QCE Year 12 English & Literature Extension 2026 Practice Exam Pack 1
A Skill Align qcaa external assessment practice exam-pack PDF delivered by email after purchase, containing question and response book with original stimulus material, worked solutions, marking guide, and diagnostic checklist.
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Question, Response and Stimulus Book
1 questions
35 marks
Estimated duration: Planning time 30 minutes; working time 120 minutes
Reading: 30 minutes planning · Writing: 120 minutesSample material preview
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STIMULUS 1 - THE NIGHT SWIM By eleven the quarry held the moon so steadily that Nia wanted to throw something at it. The others had left their shoes beside the warning fence. Cal went first, slipping through the torn wire and running over the pale rock as though the place belonged to his feet. His father had worked the quarry before the machines were sold. He knew which ledges looked solid and which only pretended. "Last one in buys breakfast," he called. Nia stayed by the fence. Beyond Cal, the water was black except where the moon made a road across it. The road ended at the cliff directly beneath her. During the day, trucks from the new estate queued along the rim. They brought clean soil to cover the old cuts. A billboard showed children riding bicycles where the crushing shed still leaned into the wind. Meena squeezed through beside Nia. "You don't have to prove anything." It sounded worse than a dare. Below them Cal entered the water without a splash. For a moment his head disappeared inside the moon. The boys on the lower ledge cheered, then stopped when he did not surface. Nia counted to five. The quarry seemed to count differently. Every echo returned late,…
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Question, Response and Stimulus Book question paper (35 marks)
Question, Response and Stimulus Book worked solutions and marking guide
Pathway-specific marking guide with criterion decisions and holistic score bands
Original Skill Align sample responses for every extended-response section
Diagnostic checklist for review after marking
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About this English & Literature Extension exam pack
This one-off PDF pack is an independently prepared Skill Align revision resource for Year 12 students studying English & Literature Extension in the QCE pathway. It contains original course-specific material and is separate from Online Practice subscriptions.
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