View example
2025 Pearson Edexcel GCSE German Paper 3H and Mark Scheme Combined (1GN0/3H: Reading and understanding in German Higher Tier)
Paper code: 1GN0/3H.
Title: Reading and understanding in German — Higher Tier.
Duration: 60 minutes.
Total marks: 50 marks. This paper makes up 25% of the full GCSE German qualification.
No dictionary allowed.
The paper assesses your comprehension of written German across a range of formal/informal texts and contexts — both familiar and unfamiliar.
Section A — Reading and Understanding (40 marks)
You will read one or more German texts (e.g. emails, articles, adverts, dialogues, notices, etc.).
Questions are in English. You answer in English (or non‑verbally as instructed) — multiple‑choice, multiple‑response, or short‑answer open‑response formats.
Section B — Translation into English (10 marks)
You translate a short passage from German into English. Instructions are in English.
Students must answer all questions in both sections (A and B).
Comprehension — understanding main ideas, details, opinions, attitudes, inferred meanings, and implicit information in a variety of written German texts.
Translation skill — ability to accurately render meaning from German into English, preserving sense, register and nuance.
Reading agility — handling different text types and lengths under time pressure; retrieving information; interpreting context and vocabulary (including some unfamiliar words, using context).
Marking follows the official mark schemes provided for 1GN0/3H.
To succeed in Paper 3H, you should:
Practice reading a variety of German texts — informal and formal: adverts, articles, emails, dialogues, websites, notices.
Work on reading for gist, detail, inference, and summarising — not just literal translation.
Build translation skills: practise translating German passages to English, aiming for accuracy, clarity, and faithful meaning.
Expand German vocabulary and handle unknown words using context.
Manage time: 60 minutes for both reading and translation; allow enough time for both — about 15 minutes suggested for translation in past papers.
| Author | zeus999 team |
| Published | 09 Dec 2025 |
| Included files | |
PEARSON EDEXCEL A LEVEL PAPER 1 HISTORY LEVEL 3 QU...
Ace your Pearson Edexcel A Level 3 GCE Portuguese...
Ace your Pearson Edexcel A Level 3 GCE Portuguese...
Ace your Pearson Edexcel A Level 3 GCE Persian exa...
Ace your Pearson Edexcel A Level 3 GCE Persian exa...
Ace your Pearson Edexcel A Level 3 GCE Russian Adv...
Ace your Edexcel BTEC Level 3 IT Practitioners 'Ma...
Access the official Pearson Edexcel Mark Scheme fo...
2025 Pearson Edexcel GCSE Arabic Paper 4H Question...
2025 Pearson Edexcel GCSE Arabic Paper 4H Question...
Cookies!
