AQA GCSE French past papers
Which tier am I?
Look at the code on the front of your paper. 8658/LF means Foundation, 8658/LH means Higher. Still not sure? Ask your teacher.
Foundation or Higher, the être verbs still all live in one house.
The 2024 spec has no papers yet. These are the 2018-2024 AQA 8658 papers - still the right practice until the new spec's first sitting is published, but the 2024 spec is a new specification, so paper format and numbering can differ from the exam you'll sit.
Old course 8658 June 2018 to June 2025
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Paper by year
- Paper 1: ListeningFoundationHigher
- Paper 3: ReadingFoundationHigher
- Paper 4: WritingFoundationHigher
Questions by topic
Stuck on one topic? Practise just that.
Every question is lifted out of its paper and filed under its topic, with its mark scheme.
24 topics and 553 real exam questions in AQA GCSE French, each with its mark scheme.
See all 24 topicsAt a glance
- The course
- AQA GCSE French 8658, Ofqual QAN 601/8157/6, ran from 2018 to 2024. It sets 12 papers. Foundation papers are Paper 1: Listening, Listening, Speaking, Paper 2: Speaking, Reading, Writing, Paper 3: Reading and Paper 4: Writing. Higher papers are Paper 1: Listening, Paper 2: Speaking, Paper 3: Reading and Paper 4: Writing. Replaced - last examined 2024.
- The papers
- Paper 1: Listening, 8658/LF: 35 minutes, 40 marks, Foundation tier.
- Listening, Paper 1: 35 minutes, 40 marks, 25% weighting, Foundation tier.
- Paper 1: Listening, 8658/LH: 45 minutes, 50 marks, Higher tier.
- Speaking, Paper 2: 60 marks, 25% weighting, Foundation tier.
- Paper 2: Speaking, 8658/SF: Foundation tier.
- Reading, Paper 3: 45 minutes, 60 marks, 25% weighting, Foundation tier.
- Paper 2: Speaking, 8658/SH: Higher tier.
- Writing, Paper 4: 1 hour, 50 marks, 25% weighting, Foundation tier.
- Paper 3: Reading, 8658/RF: 45 minutes, 60 marks, Foundation tier.
- Paper 3: Reading, 8658/RH: 1 hour, 60 marks, Higher tier.
- Paper 4: Writing, 8658/WF: Foundation tier.
- Paper 4: Writing, 8658/WH: Higher tier.
- What we hold
- We hold 48 papers from 8 sittings, June 2018 to June 2025.
- Full title
- AQA Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in French · QAN 601/8157/6 · 2018-2024
Not AQA? 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 8658. No paper to hand? Ask your teacher which board and course code you are entered for.
Also on this page 8658 8652 500/4470/9 3651 3657
Other courses, no papers held
AQA Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9-1) in French 8652AQA Level 1/Level 2 GCSE in FrenchAQA Level 1/Level 2 GCSE in French A 3651AQA Level 1/Level 2 GCSE in French B 3657
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