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WJEC · GCSE · 3720U10-1, 3720U20-1, 3720U30-1, 3720UA0-1, 3720UB0-1, 3720UC0-1, english-literature-gcse

WJEC GCSE English Literature past papers

58 WJEC GCSE English Literature papers from 2017 to 2025, 58 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 Literature papers we have tagged question by question. Topics with a revision guide link to it.

TopicQuestionsMarksPapers
Literature: Modern Prose Essay (themes only)1791129041 of 51
Literature: Prose Analysis41226012 of 51
Literature: Drama and Tragedy1716007 of 51
Literature: Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)12132012 of 51
Literature: Poetry Comparison2856028 of 51
Literature: An Inspector Calls (J.B. Priestley)65205 of 51
Literature: A Christmas Carol63006 of 51
Literature: Lord of the Flies (William Golding)52505 of 51
Literature: An Inspector Calls - Character Study in Depth21702 of 51
Literature: An Inspector Calls - Themes in Depth11701 of 51
Literature: Macbeth1201 of 51

Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 51 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 Literature papers by year

Winter 2025

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Summer 2025

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Winter 2024

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Summer 2024

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Winter 2023

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Summer 2023

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Winter 2022

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Summer 2022

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Winter 2020

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Winter 2019

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Summer 2019

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Winter 2018

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Summer 2018

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Winter 2017

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

Summer 2017

PaperTierOfficial documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 1: Prose, different cultures, and poetry, contemporaryHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Contemporary drama and literary heritage proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseFoundationQuestion paperMark scheme
Unit 2: Literary heritage drama and contemporary proseHigherQuestion paperMark scheme

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