HSC English Past Papers

Looking for HSC English past papers to practice your skills and apply your knowledge? You’ve come to the right place. Go straight to papers>>

Remember that successful English skills are developed through consistent reading, ongoing study practice, and a regular writing and feedback cycle. Doing past exam papers plays an important role in preparing you for your trials and final exams.

We’ve got the following HSC English past papers to help you: HSC Standard English, HSC Advanced English, HSC English Extension 1, and HSC English EAL

We’ve organised the past papers by course and year, naming the links as accurately as possible. If you find any errors, please let us know.

Sometimes, there is only a marking guide available, in others, the marking guide contains sample answers as well. The table usually shows each question and the criteria with each mark or mark range.

3 Tips to Help you Prepare for Your HSC English Exams

• Don’t Memorise Unnecessarily. Don’t try to memorise thousand-word essays by heart. Only memorise quotations verbatim which support your arguments. Aim to find powerful, versatile quotes and commit them to memory by writing and saying them out loud.

• Know What to Expect. Know the structure of all of your HSC English exams so there are no surprises when you get into the exam. Make sure you know how marks have been allocated in past exams. Doing this will ensure you can better use your time to focus on crafting the best answers rather than trying to understand the structure of the exam paper.

• Practice Your Writing. HSC English exams are ultimately testing your ability to write clearly and succinctly within a time limit. The only way to get better at this is by completing past English papers and questions. This also assesses your ability to improvise under time constraints. Swap essays and exams with your friends. This will provide you with feedback about your own writing and you’re also likely to pick up ideas from the way others write too.

3 Tips to Help you Ace Your HSC English Exams

• Answer the Question. Examiners are not interested in seeing if you can get everything down you know about a topic. They want to see whether you can adapt what you know to answer the question. Be strategic and only use what serves this purpose. Focus on the keywords and directions in front of you.

• Write a Rough Essay Plan. A brief essay plan will provide focus and direction for your writing. This is the key to only including what matters. It will help you not to waste your time writing paragraphs that don’t substantiate your arguments.

• Write Strong Introductions and Conclusions. Capture the interest of markers from your very first word and opening line so they want to read what you have written. Remember that the Introduction should always provide a clue about how you’re interpreting the question. Write a conclusion that confidently backs the perspectives you’ve presented, emphasizing why you’ve chosen the arguments you have.

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