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OCR A Level English Language past papers and mark schemes

OCR A Level English Language past papers

June 2025 Latest

Exploring Language
Dimensions of Linguistic Variation

June 2024

Exploring Language
Dimensions of Linguistic Variation

June 2023

Exploring Language
Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
2022June

June 2022

Exploring Language
Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
2021November

November 2021

Exploring Language
Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
2020November

November 2020

Exploring Language
H470/01QPMSInsert
Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
H470/02QPMSInsert
2019June

June 2019

Exploring Language
Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
H470/02QPMSInsert
2018June

June 2018

Exploring Language
Dimensions of Linguistic Variation
2017June

June 2017

Exploring Language
Dimensions of Linguistic Variation

Specimen material

Exploring Language
Dimensions of Linguistic Variation

Paper by year

OCR A Level English Language

CodeH470

At a glance

The course
OCR A Level English Language H470, Ofqual QAN 601/4702/7, was first examined in 2015. It has 3 papers: Exploring Language, Dimensions of Linguistic Variation and Independent Language Research (NEA).
The papers
  • Exploring Language, H470/01: 2 hours 30 minutes, 80 marks, 40% weighting.
  • Dimensions of Linguistic Variation, H470/02: 2 hours 30 minutes, 80 marks, 40% weighting.
  • Independent Language Research (NEA), H470/03: 40 marks, 20% weighting.
What we hold
We hold 18 papers from 9 sittings, June 2017 to June 2025, and the specimen papers.
Full title
Cambridge OCR Level 3 Advanced GCE in English Language · QAN 601/4702/7 · 2015 onwards

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OCR Level 3 Advanced GCE in English LanguageOCR Advanced GCE in English Language 7827

Memes

Certified English Language memes. Peer-reviewed by nobody.

Laugh now. Cry in the exam hall later. Then come back and do a past paper.

Craft a gripping opening line
Write ‘The rain fell’ and pray
Me with 45 minutes for creative writing
Using a full stop
Using a semicolon
Using a semicolon correctly
Finding sibilance in your mum’s shopping list
Language enlightenment, ranked

Mum 💖

how's english going sweetie?? 🥰

practising descriptive writing

describe a tidy room then 💖

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It was a dark and stormy night

English Language starter pack

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