Cambridge &amp; Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

You are Mrs Patton. Arun has just left to go back to the dorm. Write your thoughts.

Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: At this everyone nodded their heads. Content removed due to copyright restrictio...

How do you think Desai makes Sampath so likeable even though he is so useless and lazy? Support your ideas with details from the writing.

You are Pinky. You have just heard about Sampath's behaviour at the wedding party. Write your thoughts.

Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: When Marner's sensibility returned, he continued the action which had been arrest...

'I don't pretend to be a good fellow but I'm not a scoundrel.' How far does Eliot make you agree with Godfrey's opinion of himself? Support your i...

You are Dolly. You are on your way home after your first visit to Silas with Aaron and the lard-cakes. Write your thoughts.

Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Kingshaw stood on the gate for a long time, looking up the ploughed field ahead. ...

How do you think Warings contributes to the power of the novel? Support your ideas with details from Hill's writing.

You are Hooper after your first encounter with Kingshaw. Write your thoughts.

Read this extract from Sandpiper (by Ahdaf Soueif), and then answer the question that follows it: Yes, I am sick – but not just for home. I am sic...

Explore how the writers make the endings of Her First Ball (by Katherine Mansfield) and At Hiruhamara (by Penelope Fitzgerald) so effective for you.

You are Muni in A Horse and Two Goats. You are on your way home to tell your wife that you have sold your goats to the American. Write your thoughts.

Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Chris: I know all about the world. I know the whole crap story. Content removed ...

The setting of Miller's play is 'the back yard of the Keller home in the outskirts of an American town'.

You are Kate Keller. You have just heard that Ann Deever is coming to visit.

Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Casca: You pull'd me by the cloak. Would you speak with me? Brutus: Ay, Casca; te...

How does Shakespeare make Calphurnia and Portia so significant in the play? Support your ideas with details from the play.

You are Brutus in your tent the night before the battle at Philippi. You have seen Caesar's Ghost.

Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Ferdinand: O, if a virgin, And your affection not gone forth, I'll make you The Q...

How does Shakespeare make Sebastian and Antonio such memorable villains? Support your ideas with details from the play.

You are Stephano. Caliban has just suggested the plot to overthrow Prospero.

Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Jack: How can you sit there, calmly eating muffins when we are in this horrible t...

Explore the ways in which Wilde makes Cecily such an amusing character. Support your ideas with details from the writing.

You are Miss Prism. You are returning from the vestry where you have been waiting for Dr. Chasuble. You are on your way to the room where everyone ...

Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it: The Going Why did you give no hint that night That quickly after the morrow's dawn,...

Explore the ways in which Hardy memorably conveys feelings about the passage of time in In Time of 'The Breaking of Nations'.

How does Hardy powerfully convey feelings about growing old in either ‘I Look into My Glass' or During Wind and Rain?

Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it: A Birthday My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a watered shoot; My hea...

Explore the ways in which Judith Wright conveys her admiration of the snake in Hunting Snake.

How do the poets communicate a vivid sense of the past to you in both Horses (by Edwin Muir) and The Planners (by Boey Kim Cheng)?

Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Seeing my father cry, seeing my mother moan and rock in Maiguru's arms, hearing N...

Which of the male characters in the book do you find most admirable? Support your answer with details from Dangarembga's writing.

You are Tambu's mother. Babamukuru has just driven you back to your home after the birth of your son Dambudzo.

Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: There followed an embarrassing scene, but it did not have to do with the shade: ...

'Useless parents.' Do you think this is a fair comment about MamaPapa? Support your ideas with details from Desai's writing.

You are Uma. You have just said goodbye to Aruna and her children Aisha and Dinesh after their visit.

Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: In desperation, the family called upon Dr Banerjee from the clinic in the bazaar,...

Explore the ways in which Desai makes fun of Mr. Chawla. Support your ideas with details from the novel.

You are Sampath. Your father has just attempted and failed to introduce you to the girl he wants you to marry.

Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: The Squire had laid down his knife and fork, and was staring at his son in amazem...

How does Eliot make Dolly Winthrop so memorable for you? Support your ideas with details from the novel.

You are Nancy Cass. You are on your way to see Silas about adopting Eppie.

Read this extract, and then answer the question that follows it: Kingshaw leaped up, maddened by Hooper's voice, going on and on. He stood over hi...

How does Hill make Hooper such a terrifying figure in the novel? Support your ideas with details from the writing.

You are Fielding on the evening after you have shown Hooper the farm.

Read this extract from My Greatest Ambition (by Morris Lurie), and then answer the question that follows it: Now let me properly introduce my fath...

What makes The Rain Horse (by Ted Hughes) so shocking? Support your ideas with details from the writing.