Assessment

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• Marking instructions are included at the beginning of specimen assessment material mark schemes and were accurate at the time of publication. Marking instructions may be revised in live papers as appropriate during the lifetime of the qualification.

  We're currently revising our SAMs to update third-party copyright agreements. For question examples see our question papers, marks schemes and reports.

• Exploring non-fiction and spoken texts H474/01 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 716KB
• The language of poetry and plays H474/02 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 1MB
• Reading as a writer, writing as a reader H474/03 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 905KB
• Annotated sample assessment materials H474 - ZIP 896KB

• H474 practice papers and mark schemes set 1 and set 2 (ZIP) interchange login required

2018 - June series

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• Component 01 - Practice paper set 1 - Exemplar candidate work H474/01 - interchange login required
• Component 03 - Practice paper set 1 - Exemplar candidate work H474/01 - interchange login required
• Exploring non-fiction and spoken texts H474/01 - This candidate style answer with commentary exemplifies a ‘high level’ response. PDF 1MB
• The language of poetry and plays H474/02 - There are twelve candidate style answers here, one for each of the six poetry collections and six for the drama. They exemplify level six and help to demonstrate the potential breadth and depth of responses. PDF 638KB
• Reading as a writer (section A) H474/03 - These candidate style answers exemplify level 4-6 responses, one for each of the six prose texts. PDF 1MB
• Writing as a reader (section B) H474/03 - These are candidate style answers for questions 3 and 4. PDF 1MB
• Independent study: analysing and producing texts H474/04 - There are three responses here: two task 1 comparative essays and a task 2 original non-fiction writing with an introduction. They have been written to exemplify good or excellent responses. PDF 1MB

• Grade descriptors guidance DOCX 296KB
• Grade descriptors DOCX 32KB
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2020 - November series

2019 - June series

2018 - June series

2017 - June series

2016 - June series

• Marking instructions are included at the beginning of specimen assessment material mark schemes and were accurate at the time of publication. Marking instructions may be revised in live papers as appropriate during the lifetime of the qualification.

  We're currently revising our SAMs to update third-party copyright agreements. For question examples see our question papers, marks schemes and reports.

• Non-fiction written and spoken texts H074/01 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 725KB
• The language of literary texts H074/02 - Sample question paper and mark scheme. PDF 998KB
• Annotated sample assessment materials H074 - ZIP 606KB

• H474 practice papers and mark schemes set 1 and set 2 (ZIP) interchange login required

2018 - June series

2017 - June series

• Non-fiction written and spoken texts H074/01 - Examples of 'high level' responses to the AS Level H074/01: Non-fiction written and spoken texts. PDF 439KB
• Non-fiction written and spoken texts H074/01 - A range of exemplar scripts with accompanying commentaries in response to the H074/01 - Non-fiction written and spoken texts exam. PDF 1MB
• The language of literary texts H074/02 - A range of exemplar scripts with accompanying commentaries in response to the H074/02 - The language of literary texts exam PDF 5MB
• The Language of poetry H074/02 - Examples of 'high level' answers to questions 7-12 one for each of the six poetry collections included in Component 2, Section B of AS Level H074 specification. PDF 472KB
• The language of prose H074/02 - Examples of 'high level' answers to questions 1-6 one for each of the six prose texts included in Component 2, Section A of the AS Level H074 specification. PDF 283KB

• Grade descriptors guidance DOCX 296KB
• Grade descriptors DOCX 29KB
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