IB English A Lang & Lit SL · 2023 to 2025
English A SL Paper 1
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Paper 1
Latest exam session: May 2025
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Where Paper 1 marks go, by unit
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Exam pattern
How often each micro-topic has been examined, year by year. Each label is explained under the grid.
Does it repeat?
Top 4 of 11 micro-topics for the next sitting. Numbers are questions per year.
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| Micro-topic | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2Text type: the infographic, 2021: 2 questions | ·Text type: the infographic, 2022: 0 questions | 2Text type: the infographic, 2023: 2 questions | 1Text type: the infographic, 2024: 1 question | 1Text type: the infographic, 2025: 1 question | |
| 1Text type: the magazine article, 2021: 1 question | 2Text type: the magazine article, 2022: 2 questions | 1Text type: the magazine article, 2023: 1 question | 2Text type: the magazine article, 2024: 2 questions | ·Text type: the magazine article, 2025: 0 questions | |
| ·Text type: the advertisement, 2021: 0 questions | 1Text type: the advertisement, 2022: 1 question | 1Text type: the advertisement, 2023: 1 question | ·Text type: the advertisement, 2024: 0 questions | 2Text type: the advertisement, 2025: 2 questions | |
| ·Text type: the campaign material, 2021: 0 questions | ·Text type: the campaign material, 2022: 0 questions | 1Text type: the campaign material, 2023: 1 question | 1Text type: the campaign material, 2024: 1 question | 1Text type: the campaign material, 2025: 1 question |
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Which English A SL exam sessions are covered for Paper 1?
9 exam sessions from 2021 to 2025, the latest May 2025. Every Paper 1 in every timezone is read and classified in full, which gives 17 papers in this archive.
Which Paper 1 topic comes up most?
Text type: the infographic (2.4.1): in 21% of papers, last seen May 25 P1 TZ1. Usually "Analyse", worth about 20 marks in a paper that includes it.
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Banker: examined in at least one sitting in four and still appearing. Due: regular before, but absent for the last two exam sessions. Rising: clearly more common in the last two years. Our classification of real papers, not an IB statistic.
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