Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese Paper 1f 2025 Question Paper

Download the official Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese (9–1) Paper 1: Listening and Understanding in Chinese Foundation Tier question paper for the Summer 2025 examination series (1CN0/1F). This authentic Edexcel exam paper contains the complete set of live GCSE Chinese listening questions used during the June 2025 examinations.
The paper assesses students’ ability to understand spoken Mandarin Chinese and spoken Cantonese across a wide range of practical GCSE topics. Students complete multiple-choice questions, matching activities, short-answer comprehension tasks, and sentence-completion exercises based on authentic-style listening recordings.

Topics covered in the examination include appearances and clothing, sporting invitations, music preferences, summer jobs, school life, annual festivals, shopping centres, weather reports, taxi drivers in Beijing, exam results, environmental businesses, healthcare volunteering, winter sports attractions, and opinions about learning Chinese.

Students listen to realistic conversations, podcasts, radio promotions, announcements, interviews, and discussions involving everyday Chinese communication. The Foundation Tier assessment develops listening comprehension, vocabulary recognition, inference skills, and understanding of spoken opinions, experiences, and factual information in Chinese.

The paper includes culturally relevant GCSE Chinese contexts such as Chinese festivals, Dragon Boat races, mooncakes, public transport, tourism in Shanghai and Beijing, environmentally friendly businesses, international healthcare work, and discussions about learning Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language.

Question styles include identifying correct statements, selecting information from spoken extracts, completing sentences from audio recordings, and interpreting speakers’ opinions and experiences. Students must understand both specific details and overall meaning from spoken Chinese delivered at Foundation Tier level.

Ideal for timed practice, classroom assessment, mock examinations, listening-skills development, revision sessions, intervention work, and preparation for future GCSE Chinese exams, this downloadable PDF provides authentic Pearson Edexcel assessment material and realistic Foundation Tier listening practice.

This document is designed for Year 10 and Year 11 students studying Pearson Edexcel GCSE Chinese (9–1) Foundation Tier, including students preparing for the 2026 examinations, independent learners, heritage speakers, home-educated candidates, and students building confidence in GCSE Chinese listening comprehension.

It is also highly useful for Chinese language teachers, tutors, revision centres, intervention coordinators, and parents seeking authentic Edexcel listening exam material for classroom practice, homework, mock assessments, and GCSE Chinese revision.