Specification 7711, 7712
AQA A-Level English Literature A Past Papers
Question papers and mark schemes from 2020–2024, up to June 2024. Each button opens the official PDF straight from AQA.
About these AQA A-Level English Literature A papers
AQA A-Level English Literature A is specifications 7711, 7712. This page links 21 question papers (21 with mark schemes) across 5 exam series, from November 2020 to June 2024. In the June 2024 series, the 5 papers were:
- 77121 Paper 1 Love through the ages (A-level)
- 77122A Paper 2A Texts in shared contexts: WW1 and its aftermath (A-level)
- 77122B Paper 2B Texts in shared contexts: Modern times: literature from 1945 to the present day (A-level)
- 77111 Paper 1 Love through the ages: Shakespeare and poetry (AS)
- 77112 Paper 2 Love through the ages: prose (AS)
Sit each paper under timed conditions, then mark it against the official mark scheme. To turn a raw mark into a grade, use AQA grade boundaries for the same series, because boundaries change every year. AQA's examiner reports for each series explain where candidates most often lost marks.
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A-level papers
A-level · June 2024
- Paper 1 Love through the ages77121 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2A Texts in shared contexts: WW1 and its aftermath77122A Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2B Texts in shared contexts: Modern times: literature from 1945 to the present day77122B Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
A-level · June 2023
- Paper 2A Texts in shared contexts: WW1 and its aftermath (A-level)77122A Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2B Texts in shared contexts: Modern times: literature from 1945 to the present day (A-level)77122B Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
A-level · June 2022
- Paper 1 Love through the ages (A-level)77121 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2A Texts in shared contexts: WW1 and its aftermath (A-level)77122A Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2B Texts in shared contexts: Modern times: literature from 1945 to the present day (A-level)77122B Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
A-level · November 2021
- Paper 2A Texts in shared contexts: WW1 and its aftermath (A-level)77122A Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2B Texts in shared contexts: Modern times: literature from 1945 to the present day (A-level)77122B Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
A-level · November 2020
- Paper 1 Love through the ages (A-level)77121 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2A Texts in shared contexts: WW1 and its aftermath (A-level)77122A Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2B Texts in shared contexts: Modern times: literature from 1945 to the present day (A-level)77122B Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
AS-level papers
AS · June 2024
- Paper 1 Love through the ages: Shakespeare and poetry77111 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 Love through the ages: prose77112 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
AS · June 2023
- Paper 1 Love through the ages: Shakespeare and poetry (AS)77111 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 Love through the ages: prose (AS)77112 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
AS · June 2022
- Paper 1 Love through the ages: Shakespeare and poetry (AS)77111 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 Love through the ages: prose (AS)77112 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
AS · November 2020
- Paper 1 Love through the ages: Shakespeare and poetry (AS)77111 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
- Paper 2 Love through the ages: prose (AS)77112 Question paper Mark scheme Get it marked
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