Specification H070, H470
OCR A-Level English Language Past Papers
Question papers and mark schemes from 2021–2025, up to June 2025. Each button opens the official PDF straight from OCR.
About these OCR A-Level English Language papers
OCR A-Level English Language is specifications H070, H470. This page links 18 question papers (18 with mark schemes) across 5 exam series, from November 2021 to June 2025. In the June 2025 series, the 4 papers were:
- H470/01 Exploring language (A-level)
- H470/02 Dimensions of linguistic variation (A-level)
- H070/01 Exploring language (AS)
- H070/02 Exploring contexts (AS)
Sit each paper under timed conditions, then mark it against the official mark scheme. To turn a raw mark into a grade, use OCR grade boundaries for the same series, because boundaries change every year. OCR's examiner reports for each series explain where candidates most often lost marks.
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A-level papers
A-level · June 2025
- Exploring languageH470/01 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Dimensions of linguistic variationH470/02 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
A-level · June 2024
- Exploring languageH470/01 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Dimensions of linguistic variationH470/02 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
A-level · June 2023
- Exploring languageH470/01 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Dimensions of linguistic variationH470/02 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
A-level · June 2022
- Exploring languageH470/01 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Dimensions of linguistic variationH470/02 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
A-level · November 2021
- Exploring languageH470/01 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Dimensions of linguistic variationH470/02 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
AS-level papers
AS · June 2025
- Exploring languageH070/01 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Exploring contextsH070/02 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
AS · June 2024
- Exploring languageH070/01 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Exploring contextsH070/02 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
AS · June 2023
- Exploring languageH070/01 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Exploring contextsH070/02 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
AS · June 2022
- Exploring languageH070/01 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Exploring contextsH070/02 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
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