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Free AQA GCSE English Literature
Practice Paper

8 mixed-difficulty practice questions in the style of real AQA GCSE papers — answers, mark-scheme-style explanations, and the official exam structure all on one page.

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What the real AQA GCSE English Literature paper looks like

Paper 1
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification.
Paper 2
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification.
Paper 3
Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions.
Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Grading: Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass.

Mini practice paper: 8 questions

Mixed-difficulty questions from across the English Literature syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.

Q1 · Difficulty 1/3

Scrooge's catchphrase dismissing Christmas is:

  1. 'Bah! Humbug!'
  2. 'Off with his head!'
  3. 'Elementary!'
  4. 'So be it'
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✓ Answer: A — 'Bah! Humbug!'
'Bah! Humbug!'
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3

The miserly protagonist is named:

  1. Pip
  2. Ebenezer Scrooge
  3. Heathcliff
  4. Bob Cratchit
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✓ Answer: B — Ebenezer Scrooge
Ebenezer Scrooge.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3

By the end, Scrooge becomes:

  1. poorer
  2. generous and kind
  3. more bitter
  4. a ghost
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✓ Answer: B — generous and kind
He is transformed into a generous man.
Q4 · Difficulty 2/3

At the end, the lovers' deaths lead the families to:

  1. continue the feud
  2. reconcile
  3. leave Verona
  4. marry others
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✓ Answer: B — reconcile
Grief reconciles the families.
Q5 · Difficulty 2/3

Who persuades Macbeth to murder King Duncan?

  1. Banquo
  2. Lady Macbeth
  3. Macduff
  4. Malcolm
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✓ Answer: B — Lady Macbeth
Lady Macbeth pushes him to kill Duncan.
Q6 · Difficulty 2/3

Personification gives human qualities to:

  1. people
  2. non-human things
  3. poets
  4. readers
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✓ Answer: B — non-human things
It gives human traits to non-human things.
Q7 · Difficulty 2/3

After the murder, Macbeth is tormented by:

  1. poverty
  2. guilt and hallucinations
  3. exile
  4. illness
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✓ Answer: B — guilt and hallucinations
Guilt causes visions (e.g. the dagger, Banquo's ghost).
Q8 · Difficulty 2/3

A poem's 'tone' refers to its:

  1. rhyme scheme only
  2. attitude or mood
  3. line count
  4. title
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✓ Answer: B — attitude or mood
Tone = attitude/mood.
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AQA GCSE English Literature FAQ

What does the AQA GCSE English Literature exam look like?
The AQA GCSE English Literature exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification. Paper 2: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification. Paper 3: Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions. Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Can I download a free AQA GCSE English Literature past paper?
Real AQA past papers are published directly by AQA on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is AQA GCSE English Literature graded?
Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.