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Eduqas GCSE English Literature past papers
19 Eduqas GCSE English Literature papers from 2017 to 2025, 18 with a mark scheme. Every link opens the document on Eduqas'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 Eduqas GCSE English Literature papers we have tagged question by question. Topics with a revision guide link to it.
| Topic | Questions | Marks | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Literature: Modern Prose Essay (themes only) | 39 | 2880 | 6 of 14 |
| Literature: Drama and Tragedy | 22 | 1520 | 9 of 14 |
| Literature: Lord of the Flies (William Golding) | 8 | 640 | 8 of 14 |
| Literature: The Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare) | 10 | 400 | 7 of 14 |
| Literature: Macbeth | 8 | 320 | 6 of 14 |
| Literature: Romeo and Juliet | 7 | 280 | 7 of 14 |
| Literature: An Inspector Calls (J.B. Priestley) | 4 | 160 | 4 of 14 |
| Literature: Prose Analysis | 4 | 160 | 1 of 14 |
| Literature: An Inspector Calls - Character Study in Depth | 2 | 80 | 2 of 14 |
| Literature: An Inspector Calls - Themes in Depth | 2 | 80 | 2 of 14 |
| Literature: Poetry Analysis | 2 | 80 | 2 of 14 |
| Literature: Poetry Comparison | 2 | 80 | 2 of 14 |
| Literature: Blood Brothers (Willy Russell) | 1 | 40 | 1 of 14 |
| Literature: Macbeth - Character Study in Depth | 1 | 40 | 1 of 14 |
| Literature: Power and Conflict Poetry Anthology | 1 | 40 | 1 of 14 |
Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 14 papers. A question that tests two topics counts towards both, so the marks column ranks topics rather than adding up to a paper total.
All Eduqas GCSE English Literature papers by year
Summer 2025
| Paper | Official documents (Eduqas) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Post-1914 Prose/Drama, 19th Century Prose and Unseen Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2024
| Paper | Official documents (Eduqas) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Post-1914 Prose/Drama, 19th Century Prose and Unseen Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2023
| Paper | Official documents (Eduqas) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Post-1914 Prose/Drama, 19th Century Prose and Unseen Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2022
| Paper | Official documents (Eduqas) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Post-1914 Prose/Drama | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 1: Shakespeare | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: 19th Century Prose | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Poetry Anthology | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Unseen Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
Autumn 2021
| Paper | Official documents (Eduqas) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry | Question paper |
Autumn 2020
| Paper | Official documents (Eduqas) |
|---|---|
| Component 2: Post-1914 Prose/Drama, 19th Century Prose and Unseen Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2019
| Paper | Official documents (Eduqas) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Post-1914 Prose/Drama, 19th Century Prose and Unseen Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2018
| Paper | Official documents (Eduqas) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Post-1914 Prose/Drama, 19th Century Prose and Unseen Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2017
| Paper | Official documents (Eduqas) |
|---|---|
| Component 1: Shakespeare and Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
| Component 2: Post-1914 Prose/Drama, 19th Century Prose and Unseen Poetry | Question paperMark scheme |
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GCSE English Literature past papers from other boards
- AQA GCSE English Literature16 papers
- CCEA GCSE English Literature15 papers
- Edexcel GCSE English Literature20 papers
- OCR GCSE English Literature14 papers
- WJEC GCSE English Literature58 papers
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