GCSE
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Paper 1 Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel
AQA GCSE ENGLISH PAPER 1 QUESTIONS MAY 2025
Monday 12 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
an AQA 16-page answer book.
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Do not use pencil.
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 8702/1.
Answer one question from Section A and one question from Section B.
You must not use a dictionary.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 64.
AO4 will be assessed in Section A. There are 4 marks available for AO4 in Section A in addition to
30 marks for answering the question. AO4 assesses the following skills: use a range of vocabulary
and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.
There are 30 marks for Section B.
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SECTION A
Shakespeare Question Page
Macbeth 1 4–5
Romeo and Juliet 2 6
The Tempest 3 7
The Merchant of Venice 4 8
Much Ado About Nothing 5 9
Julius Caesar 6 10
SECTION B
The 19th-century novel Question Page
Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll 7 12–13
and Mr. Hyde
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol 8 14–15
Charles Dickens Great Expectations 9 16–17
Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre 10 18–19
Mary Shelley Frankenstein 11 20–21
Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 12 22–23
Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of Four 13 24–25
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ENGLISH LITERATURE
Paper 1 Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel
AQA GCSE ENGLISH PAPER 1 QUESTIONS MAY 2025
Monday 12 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 45 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
an AQA 16-page answer book.
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Do not use pencil.
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 8702/1.
Answer one question from Section A and one question from Section B.
You must not use a dictionary.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 64.
AO4 will be assessed in Section A. There are 4 marks available for AO4 in Section A in addition to
30 marks for answering the question. AO4 assesses the following skills: use a range of vocabulary
and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.
There are 30 marks for Section B.
IB/M/Jun25/G4009/E7 8702/1
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There are no questions printed on this page
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SECTION A
Shakespeare Question Page
Macbeth 1 4–5
Romeo and Juliet 2 6
The Tempest 3 7
The Merchant of Venice 4 8
Much Ado About Nothing 5 9
Julius Caesar 6 10
SECTION B
The 19th-century novel Question Page
Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll 7 12–13
and Mr. Hyde
Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol 8 14–15
Charles Dickens Great Expectations 9 16–17
Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre 10 18–19
Mary Shelley Frankenstein 11 20–21
Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice 12 22–23
Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of Four 13 24–25
Turn over for Section A
Turn over ►
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