Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

R C SHERRIFF: Journey's End Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. How far does Sherriff portray Trotter as an amusing chara...

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Romeo and Juliet Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer th...

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer the q...

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Explore the ways in which Shakespeare strikingly p...

SECTION A: POETRY SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1: from Part 3 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this poem, and then a...

SECTION A: POETRY SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2: from Part 4 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 3 Read this poem, a...

SECTION A: POETRY CAROL ANN DUFFY: from New Selected Poems Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 5 Read this poem, a...

SECTION B: PROSE CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE: Purple Hibiscus Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 7 Read this passage...

SECTION B: PROSE CHARLOTTE BRONTË: Jane Eyre Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 9 Read this passage, and then ans...

SECTION B: PROSE ZORA NEALE HURSTON: Their Eyes Were Watching God Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 11 Read this...

SECTION B: PROSE HENRY JAMES: Washington Square Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 13 Read this passage, and then...

SECTION B: PROSE JHUMPA LAHIRI: The Namesake Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 15 Read this passage, and then an...

SECTION B: PROSE YANN MARTEL: Life of Pi Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 17 Read this passage, and then answer...

SECTION B: PROSE GEORGE ORWELL: 1984 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 19 Read this passage, and then answer the...

SECTION B: PROSE GEORGE ORWELL: 1984 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Or

SECTION B: PROSE from Stories of Ourselves Volume 2 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 21 Read this passage from ...

LYNN NOTTAGE: Crumbs from the Table of Joy Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then ans...

In what ways does Nottage's portrayal of Gerte create such a powerful impact in the play?

How does Miller make the relationship between Abigail Williams and John Proctor so disturbing?

Explore how Sherriff powerfully portrays the friendship between Stanhope and Osborne.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer the ...

In what ways does Shakespeare make Feste such a fascinating character?

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Othello Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage carefully, and then answer the questi...

How does Shakespeare's portrayal of Cassio contribute to the dramatic impact of the play?

SECTION A: POETRY Answer one question from this section. SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 1: from Part 4 Remember to support your ideas with details from ...

Or 2 How does Cheng create such disturbing impressions of the city in The Planners? The Planners They plan. They build. All spaces are gridded, f...

SONGS OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2: from Part 4 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 3 Read this poem, and then answer the...

Or 4 How does Fairburn make Rhyme of the Dead Self such a memorable poem? Rhyme of the Dead Self Tonight I have taken all that I was and strangle...

TED HUGHES: from New Selected Poems Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 5 Read this poem, and then answer the ques...

Or 6 How does Hughes powerfully depict his early morning walk in The Horses? The Horses I climbed through woods in the hour-before-dawn dark. Co...

SECTION B: PROSE Answer one question from this section. CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE: Purple Hibiscus Remember to support your ideas with details from ...

Or 8 Explore the ways in which Adichie vividly depicts Kambili's school days.

CHARLES DICKENS: Great Expectations Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 9 Read this passage, and then answer the q...

Or 10 How far does Dickens make you feel sympathy for Magwitch?

DAPHNE DU MAURIER: Rebecca Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 11 Read this passage, and then answer the question ...

Or 12 Explore the ways in which du Maurier memorably portrays Frank Crawley.

HENRY JAMES: Washington Square Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 13 Read this passage, and then answer the quest...

Or 14 To what extent does James make it possible for you to admire Dr Sloper?

JHUMPA LAHIRI: The Namesake Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 15 Read this passage, and then answer the question...

Or 16 How does Lahiri create such memorable impressions of Ashoke's life?

JOAN LINDSAY: Picnic at Hanging Rock Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 17 Read this passage, and then answer the...

Or 18 How does Lindsay's portrayal of Sara Waybourne's suffering contribute to the power of the novel?

YANN MARTEL: Life of Pi Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 19 Read this passage, and then answer the question tha...

Or 20 Explore the ways in which Martel vividly depicts Pi's extreme suffering during his time at sea.

from STORIES OF OURSELVES Volume 2 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Either 21 Read this passage from A Thousand Years ...

Or 22 Explore the ways in which Hughes creates vivid impressions of Mrs Jones in Thank You M'am.

LYNN NOTTAGE: Crumbs from the Table of Joy Remember to support your ideas with details from the text.

R C SHERRIFF: Journey's End Remember to support your ideas with details from the text.

WOLE SOYINKA: Death and the King's Horseman Remember to support your ideas with details from the text.

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Twelfth Night Remember to support your ideas with details from the text.