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A Level English Worksheets

Choose from 12 A Level English worksheet packs, covering 132 printable pages. This view is for finding a focused sheet to print: each PDF keeps one topic together and ends with its own full mark scheme.

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  1. Pick one skill that matches the lesson or the gap you have found. Open the pack page first if you want to check the level and length before using paper.
  2. Print the PDF and set a clear stopping point. A single focused A Level English sheet usually gives better evidence than a long mixed booklet when you are checking whether one method is secure.
  3. Mark it with the scheme at the back. Keep the questions that were missed, write down the reason, then return to that skill with a new pack instead of repeating answers the student already knows.
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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