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November 2025

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Paper 1: Reading
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
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March 2025

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June 2025

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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
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Paper 1: Reading
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
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Paper 1: Reading
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Paper 1: Reading
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November 2024

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Paper 1: Reading
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Paper 1: Reading
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
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Paper 1: Reading
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June 2024

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 1: Reading
0500/120500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/130500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/230500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/110500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/210500Insert
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March 2024

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/120500Insert
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November 2023

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 1: Reading
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/210500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/130500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/110500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/230500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
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June 2023

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/230500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/210500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/110500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/130500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/120500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
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March 2023

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 1: Reading
0500/120500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
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November 2022

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/110500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/120500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/130500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/230500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/210500Insert
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June 2022

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/210500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/130500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/120500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/230500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDFDownload PDF
Paper 1: Reading
0500/110500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
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March 2022

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/120500Insert
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November 2021

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/210500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/110500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/230500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/130500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/120500Insert
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March 2021

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/120500Insert
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June 2021

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
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Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/230500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDFDownload PDF
Paper 1: Reading
0500/120500Insert
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Paper 1: Reading
0500/130500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDFDownload PDF
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/210500Insert
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November 2020

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 1: Reading
0500/110500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDFDownload PDF
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/230500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDFDownload PDF
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDFDownload PDF
Paper 1: Reading
0500/120500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDFDownload PDF
Paper 1: Reading
0500/130500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDFDownload PDF
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/210500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDFDownload PDF

June 2020

PaperQuestion PaperMark SchemeExaminer Report
Paper 1: Reading
0500/110500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDF
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/210500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDF
Paper 1: Reading
0500/130500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDF
Paper 1: Reading
0500/120500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDF
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/220500Insert
Download PDFDownload PDF
Paper 2: Directed Reading and Composition
0500/230500Insert
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