A Christmas Carol: Edexcel GCSE English Literature questions
Every Edexcel GCSE English Literature exam question on A Christmas Carol, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 18 questions on A Christmas Carol, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q4(a) (20 marks): Explore how Dickens presents Scrooge and Marley’s Ghost in this extract. Give examples from the extract to support your ideas. (20)
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q4(b) (20 marks): = 40 marks)
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q4(a) (20 marks): Explore how Dickens presents Scrooge in this extract. Give examples from the extract to support your ideas. (20)
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q4(b) (20 marks): = 40 marks)
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q4(a) (20 marks): Explore how Dickens presents Scrooge’s observations of the Cratchit family in this extract. Give examples from the extract to support your ideas. (20)
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q4(b) (20 marks): = 40 marks)
- June 2022, Paper 2N, Q4(a) (20 marks): Explore how Dickens presents Scrooge’s visit to the churchyard in this extract. Give examples from the extract to support your ideas. (20)
- June 2022, Paper 2N, Q4(b) (20 marks): = 40 marks)
- November 2021, Paper 2N, Q4(a) (20 marks): Explore how Dickens presents the ‘First of the Three Spirits’, the Ghost of Christmas Past, in this extract. Give examples from the extract to support your idea
- November 2021, Paper 2N, Q4(b) (20 marks): = 40 marks)
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q4(a) (20 marks): Explore how Dickens presents the settings in this extract. Give examples from the extract to support your ideas. (20)
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q4(b) (20 marks): = 40 marks)
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q4(a) (20 marks): Explore how Dickens presents the last Spirit in this extract. Give examples from the extract to support your ideas. (20)
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q4(b) (20 marks): = 40 marks)
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q4(a) (20 marks): Explore how Dickens presents Scrooge’s happiness in this extract. Give examples from the extract to support your ideas. (20)
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q4(b) (20 marks): = 40 marks)
- June 2017, Paper 2, Q4(a) (20 marks): Explore how Dickens presents the two children, Ignorance and Want, in this extract. Give examples from the extract to support your ideas. (20)
- June 2017, Paper 2, Q4(b) (20 marks): = 40 marks)
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