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A 90-minute diagnostic (about 38% of the full exam) with five short timed tasks covering every component. It includes a Shakespeare extract response (20 min), a 19th-century novel extract response (20 min), a modern-text essay plan and opening paragraphs (15 min), an anthology comparison paragraph (15 min) and an unseen poem analysis (20 min). Each task is marked against the level descriptors and gives a predicted grade and a text-by-text priority list.
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The same sections, timing and tools as the real GCSE English Lit.
1Paper 1: Shakespeare and the 19th-century novel (8702/1)
2Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry (8702/2)
This paper is written from the official blueprint the first time anyone starts it, then kept for everyone. Question counts and section times are confirmed then.
Your score arrives with section scores, a breakdown by topic, your time on every question and each answer explained. Questions you miss join your review queue, and written and spoken answers get an examiner’s report.