HSC English Studies · Free interactive sample

Exam Predictors 2026

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2023–2025 main examinations · 24 separately marked questions · optional external examination · one reading stimulus withheld by NESA. Each paper is 70 marks. Showing 6 sample entries; trend percentages use this sample only. Official result percentages describe the published exam cohort.

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2025 · Main examination · Q13 marks

Visiting places and connection

Texts and human experiences

Unseen text analysis · Section I

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2025 · Main examination · Q24 marks

Learning in adulthood

Texts and human experiences

Unseen text analysis · Section I

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2025 · Main examination · Q34 marks

Experiencing the beach

Texts and human experiences

Unseen text analysis · Section I

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2025 · Main examination · Q44 marks

Hope for the future

Texts and human experiences

Unseen text analysis · Section I

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2025 · Main examination · Q715 marks

A text’s impact on understanding

Elective modules

Extended text analysis · Section III

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2025 · Main examination · Q815 marks

Writing about an important place

Writing skills

Original composition · Section IV

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Sample only: Main examinations only. Percentages show the share of known printed marks in the selected section and year. These describe the indexed historical papers, not probabilities for 2026.

Topics · 6-question sample
Topic	2025	Years present
Elective modules		1/1
Texts and human experiences		1/1
Writing skills		1/1

Elective modules

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Texts and human experiences

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Writing skills

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How marks and question types are counted

All printed alternatives are counted in these historical shares; candidates follow the paper’s instructions to choose which questions to answer. Mixed-topic items are kept together, and each indexed question contributes its marks once.

Topic and skill labels are ATARMAxxing analysis checked against NESA marking grids. Each of the eight questions is counted once per year; prescribed texts and elective modules are choices within a common prompt and are not duplicated. Commentary retains its question or section scope. Printed-mark shares describe this three-year corpus, not future probabilities. Course enrolments are not the optional examination cohort.

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Official sources and how this analysis works

Classification: English Studies Stage 6 (2017) · HSC 2026 syllabus and text prescriptions. Each question is counted at the separately marked subpart level. The source questions and stimuli remain in the authority's original documents.