Based on the GCSE 9-1 sample exam materials, these 15 extracts have questions written in a similar style to provide effective revision and exam practice.

‘Great Expectations’ 11 extract questions from part 1 based on the sample question provided by AQA for GCSE 9-1

Using the GCSE 9-1 sample extract question, these 11 extracts and questions have been structured to echo the one provided by the exam board to provide effective revision and exam practice.

12 extract questions on ‘Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde’ created in a similar style to the sample question on the AQA GCSE 9-1 English Literature exam , looking at key characters and events, to provide effective revision and exam practice.

14 extracts of around 60 lines each, followed by 2 questions, as in the sample paper, to provide exam practice and to help with revision for students studying for the Cambridge Literature IGCSE. The sheets can be edited if a different question focus is required

Based on the GCSE 9-1 specimen materials, these 15 extracts have both an extract-based question and a general question on themes or characters similar to the exam paper in order to aid revision and provide effective exam practice.

Based on the GCSE 9-1 sample paper, these 15 extracts, and questions a) and b) are designed to provide effective exam practice and revision.

Based on the GCSE 9-1 sample questions, these 15 extracts are written in a similar style , with extract, act, scene & line reference, question a) and question b), in order to provide focussed exam practice and revision for students.

23 extract-based exam questions. As the text is still copyright protected, I’ve just made reference to the extract using the Heinemann edition for page reference, and the initial and end quote. The edition I’ve used has the same page numbers as the Hereford edition of the play, and was first published in 1992. The questions cover character and themes. They should provide lots of useful revision and exam practice.

For the AQA Literature GCSE 9-1 Shakespeare section on Romeo & Juliet, here are 15 more extracts in the style of the sample question & 2017 exam paper to provide students with revision in the form of exam practice. These questions are on themes and characters and feature a wide range of different scenes.

Basic background to Pride and Prejudice. I based this on BBC Bitesize, but it could be from other background resources

A short, straight-forward comprehension, with 6 information retrieval questions, followed by vocabulary, (4 words to define), 2 short language tasks and a writing task. Suitable for 10-13 year olds in a cover lesson, as homework or for a quiet 30 minutes learning about the Summer Solstice! Answers provided.

Newspaper article about cash machines in the East End now using Cockney Rhyming Slang. Comprehension questions-vocabulary, information retrieval and language analysis, writing tasks, grammar tasks, ( its/it’s & semi-colons in lists) and answer sheet.

For the GCSE Literature, component 1, Shakespeare, here are 15 more extracts from Romeo & Juliet, with questions in the style of the 2017 paper, to provide students with revision in the form of exam practice. These questions are on characters and themes, and cover a range of scenes.

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.

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’

These 4 comprehensions contain various types of questions: vocabulary, information retrieval and language analysis. They could be useful for introducing a pre-twentieth century text and for introducing some of the styles of questions now on the GCSE 9-1. They could be used individually or in pairs or small groups. To see a similar resource, check out my free comprehension 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.

For the Shakespeare section of the 9-1 GCSE literature exam, here are 15 more extracts with questions, in the style of the exam paper to provide students with revision in the form of exam practice. The questions are on characters and themes, and feature a range if scenes, both well known and less so.