AQA GCSE English Literature mock papers

Both AQA-style English Literature papers. Texts covered: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol, Jekyll and Hyde, An Inspector Calls, Animal Farm and the Power and Conflict and Love and Relationships poetry clusters, plus unseen poetry. Please check these are the texts your child studies before you buy. Extracts and poems that are out of copyright are printed in full with line numbers. You mark your answers against board-style level descriptors, indicative content and a model, and get a predicted grade.

Papers in every set

• Paper 1 — Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel · 2 questions · 105 minutes
• Paper 2 — Modern texts and poetry · 3 questions · 135 minutes

What you get

• Two complete papers Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel (64 marks, 1 hour 45 minutes) and Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry (96 marks, 2 hours 15 minutes), the AQA 8702 shape.
• Real extracts, printed in full Shakespeare, Dickens, Stevenson and anthology poems that are out of copyright are printed word for word from the original, with line numbers.
• Texts covered: please check Shakespeare: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet. 19th-century novel: A Christmas Carol, Jekyll and Hyde. Modern text: An Inspector Calls, Animal Farm. Poetry: Power and Conflict, Love and Relationships. Other set texts (for example Lord of the Flies, Blood Brothers or Frankenstein) are not included yet. For texts still in copyright, such as An Inspector Calls, keep your own copy to hand.
• Mark it like an examiner Board-style level descriptors, indicative content and a model paragraph for every question, including spelling and grammar marks.
• Predicted grade Your marks are set against the summer 2026 AQA boundaries to give a grade 1–9.

Choose a set

• Set A
• Set B
• Set C
• Set D
• Set E
• Set F
• Set G
• Set H
• Set I
• Set J
• Set K
• Set L
• Set M

A complete set is £9.99; any single paper is £6. Every paper has a free sample.