June 2025Paper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
Macbeth
Macbeth’s drive to succeed
Q01 · PDF page 5 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksPast questions at a glance
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45 question entries · 22 paper sets
June 2025Paper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
A Christmas Carol
Why kindness matters
Q08 · PDF page 15 · 30 marksJune 2025Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Gerald and Sheila’s relationship over time
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2025Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Power within the play
Q02 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2025Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
Power and Conflict
Exposure · conflict
Q26 · PDF page 19 · 30 marksJune 2024Paper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth’s strength
Q01 · PDF page 5 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2024Paper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
A Christmas Carol
Scrooge’s growing understanding of life
Q08 · PDF page 15 · 30 marksJune 2024Paper 2 · 8702/2R
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Mrs Birling and class divisions
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2024Paper 2 · 8702/2R
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
The Inspector’s demand for reform
Q02 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2024Paper 2 · 8702/2R
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
Power and Conflict
Kamikaze · consequences of conflict
Q26 · PDF page 19 · 30 marksJune 2023Paper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
Macbeth
Macbeth’s development
Q01 · PDF page 5 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2023Paper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
A Christmas Carol
What greed does to people
Q08 · PDF page 17 · 30 marksJune 2023Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Women’s experiences
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2023Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Generational differences in responses to the Inspector
Q02 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2023Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
Power and Conflict
My Last Duchess · power’s consequences
Q26 · PDF page 20 · 30 marksJune 2022Paper 2 · 8702/2
1 hour 45 minutes · 70 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 70 total marks
Macbeth
What Macbeth is afraid of
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2022Paper 1N · 8702/1N
50 minutes · 30 total marks
50 minutes · 30 total marks
A Christmas Carol
Being alone and cut off from others
Q02 · PDF page 7 · 30 marksJune 2022Paper 1M · 8702/1M
50 minutes · 30 total marks
50 minutes · 30 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Eric’s developing social awareness
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 marksJune 2022Paper 1M · 8702/1M
50 minutes · 30 total marks
50 minutes · 30 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Social injustice and tragic outcomes
Q02 · PDF page 4 · 30 marksJune 2022Paper 1P · 8702/1P
50 minutes · 30 total marks
50 minutes · 30 total marks
Power and Conflict
Bayonet Charge · conflict
Q02 · PDF page 7 · 30 marks2021 · archive-labelled JunePaper 2 · 8702/2
1 hour 45 minutes · 70 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 70 total marks
Macbeth
The Macbeths’ marriage
Q01 · PDF page 5 · 30 + 4 SPaG marks2021 · archive-labelled JunePaper 1N · 8702/1N
50 minutes · 30 total marks
50 minutes · 30 total marks
A Christmas Carol
Sources of happiness
Q02 · PDF page 7 · 30 marks2021 · archive-labelled JunePaper 1M · 8702/1M
50 minutes · 30 total marks
50 minutes · 30 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Gerald’s sense of duty
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 marks2021 · archive-labelled JunePaper 1M · 8702/1M
50 minutes · 30 total marks
50 minutes · 30 total marks
An Inspector Calls
An unequal society
Q02 · PDF page 4 · 30 marks2021 · archive-labelled JunePaper 1P · 8702/1P
50 minutes · 30 total marks
50 minutes · 30 total marks
Power and Conflict
London · authority and oppression
Q02 · PDF page 7 · 30 marks2020 · archive-labelled JunePaper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
Macbeth
Lady Macbeth’s development
Q01 · PDF page 5 · 30 + 4 SPaG marks2020 · archive-labelled JunePaper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
A Christmas Carol
Experiences of poverty
Q08 · PDF page 14 · 30 marks2020 · archive-labelled JunePaper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Mr Birling’s narrow loyalties
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marks2020 · archive-labelled JunePaper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Men behaving without responsibility
Q02 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marks2020 · archive-labelled JunePaper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
Power and Conflict
Remains · responses to distressing events
Q26 · PDF page 19 · 30 marksJune 2019Paper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
Macbeth
Macbeth’s capacity for violence
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2019Paper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
A Christmas Carol
Scrooge’s transformation through the spirits
Q08 · PDF page 12 · 30 marksJune 2019Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
The consequences of selfish behaviour
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2019Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Sheila’s developing understanding
Q02 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2019Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
Power and Conflict
War Photographer · war’s impact
Q26 · PDF page 20 · 30 marksJune 2018Paper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
Macbeth
Macbeth, Banquo and supernatural beliefs
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2018Paper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
A Christmas Carol
What frightens Scrooge
Q08 · PDF page 14 · 30 marksJune 2018Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Eric’s shifting attitudes
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2018Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
Why class matters
Q02 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2018Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
Power and Conflict
Ozymandias · power
Q26 · PDF page 21 · 30 marksJune 2017Paper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
Macbeth
Macbeth and ambition
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2017Paper 1 · 8702/1
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
1 hour 45 minutes · 64 total marks
A Christmas Carol
Poverty through the Cratchits
Q08 · PDF page 11 · 30 marksJune 2017Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
An unsympathetic Mrs Birling
Q01 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2017Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
An Inspector Calls
The Inspector’s vision for a better society
Q02 · PDF page 4 · 30 + 4 SPaG marksJune 2017Paper 2 · 8702/2
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
2 hours 15 minutes · 96 total marks
Power and Conflict
Bayonet Charge · consequences of war
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