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AQA A LEVEL 2025/26
Helpful for mocks and exam
revision
,A-level
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND
LITERATURE
Paper 2 Exploring Conflict
Thursday 22 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book
• a copy of the set texts you have studied for Section A and Section B. These texts must not be
annotated and must not contain additional notes or materials.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7707/2.
• There are two sections:
Section A: Writing about Society
Section B: Dramatic Encounters
• Answer three questions in total: two questions from Section A and one question from Section B.
• Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets. There are 55 marks in total for the questions in
Section A and 45 marks for the question in Section B.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
It is recommended that you spend 80 minutes on Section A and 70 minutes on Section B.
IB/G/Jun25/G4005/V6 7707/2
, 2
Section A
Writing about Society
Answer on one text in this section.
Answer both questions on your chosen set text.
Either
Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer
0 1 Read the section of Chapter 13,
from
‘Carine made peace with her parents shortly after Chris disappeared, and now, at the age
of twenty-two, she calls their relationship “extremely good”.’
to
‘Carine carried her brother’s ashes in her knapsack.’
This describes Carine’s life with her husband Chris Fish and her reaction to the news of
her brother Chris’s death.
Recast the base text into an account that Chris Fish, Carine’s husband, gives to a
customer at the auto repair business they own.
In your transformation you should consider:
• Chris Fish’s feelings about his brother-in-law Chris’s life and death and its impact on
his wife Carine
• Chris Fish’s view of his own life and ambitions for the future.
You should write about 300 words.
[25 marks]
and
0 2 Write a commentary explaining the decisions you have made in transforming the base
text for this new account and the effects of reshaping Krakauer’s original description.
In your commentary you should:
• consider how you have used language to shape your intended meaning
• demonstrate the connections between the base text and your transformed text
• structure your commentary clearly to express your ideas.
You should write about 400 words.
[30 marks]
IB/G/Jun25/7707/2
Practice Papers
Past Papers
AQA A LEVEL 2025/26
Helpful for mocks and exam
revision
,A-level
ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND
LITERATURE
Paper 2 Exploring Conflict
Thursday 22 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book
• a copy of the set texts you have studied for Section A and Section B. These texts must not be
annotated and must not contain additional notes or materials.
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7707/2.
• There are two sections:
Section A: Writing about Society
Section B: Dramatic Encounters
• Answer three questions in total: two questions from Section A and one question from Section B.
• Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
Information
• The maximum mark for this paper is 100.
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets. There are 55 marks in total for the questions in
Section A and 45 marks for the question in Section B.
• You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
It is recommended that you spend 80 minutes on Section A and 70 minutes on Section B.
IB/G/Jun25/G4005/V6 7707/2
, 2
Section A
Writing about Society
Answer on one text in this section.
Answer both questions on your chosen set text.
Either
Into the Wild – Jon Krakauer
0 1 Read the section of Chapter 13,
from
‘Carine made peace with her parents shortly after Chris disappeared, and now, at the age
of twenty-two, she calls their relationship “extremely good”.’
to
‘Carine carried her brother’s ashes in her knapsack.’
This describes Carine’s life with her husband Chris Fish and her reaction to the news of
her brother Chris’s death.
Recast the base text into an account that Chris Fish, Carine’s husband, gives to a
customer at the auto repair business they own.
In your transformation you should consider:
• Chris Fish’s feelings about his brother-in-law Chris’s life and death and its impact on
his wife Carine
• Chris Fish’s view of his own life and ambitions for the future.
You should write about 300 words.
[25 marks]
and
0 2 Write a commentary explaining the decisions you have made in transforming the base
text for this new account and the effects of reshaping Krakauer’s original description.
In your commentary you should:
• consider how you have used language to shape your intended meaning
• demonstrate the connections between the base text and your transformed text
• structure your commentary clearly to express your ideas.
You should write about 400 words.
[30 marks]
IB/G/Jun25/7707/2
