All of the following past exam papers were produced by OCR for the latest English Language specification. The most recent past papers are released after the exam board makes them publicly available.
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June 2025
AS Paper 1 - Exploring Language
AS Paper 2 - Exploring Contexts
A-Level Paper 1 - Exploring Language
A-Level Paper 2 - Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
June 2024
AS Paper 1 - Exploring Language
AS Paper 2 - Exploring Contexts
A-Level Paper 1 - Exploring Language
A-Level Paper 2 - Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
June 2023
AS Paper 1 - Exploring Language
AS Paper 2 - Exploring Contexts
A-Level Paper 1 - Exploring Language
A-Level Paper 2 - Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
June 2022
AS Paper 1 - Exploring Language
AS Paper 2 - Exploring Contexts
A-Level Paper 1 - Exploring Language
A-Level Paper 2 - Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
November 2021
A-Level Paper 1 - Exploring Language
A-Level Paper 2 - Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
November 2020
A-Level Paper 1 - Exploring Language
A-Level Paper 2 - Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
June 2019
AS Paper 1 - Exploring Language
AS Paper 2 - Exploring Contexts
A-Level Paper 1 - Exploring Language
A-Level Paper 2 - Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
June 2018
AS Paper 1 - Exploring Language
AS Paper 2 - Exploring Contexts
A-Level Paper 1 - Exploring Language
A-Level Paper 2 - Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
June 2017
AS Paper 1 - Exploring Language
AS Paper 2 - Exploring Contexts
A-Level Paper 1 - Exploring Language
A-Level Paper 2 - Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
June 2016
AS Paper 1 - Exploring Language
AS Paper 2 - Exploring Contexts