GCSE Edexcel English Language Past Papers

All of the following past exam papers were produced by Edexcel 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

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
English Language 2.0 Paper 1 - Non-Fiction Texts
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
English Language 2.0 Paper 2 - Contemporary Texts
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

November 2024

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
English Language 2.0 Paper 1 - Non-Fiction Texts
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
English Language 2.0 Paper 2 - Contemporary Texts
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

June 2024

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
English Language 2.0 Paper 1 - Non-Fiction Texts
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
English Language 2.0 Paper 2 - Contemporary Texts
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

November 2023

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
English Language 2.0 Paper 1 - Non-Fiction Texts
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
English Language 2.0 Paper 2 - Contemporary Texts
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

June 2023

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
English Language 2.0 Paper 1 - Non-Fiction Texts
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
English Language 2.0 Paper 2 - Contemporary Texts
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

November 2022

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
English Language 2.0 Paper 1 - Non-Fiction Texts
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
English Language 2.0 Paper 2 - Contemporary Texts
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

June 2022

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

November 2021

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

November 2020

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

June 2019

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

November 2018

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER | Insert

June 2018

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

November 2017

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

June 2017

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER
Paper 2 - Non-fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS | Examiner's ReportER

Specimen

Paper 1 - Fiction and Imaginative Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS
Paper 2 - Non-Fiction and Transactional Writing
Question Paper & InsertQP | Mark SchemeMS