Using the GCSE 9-1 sample questions provided by Edexcel for the nineteenth century literature component of the exam, these 12 extract questions have been created in a similar style, covering characters and themes from the novel to help with students’ revision and exam practice.

Silas Marner- extract questions for the CIE IGCSE Literature exam taken from different points in the novel to help with revision and exam practice.

14 extracts from the play, each around 20-25 lines in length, followed by 2 questions, as in the sample and past papers, to provide exam practice and focussed revision for students studying for Edexcel GCSE 9-1 Literature. The sheets cane edited if required.

Further to the extracts I made on part 1 of the novel, these 10 are based on part 2, chapters 20-39. They are closely modelled on the specimen assessment materials for GCSE 9-1 to provide relevant exam practice and revision.

Based on the GCSE 9-1 specimen assessment material, these 13 extracts have both an extract-based question and a second general question, similar to the sample paper to provide effective exam practice and revision.

For CIE War of the Worlds, book 2, these 26 exam practice papers have an extract question with references to find the extract but not the extract itself due to copyright. There is also a question on the whole novel. These are similar in style to past CIE exam questions.

Key extracts from the story have varied styles of question: vocabulary, language, information recall, author’s craft etc. This should provide useful practice for GCSE 9-1 for KS3 students.It’s a popular ghost story, but written in a typical Dickens style to introduce the language and Victorian context to pre-GCSE students. To see style and variety of questions, please look at my free resource on the start of Hard Times

Based on the sample assessment materials for GCSE 9-1, these 11 extracts have both a question a) and b) to ensure useful exam practice and revision on part 1 of ‘Great Expectations’.

For CIE IGCSE Literature, 18 practice papers on Dickens’s ‘Great Expectations’ Part 2. Each paper has an extract, extract question and general question on character or theme, as in the exam.

These 5 extracts are taken from different parts of this ghostly short story. They include different types of questions on vocabulary, language and straight-forward information retrieval, making them useful exercises for KS3 students preparing FOR GCSE 9-1, or to test knowledge and understanding of the text. They are similar to my free resource on the start of Hard Times.

Firmly based on the sample assessment materials for GCSE 9-1, these 11 extracts from the first part of ‘Great Expectations’ have both an extract-based question and a general question, as in the exam, in order to provide effective exam practice and revision.

Further to the extracts I made on parts 1 and 2 of the novel, these 10 are based on part 3, chapters 40-59. They are also closely modelled on the specimen assessment materials for GCSE 9-1 to provide relevant exam practice and revision.

One of the first horror stories, this famous and often copied tale is a good introduction to both the genre and the style of nineteenth century literature. Each of the 8 extracts is taken from a key moment and includes a range of questions, (vocabulary, language analysis, and information retrieval.) As such, I think they are similar to GCSE 9-1 papers and so might be useful for pre-GCSE students, or for tuition.

Using the sample question as a starting point, I have devised questions on all the poems which may be useful for class/group work and/or private revision/practice/homework

Based on the GCSE 9-1 specimen assessment materials, each of these 15 extracts from the play has both an extract-based question and a general question, as in the sample exam papers to provide effective revision and exam practice.

Based on the sample materials, these 10 extracts supplement my previous Christmas Carol resource, which focusses on different aspects of Scrooge’s character. These 10 extracts look at the ghosts, Fred, Bob, Tim, Belle and Mrs Cratchit and provide useful GCSE (9-1) revision and exam practice.

Based on the GCSE 9-1 sample question provided by the exam board, these 12 exam-style extract questions are designed to provide effective exam practice and revision.

Using the sample question as a starting point, I have devised questions on all the poems which may be useful for class/group work and/or private revision/practice/homework

Suitable for KS3 students, these 4 short topical texts, written as articles, have questions which include vocabulary, language analysis and information retrieval, so may be useful as pre-GCSE work. Answer sheets are provided so these could be used for homework or tuition, or maybe as an exam. A descriptive writing task is also given. Marks are allocated: 25 for writing and 25 for reading. The four topics are: the resurgence of traditional crafts; the role of paramedics; the RNLI & darts. The sheets can be edited. These sheets are similar in style to my free worksheet on the start of ‘Hard Times’

Taken from different parts of the story, these 5 extracts contain a mixture of information retrieval, language & vocabulary style questions. Designed to focus on key sections of the tale, these extracts should help introduce KS3 students to Conan Doyle’s writing, to the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Watson, to the setting and to the content of this part of the 9-1 GCSE course. To see a similar worksheet, please see my free resource on Hard Times.