AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 - 11th May 2026 [Exam Chat]

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AQA GCSE English Literature Paper 1 (8702/1) - Monday 11th May 2026 [Exam Chat]

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Date/Time: 11th May 2026 AM
Length: 1hr 45m

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Reply 1

kingsamantha

what are our predictions for the romeo and juliet/ pride and prej/ AIC/ love and relationships poetry question guys

Reply 2

maybe-laiba

Original post

by kingsamantha

what are our predictions for the romeo and juliet/ pride and prej/ AIC/ love and relationships poetry question guys

I don't do any except AIC but I feel like Eric might be one of the questions or even Eva Smith and how she is presented - they're just guesses though.

Reply 3

Studentmb

Does anyone do sign of the four? I can't tell which characters are the main ones and which ones aren't. I also can't find revision and quotes online. If you don't do sign of the four does anybody know any good websites that have revision for the least popular texts?

Reply 4

Lily346786

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by Studentmb

Heyy, I don't do sign of the four but there is an app called Knowunity that has resources on this text ( and other texts as well), u can also check out BBC Bitesize, save my exams, and youtube

Reply 5

Studentmb

Original post

by Lily346786

Heyy, I don't do sign of the four but there is an app called Knowunity that has resources on this text ( and other texts as well), u can also check out BBC Bitesize, save my exams, and youtube

Thanks! I'll look at that app

Reply 6

Jimmy Butler IV

Ive done my GCSEs, but here is a good model answer (poetry anthology):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lIyNhVptb38&t=33s

Reply 7

Thala10

Original post

by kingsamantha

what are our predictions for the romeo and juliet/ pride and prej/ AIC/ love and relationships poetry question guys

Yh I agree with @maybe-laiba on that one, maybe responsibility could come up as well? As a theme it's not came up since the specimen paper... I could only predict for AIC as I don't do any of the other texts you've said

Reply 8

Behrad1

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by Studentmb

Id say Holmes and Watson are the main ones but questions on other minor characters have come up in the past e.g. 2023 questio on Small(as a villain). But overall tho many of the characters are used to explore ideas about a certain topic like Tonga is to explore ideas about imperialism and "the other" etc even tho technically he isn't a "main" character. Think of it as "how many questions can my character answer?", if the answer is only limited then your character is probably not worth focusing on.

Reply 9

PhiRJ

Original post

by maybe-laiba

I don't do any except AIC but I feel like Eric might be one of the questions or even Eva Smith and how she is presented - they're just guesses though.

Eva is too vague, you I doubt you'd know much about her for it to be a question. Eric could come up though, it might be something to do with responsibility and/or how he evolves.

Reply 10

Thala10

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by PhiRJ

Eva is too vague, you I doubt you'd know much about her for it to be a question. Eric could come up though, it might be something to do with responsibility and/or how he evolves.

Well there could be a question like "How is Eva Smith a representation of women/poor people in pre-war England and how they were treated" or something along the lines of it