Junior Cert German 2026

The 2026 Junior Cert German exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Common Level

Exam PaperMarking SchemeAudio
What's in the 2026 Common Level paper?
  • Q10 vocabulary, picture matching · 15 marks
  • Q11 vocabulary, picture matching · 18 marks
  • Q12 weather report, picture matching, reading comprehension · 12 marks
  • Q13 advertisement, multiple choice, reading comprehension · 15 marks
  • Q14 profile, true or false, reading comprehension · 18 marks
  • Q15 article, true or false, reading comprehension · 28 marks
  • Q16 story, reading comprehension · 19 marks
  • Q17 text messages, reading comprehension · 15 marks
  • Q18 vocabulary, gap fill, written production · 10 marks
  • Q19 sentence writing, fact file, verb forms · 20 marks
  • Q20 blog, written production · 50 marks

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