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A Level English Exam Questions by Topic

Practise A Level English one topic at a time with original AQA, Edexcel, National Curriculum and KS2 SATs-style questions. The 12 topic sets below contain 132 printable pages, with the mark scheme beside the questions so you can check the method before moving on.

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How to practise exam questions by topic

  1. Choose the topic that cost marks in classwork or a past paper. Try the questions without notes so the first attempt shows what the student can actually recall.
  2. Use the mark scheme to compare the method as well as the final answer. For written subjects, check that each credited point is stated clearly; for calculations, identify the first step that went wrong.
  3. Revisit the same topic after a gap, then mix it into a full paper. Topic practice repairs one weakness at a time, while a timed paper checks whether the method can still be recognised among other questions.
See the method: Language: Textual Variations

Text X is a formal email from a headteacher to parents announcing a new uniform policy; Text Y is an informal message between two parents reacting to the news. Compare how mode and purpose shape each text's register.

  1. Identify mode: both are written, but Text X is a formal, planned institutional email; Text Y is informal, unplanned digital messaging.
  2. Identify purpose: Text X aims to inform and instruct; Text Y aims to express reaction and maintain a social relationship (phatic talk).
  3. Compare lexis: Text X likely uses formal, institutional vocabulary; Text Y likely uses colloquialisms and emotive lexis.
  4. Compare grammar: Text X likely uses complete, complex sentences and formal phrasing such as 'parents are requested to'; Text Y likely uses ellipsis and minor sentences.
  5. Link findings to audience: the headteacher addresses parents as an institutional authority, while the parents address each other as social equals, explaining the contrasting registers.
1.1 Language: Textual Variations6p + answers · 139 marks · PDF
1.2 Language: Child Language Development5p + answers · 109 marks · PDF
1.9 Literature: Unseen Prose Analysis5p + answers · 140 marks · PDF
1.4 Literature: Prose Analysis5p + answers · 150 marks · PDF
1.5 Literature: Poetry Analysis4p + answers · 167 marks · PDF
1.6 Literature: Drama and Tragedy4p + answers · 175 marks · PDF
1.7 Literature: Comparative Essay4p + answers · 184 marks · PDF
1.8 Literature: Unseen6p + answers · 237 marks · PDF
1.12 Language: Language and Power7p + answers · 147 marks · PDF

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