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WJEC GCSE English Language past papers
37 WJEC GCSE English Language papers from 2017 to 2025, 30 with a mark scheme. Every link opens the document on WJEC'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 WJEC GCSE English Language papers we have tagged question by question. Topics with a revision guide link to it.
| Topic | Questions | Marks | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language Paper 2: Writers' Viewpoints and Perspectives | 332 | 1546 | 23 of 27 |
| Language Paper 1: Explorations in Creative Reading and Writing | 73 | 450 | 8 of 27 |
| SPaG Technical Accuracy | 15 | 52 | 9 of 27 |
| Literature: Modern Prose Essay (themes only) | 2 | 40 | 1 of 27 |
| GCSE Exam Style Grammar Questions | 15 | 26 | 6 of 27 |
| Cohesion across Paragraphs | 7 | 13 | 7 of 27 |
| Vocabulary for Impact Synonyms | 11 | 12 | 4 of 27 |
| Connectives and Discourse Markers | 1 | 1 | 1 of 27 |
Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 27 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 WJEC GCSE English Language papers by year
Summer 2025
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Oracy | Question paper |
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
Autumn 2024
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
Summer 2024
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
Autumn 2023
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
Summer 2023
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Oracy | Question paper |
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
Autumn 2022
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
Summer 2022
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark scheme |
Autumn 2021
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
Autumn 2020
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Oracy | Question paper |
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2020
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Oracy | Question paper |
Autumn 2019
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark scheme |
Summer 2019
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Oracy | Question paper |
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
Autumn 2018
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
Summer 2018
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Oracy | Question paper |
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark scheme |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark scheme |
Autumn 2017
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
Summer 2017
| Paper | Official documents (WJEC) |
|---|---|
| Unit 1: Oracy | Question paper |
| Unit 2: Description, Narration and Exposition | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
| Unit 3: Argumentation Persuasion & Instructional | Question paperMark schemeInsert |
Revise before you sit one
GCSE English Language past papers from other boards
- AQA GCSE English Language18 papers
- CCEA GCSE English Language25 papers
- Edexcel GCSE English Language42 papers
- Eduqas GCSE English Language30 papers
- OCR GCSE English Language16 papers
Other WJEC GCSE past papers
Practise the questions, not just the papers.
The past-paper tool lists every indexed English Language question by topic, with its paper, question number, marks and page, so you can sit only the ones you need.