Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

Explore the ways in which Afolabi portrays the marriage of Mr and Mrs Mahmood in Mrs Mahmood.

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

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

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it: Funeral Blues Stop al...

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. How does Adcock make The Telephone Call such an intriguing poem? The Telephone Call...

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. In what ways does Wotton strikingly convey his thoughts and feelings in The Characte...

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. In what ways does Hughes make the bird so powerful in Hawk Roosting? Hawk Roosting ...

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage, and then answer the question that follows it: Papa himself would...

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Explore the ways in which Adichie strikingly contrasts Eugene and Aunty Ifeoma.

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Explore how Dickens memorably portrays the marriage of Joe Gargery and Pip's sister ...

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. 'At times the narrator seems to lose all hope of being happy at Manderley.' In what...

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Explore the ways in which Lahiri memorably conveys the significance of shared meals ...

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. How does Lindsay make Dora and Reg Lumley such unlikeable characters?

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. To what extent does Martel persuade you that Pi is able to control Richard Parker? ...

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Explore the ways in which Wells memorably portrays the narrator.

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read the following extract from The Widow's Might (by Charlotte Perkins Gilman), and...

Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Explore the ways in which Hughes vividly portrays the boy thief (Roger) in Thank You...

Or How does Gunn vividly portray the speaker's intense feelings towards his body and mind in The Man with Night Sweats? The Man with Night Sweats I...

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

Or How does Dharker vividly convey the speaker's thoughts and feelings in These are the Times We Live in? These are the Times We Live in You hand o...

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

Or Explore the ways in which Hughes uses words and images to striking effect in Wind. Wind This house has been far out at sea all night, Content re...

Or Explore the ways in which Achebe memorably portrays Obierika's friendship with Okonkwo.

ANITA DESAI: Fire on the Mountain Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage, and then answer the question tha...

Or How does Desai memorably depict Nanda Kaul's life before her husband dies?

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

Or How does Dickens create such memorable impressions of Biddy?

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

Or 'The relationship between the narrator and Maxim changes after the discovery of Rebecca's body.' How does du Maurier vividly portray this?

HARPER LEE: To Kill a Mockingbird Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage, and then answer the question tha...

Or How does Lee vividly depict Scout's early days at school?

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

Or 18 In what ways does Lindsay use letters to make such a striking impact in the novel?

H G WELLS: The War of the Worlds Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage, and then answer the question that...

Or In what ways does Wells powerfully depict the destruction of the Martians at the end of the novel?

from STORIES OF OURSELVES VOLUME 2 Remember to support your ideas with details from the writing. Read this passage from The Man Who Walked on the M...

Or Explore how Olive Schreiner portrays the narrator's feelings about the other girl in The Woman's Rose.

Read the extract below from 'Of Mice and Men' by John Steinbeck. Then answer Question 1. Extract: George stared at the water. The sun was setting,...

Compare how Moniza Alvi in 'Presents from My Aunts in Pakistan' and John Agard in 'Half-caste' present feelings of cultural identity.

Explore how J.B. Priestley uses the character of Mr Birling to present his ideas about social responsibility.

Answer EITHER Question 3 OR Question 4.

Compare the ways poets present the destructive power of nature in two poems from the *Pearson Edexcel International GCSE English Literature Antholo...

Answer ONE question from this section. For your chosen question, write about one of your studied Modern Drama or Prose texts. THE WOMAN IN BLACK –...

Answer ONE question from this section. For your chosen question, write about one of your studied Literary Heritage Prose or Drama texts. GREAT EXP...

Answer ONE question from this section. For your chosen question, write about one of your studied Literary Heritage Prose or Drama texts. JEKYLL AN...

Answer ONE question from this section. For your chosen question, write about one of your studied Literary Heritage Prose or Drama texts. ROMEO AND...

Answer ONE question from this section. For your chosen question, write about one of your studied Literary Heritage Prose or Drama texts. A CHRISTM...

SECTION C: POETRY Answer Question 5. Compare the ways poets present ideas about loss and memory in 'Poppies' (Jane Weir) and in one other poem fro...

How does Priestley use the character of Sheila to convey his message about social responsibility?

In 'Jane Eyre', how far does Brontë present Jane as an independent woman? Remember to support your answer with details from the novel.