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AQA GCSE French past papers

37 AQA GCSE French papers from 2020 to 2025, 37 with a mark scheme and 25 with an examiners' report. Every link opens the document on AQA's own website; we list them in one place and show which topics each series tested.

Which topics come up most

The topics that have carried the most marks across the AQA GCSE French papers we have tagged question by question. Topics with a revision guide link to it.

Topic	Questions	Marks	Papers
Free-time activities: Writing	4	176	4 of 11
Identity and relationships with others: Writing	4	112	3 of 11
My Studies and Life at School or College	2	80	2 of 11
Theme 1.1: Identity and Relationships With Others - Listening Comprehension	13	54	3 of 11
Theme 1.3: Jobs, Part-Time Work and Career Ambitions	6	44	3 of 11
Poverty, Homelessness and Charity Work	5	38	3 of 11
Theme 3.1: Travel and Tourism - Listening Comprehension	3	37	1 of 11
Theme 1.3: School Life, Subjects and Daily Routine	4	34	3 of 11
Free-time activities: Translation (both directions)	3	34	3 of 11
Education and work: Translation (both directions)	3	32	3 of 11
Theme 3.3: The Environment and Where People Live - Listening Comprehension	2	31	2 of 11
Free-time activities: Reading comprehension	7	30	3 of 11
Identity and relationships with others: Reading comprehension	1	27	1 of 11
Theme 2.1: Free-Time Activities - Listening Comprehension	8	16	3 of 11
Healthy living and lifestyle: Writing	1	16	1 of 11

Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 11 papers. A question that tests two topics counts towards both, so the marks column ranks topics rather than adding up to a paper total. Showing the top 15 of 24 topics.

All AQA GCSE French papers by year

June 2025

Paper	Tier	Official documents (AQA)
Paper LF: Listening	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper LH: Listening	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper RF: Reading	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper RH: Reading	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper WF: Writing	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper WH: Writing	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report

June 2024

Paper	Tier	Official documents (AQA)
Paper LF: Listening	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper LH: Listening	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper RF: Reading	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper RH: Reading	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper SF: Speaking (Modified paper)	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper WF: Writing	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper WH: Writing	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report

June 2023

Paper	Tier	Official documents (AQA)
Paper LF: Listening	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper LH: Listening	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper RF: Reading	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper RHR	-	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper WF: Writing	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper WH: Writing	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report

June 2022

Paper	Tier	Official documents (AQA)
Paper LF: Listening	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper LH: Listening	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper RF: Reading	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper RH: Reading	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper WF: Writing	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report
Paper WH: Writing	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme Examiners' report

November 2021

Paper	Tier	Official documents (AQA)
Paper 1: Listening	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme
Paper 1: Listening	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme
Paper 3: Reading	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme
Paper 3: Reading	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme
Paper 4: Writing	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme
Paper 4: Writing	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme

November 2020

Paper	Tier	Official documents (AQA)
Paper 1: Listening	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme
Paper 1: Listening	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme
Paper 3: Reading	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme
Paper 3: Reading	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme
Paper 4: Writing	Foundation	Question paper Mark scheme
Paper 4: Writing	Higher	Question paper Mark scheme

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