Telling Tales (AQA Anthology): AQA GCSE English Literature questions
Every AQA GCSE English Literature exam question on Telling Tales (AQA Anthology), 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 12 questions on Telling Tales (AQA Anthology), as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q15 (34 marks): How do writers present characters dealing with loss in ‘Odour of Chrysanthemums’ and in one other story from Telling Tales? Write about: • the characters dealin
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q16 (34 marks): How do writers present conflict between generations in ‘Korea’ and in one other story from Telling Tales? Write about: • conflict between generations in the two
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q15 (34 marks): How do writers present characters dealing with change in ‘Chemistry’ and in one other story from Telling Tales? Write about: • what the characters dealing with
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q16 (34 marks): How do writers present ideas about identity in ‘My Polish Teacher’s Tie’ and in one other story from Telling Tales? Write about: • the ideas about identity in t
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q15 (34 marks): How do writers present ideas about suffering and grief in ‘Odour of Chrysanthemums’ and in one other story from Telling Tales? Write about: • suffering and grie
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q16 (34 marks): How do writers present a family in conflict in ‘A Family Supper’ and in one other story from Telling Tales? Write about: • families in conflict in the two stori
- June 2022, Paper 1M, Q15 (30 marks): How do writers present characters who are uncomfortable in their environment in ‘Invisible Mass of the Back Row’ and in one other story from Telling Tales? Writ
- June 2022, Paper 1M, Q16 (30 marks): How do writers present characters who do not really understand the people they are close to in ‘Odour of Chrysanthemums’ and in one other story from Telling Tal
- November 2021, Paper 1M, Q15 (30 marks): How do writers present characters behaving in unexpected ways in ‘The Darkness Out There’ and in one other story from Telling Tales? Write about: • the unexpect
- November 2021, Paper 1M, Q16 (30 marks): How do writers present characters learning about themselves and others in ‘Invisible Mass of the Back Row’ and in one other story in Telling Tales? Write about:
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q15 (34 marks): How do writers present misunderstandings between parents and children in ‘Korea’ and in one other story from Telling Tales? Write about: • misunderstandings bet
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q16 (34 marks): How do writers present the difficulties of growing up in ‘Chemistry’ and in one other story from Telling Tales? Write about: • the difficulties of growing up in
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