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GCSE English lit 2025 predictions

Does anyone have any aqa predictions for
-romeo and juliet
-an inspector calls
-the sign of four
-love and relationships poetry

Reply 1

out of them i only do inspector calls i was thinking maybe sheila or mr birling for one option and maybe inequalities in society for the other im not completely sure tho x

Reply 2

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by ItWasMaroon
out of them i only do inspector calls i was thinking maybe sheila or mr birling for one option and maybe inequalities in society for the other im not completely sure tho x

thx x

Reply 3

For poetry I think it’ll be a family qs so if I had to guess I’d say Eden rock or mother any distance maybe

Reply 4

Hi! I do the exact same GCSEs
For Romeo and Juliet, I was thinking as a theme, possibly conflict or fate etc., which you can take in many different ways and perspectives considering its English, so your own opinion. Not sure about characters though, possibly Romeo? but I haven't has a look on what's come up before so I couldn't say.
For AIC probably Sheila or Mr birling as characters but as a theme, capitalism and socialism, I think I'm most confident on this one, since I've has a look at YouTube videos from different teachers and past papers.
And for love and relationships poetry, it could be a family poem, for example Eden rock of Before you were mine.
Don't just revise only these as they are only predictions, make sure to make quotes for every theme and character, but I would suggest revising these ones a bit more and make sure to watch some YouTube videos on these themes, and I definitely recommend getting a 7-day free subscription from save my exams, its really helpful for exam questions on each theme, quizzes and free revision notes which you can make into videos using ai of something. Hope this helps!

Reply 5

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by evie.rivers
Hi! I do the exact same GCSEs
For Romeo and Juliet, I was thinking as a theme, possibly conflict or fate etc., which you can take in many different ways and perspectives considering its English, so your own opinion. Not sure about characters though, possibly Romeo? but I haven't has a look on what's come up before so I couldn't say.
For AIC probably Sheila or Mr birling as characters but as a theme, capitalism and socialism, I think I'm most confident on this one, since I've has a look at YouTube videos from different teachers and past papers.
And for love and relationships poetry, it could be a family poem, for example Eden rock of Before you were mine.
Don't just revise only these as they are only predictions, make sure to make quotes for every theme and character, but I would suggest revising these ones a bit more and make sure to watch some YouTube videos on these themes, and I definitely recommend getting a 7-day free subscription from save my exams, its really helpful for exam questions on each theme, quizzes and free revision notes which you can make into videos using ai of something. Hope this helps!

Ye I only do AIC from the list and it is most likely Sheila and Inspector/Gerald. Sheila came 4 years ago so I think it is a really high possibility

Reply 6

I reckon that it will be either eden rock, letters from yorkshire or climbing my grandfather for family or porphyrias lover, when we two parted for love

Reply 7

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by Ab0204
For poetry I think it’ll be a family qs so if I had to guess I’d say Eden rock or mother any distance maybe

that's what i thought too

Reply 8

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by helenhelen123
I reckon that it will be either eden rock, letters from yorkshire or climbing my grandfather for family or porphyrias lover, when we two parted for love

im also thinking loves philosophy for love wht do u think

Reply 9

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by frlt2324
Ye I only do AIC from the list and it is most likely Sheila and Inspector/Gerald. Sheila came 4 years ago so I think it is a really high possibility

was it mr or mrs birling last year

Reply 10

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by evie.rivers
Hi! I do the exact same GCSEs
For Romeo and Juliet, I was thinking as a theme, possibly conflict or fate etc., which you can take in many different ways and perspectives considering its English, so your own opinion. Not sure about characters though, possibly Romeo? but I haven't has a look on what's come up before so I couldn't say.
For AIC probably Sheila or Mr birling as characters but as a theme, capitalism and socialism, I think I'm most confident on this one, since I've has a look at YouTube videos from different teachers and past papers.
And for love and relationships poetry, it could be a family poem, for example Eden rock of Before you were mine.
Don't just revise only these as they are only predictions, make sure to make quotes for every theme and character, but I would suggest revising these ones a bit more and make sure to watch some YouTube videos on these themes, and I definitely recommend getting a 7-day free subscription from save my exams, its really helpful for exam questions on each theme, quizzes and free revision notes which you can make into videos using ai of something. Hope this helps!

i'm also thinking it might be romeo (im aqa btw) as the last 2 years it was juliet but at the same time im thinking it might be a good time for them to ask about other characters or even one of the themes you mentioned. im gonna list everything that has come up:
AQA
2014 specimen: how does Shakespeare present lord Capulet as a good father?

Now the real exam papers:
2017: how does Shakespeare explore Romeo's attitudes towards love?
2018: explore how Shakespeare presents relationships between adults and young people in Romeo and Juliet.
2019: explore how Shakespeare presents the relationship between Romeo and Juliet.
2020: explore how Shakespeare presents the effects of the conflict between the Capulet and Montague families
2021: explore how Shakespeare presents Juliet as a character with strong emotions
2022: explore how Shakespeare presents Romeo's feelings towards Juliet
2023: explore how Shakespeare presents Juliet’s feelings towards Romeo
2024: how does Shakespeare presents Juliet's difficulties

I feel like they are linked and that this year is a good time to ask about a diff theme/characters especially a theme as 6/8 of the questions were on characters
(edited 10 months ago)

Reply 11

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by it's_meeeeeee
was it mr or mrs birling last year

Mrs Birling I'm pretty sure. I remember people from year 11 saying they didn't read the question and wrote about Mr Birling.

Reply 12

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by ItWasMaroon
out of them i only do inspector calls i was thinking maybe sheila or mr birling for one option and maybe inequalities in society for the other im not completely sure tho x
Maybe not Mr Birling since he has come up like 3 times in the past 5 years or smth like that

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