# Leaving Cert German: Literary Reading questions > Every Leaving Cert German exam question on Literary Reading, grouped by level and year. Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers; every PDF link opens the original on examinations.ie. Canonical: https://examai.ie/past-papers/leaving-cert/german/topic/literary-reading Comprehension built on a literary rather than journalistic passage — a novel or short-story extract, memoir or biography. Kept distinct from the journalistic comprehension for the same reason as in French: it is a separately taught reading technique. Members are the text-type markers that identify a passage as literary. 23 past German questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2026, grouped by year. Each links to its exact page in the official paper and marking scheme. ## Higher Level ### 2026 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, reading and books, family - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/LC011ALP000BV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=5) ### 2024 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/LC011ALP000BV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=5) ### 2023 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/LC011ALP000BV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=5) ### 2022 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, love and loss, migration - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/LC011ALP000BV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=5) ### 2021 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2021/LC011ALP000BV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2021/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=11) ### 2020 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, coming of age - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2020/LC011ALP000BV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2020/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=12) ### 2019 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2019/LC011ALP000BV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2019/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=11) ### 2018 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, themes - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2018/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2018/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=11) ### 2017 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2017/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2017/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=11) ### 2016 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2016/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2016/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=11) ### 2015 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, family, ageing - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2015/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2015/LC011ALP000EV.pdf#page=11) ## Ordinary Level ### 2026 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, family life - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/LC011GLP000BV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=5) ### 2025 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, travel, ireland - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/LC011GLP000BV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=5) ### 2024 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, matching - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/LC011GLP000BV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=5) ### 2023 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, friendship - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/LC011GLP000BV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=5) ### 2022 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, school trip - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/LC011GLP000BV.pdf#page=4) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=5) ### 2021 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, family life - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2021/LC011GLP000BV.pdf#page=3) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2021/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=10) ### 2020 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, part-time work, family life - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2020/LC011GLP000BV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2020/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=10) ### 2019 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, family life, matching - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2019/LC011GLP000BV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2019/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=10) ### 2018 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, daily routine - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2018/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2018/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=9) ### 2017 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, work and careers - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2017/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2017/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=10) ### 2016 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, friendship, school life - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2016/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2016/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=8) ### 2015 - Q1 (60 marks): reading comprehension, social issues, friendship - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2015/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=2) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2015/LC011GLP000EV.pdf#page=10) ## Related - [Reading Comprehension](https://examai.ie/past-papers/leaving-cert/german/topic/reading-comprehension) - [Applied Grammar](https://examai.ie/past-papers/leaving-cert/german/topic/applied-grammar) - [Written Production](https://examai.ie/past-papers/leaving-cert/german/topic/written-production) - [All German past papers](https://examai.ie/past-papers/leaving-cert/german)