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Edexcel A Level English Literature past papers and mark schemes

Edexcel A Level English Literature past papers

June 2025 Latest

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01QPMSER
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02QPMSER
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMSER
Paper 4: Non-examination Assessmentcoursework
9ET0/04ER

June 2024

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01QPMSER
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02QPMSER
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMSER
Paper 4: Non-examination Assessmentcoursework
9ET0/04ER

June 2023

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01QPMSER
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02QPMSER
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMSER
Paper 4: Non-examination Assessmentcoursework
9ET0/04ER
2022June

June 2022

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01QPMSER
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02QPMSER
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMSER
Paper 4: Non-examination Assessmentcoursework
9ET0/04ER
2021November

November 2021

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01QPMSER
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02QPMSER
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMSER
2020October · November

October 2020

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01QPMSER
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02QPMSER
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMSER

November 2020

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01QPMS
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02QPMS
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMS
2019June

June 2019

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01QPMSER
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02QPMSER
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMSER
Paper 4: Non-examination Assessmentcoursework
9ET0/04ER
2018June

June 2018

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01QPMSER
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02QPMSER
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMSER
Paper 4: Non-examination Assessmentcoursework
9ET0/04ER
2017June

June 2017

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01QPMSER
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02QPMSER
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMSER
Paper 4: Non-examination Assessmentcoursework
9ET0/04ER
Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01QPMSER
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02ER
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMSER
Paper 4: Non-examination Assessmentcoursework
9ET0/04ER
2016June

June 2016

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01QPMSER
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02ER
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMSER
Paper 4: Non-examination Assessmentcoursework
9ET0/04ER
2015June

June 2015

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01Question paper not in the archiveQPMSER
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02ER
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03Question paper not in the archiveQPMSER
Paper 4: Non-examination Assessmentcoursework
9ET0/04ER

Specimen material

Paper 1: Drama
9ET0/01Question paper not in the archiveQPMS
Paper 2: Prose
9ET0/02QPMS
Paper 3: Poetry
9ET0/03QPMS
Old course 500/2654/9 January 2010 to June 2014. The exam before 9ET0: still good practice, but the papers are numbered differently.

June 2014

Unit 6ET01
Question paper not in the archiveQPMSExaminer report not in the archiveER
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January 2014

Unit 6ETA3
QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSER

June 2013

Unit 6ET01
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January 2013

Unit 6ET01
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June 2012

Unit 6ET01
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January 2012

Unit 6ET01
Question paper not in the archiveQPMSER
Unit 6ET02
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Question paper not in the archiveQPMSER
Unit 6ET04
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QPMark scheme not in the archiveMSExaminer report not in the archiveER

June 2011

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January 2011

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June 2010

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January 2010

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Examiner report

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36 topics and 677 real exam questions in Edexcel A Level English Literature, each with its mark scheme.

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Edexcel A Level English Literature

Code9ET0

At a glance

The course
Edexcel A Level English Literature 9ET0, Ofqual QAN 601/5046/4, was first examined in 2015. It has 4 papers: Component 1: Drama, Component 2: Prose, Component 3: Poetry and Component 4: Non-examination Assessment.
The papers
  • Component 1: Drama, 9ET0/01: 2 hours 15 minutes, 60 marks, 30% weighting.
  • Component 2: Prose, 9ET0/02: 1 hour 15 minutes, 40 marks, 20% weighting.
  • Component 3: Poetry, 9ET0/03: 2 hours 15 minutes, 60 marks, 30% weighting.
  • Component 4: Non-examination Assessment, 9ET0/04: 60 marks, 20% weighting.
What we hold
We hold 85 papers from 22 sittings, January 2010 to June 2025, and the specimen papers.
Full title
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in English Literature · QAN 601/5046/4 · 2015 onwards

Not Edexcel? Same subject, other boards.

Each board sets completely different papers. Check yours before you revise the wrong thing for months.

The board and course code are printed on the front of every mock paper.

HELP. Which board am I??

Find a mock or past paper from school. The board's name is at the top of the front cover, and the course code is printed next to it, like 9ET0. No paper to hand? Ask your teacher which board and course code you are entered for.

Also on this page 9ET0 500/2654/9 9180

Award A Level AS

Edexcel 500/2654/9 Earlier

Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in English Literature · 2008-2017

Its 36 papers from 10 series are in the years above.

Other courses, no papers held

EDEXCEL Advanced GCE in English Literature 9180

Memes

Certified English Literature memes. Peer-reviewed by nobody.

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

Analyse the language
Write ‘this shows emotion’
Me with one quote and three essays
Saying the weather is bad
Saying it's pathetic fallacy
Linking it to the context of the time
Arguing the rain is a metaphor for capitalism
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