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Twelve AQA 8700-style questions in 15 minutes. See your likely grade and weakest topic straight away, no account needed.
12 questions · 15 minutes
Two parts with their own clocks: four questions on a short story extract, then eight on writers’ choices.
| Section | Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4 | 7:00 |
| Writing | 8 | 8:00 |
| Total | 12 | 15 minutes |
What you get
- Your marks, your likely grade and your weakest topic straight away, no account needed.
- With a free account: the skills to fix first, a two-week plan and every answer worked through.
- Your result and plan stay in your account, ready when you come back.
How the range is worked out
- Each question has a difficulty level. Difficulty levels are set by our question writers.
- We take off the answers a guesser would get right by luck (one in four on four options). Too few left and we say so rather than guess a grade.
- We find the ability that best explains how many you got right, allowing for how hard those questions were.
- We place that ability among the 623,435 students who sat AQA GCSE English Language in 2026, and read the grade from the board's published shares: 2.4% got grade 9 and 63.1% grade 4 or above.
- Twelve questions cannot pin down one grade; a full paper narrows it.
Questions
How accurate is the grade?
It is a range, because twelve questions cannot pin down one grade. A full timed paper marked against the grade boundaries is the closer check.
Is it like the real exam?
No. AQA papers are mostly written answers, from a few lines to a full piece of writing. These questions check the reading and writing choices behind them, so treat the grade as a guide.
Is it only for AQA?
The questions follow AQA 8700, the most common GCSE English Language course.
Do I need an account?
No. Your marks, likely grade and weakest topic show straight away. A free account adds the lesson for each weak topic, a two-week plan and every answer worked through, and keeps them.
What does it cover?
Reading a fiction extract, sentence choices, tone, structure and evidence.
What grade do most students get?
In 2026, 2.4% of AQA GCSE English Language students got grade 9 and 63.1% got grade 4 or above.