: Wise children - Angela Carter (470.4 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Comedy: Small Island - Andrea Levy (469.2 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Tragedy: Richard II (596.0 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Comedy: Emma - Jane Austen (591.4 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Comedy: Poetry anthology: comedy (772.6 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Tragedy: A Streetcar named Desire - Tennesse Williams (598.3 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Tragedy: Tess of the DUrbervilles -Thomas Hardy (591.4 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Comedy: The importance of being earnest - Oscar Wilde (603.7 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Comedy: Betjeman selection - John Betjeman (733.7 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Comedy: The Nuns Priests Tale - Geoffrey Chaucer (835.7 KB)
Questions (AS): Aspects of Comedy: She Stoops to Conquer - Goldsmith (466.0 KB)
Summer 2021 Grade descriptors

Assessment guidance

Guidance on creating a range of evidence (145.6 KB)

Forms

Centre declaration sheet 2022 (282.5 KB)
Centre declaration sheet 2021 (282.5 KB)