Edexcel GCSE English Literature mock papers

Both Edexcel-style English Literature papers. Texts covered: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol, Jekyll and Hyde, An Inspector Calls, Animal Farm and the Relationships and Conflict 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 Post-1914 Literature · 3 questions · 105 minutes
• Paper 2 — 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 · 4 questions · 135 minutes

What you get

• Two complete papers Paper 1: Shakespeare and Post-1914 Literature (80 marks, 1 hour 45 minutes) and Paper 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 (80 marks, 2 hours 15 minutes), the Edexcel 1ET0 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: Relationships, Conflict. 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 Edexcel 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.