SAMPLE ENTRANCE
EXAMINATION PAPER
For pupils currently in Year 6
ENGLISH
Name: Age: Year:
Time allowed: 60 minutes
Instructions:
1. Answer all the questions in Section A.
2. Answer ONE question from Section B.
3. You will be given marks for accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar.
4. You have 60 minutes for the exam. Spend 30 minutes on Section A and 30
minutes on Section B.
Section A
Section B
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Section A
Read the extract ‘A Study in Scarlet’ and then answer all of the questions.
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Section A
1. Select one quotation that makes Mr Holmes seem to be a very clever man.
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2. How does the author make the student seem excited in the first paragraph?
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3. Why do you think the author uses the line, ‘looking as delighted as a child with a new
toy’? (paragraph 9)
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4. Select one quotation from the story which suggests delight.
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5. Select one quotation from the story which suggests intrigue.
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6. Select one quotation from the story which suggests impatience.
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7. Why is the moment described in the story such an important discovery?
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Turn over for Section B
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Section B
Select and answer one of the following tasks:
1. Write a description of a discovery you once made. It does not have to be a true story.
2. Write a newspaper story about a murder.
3. Write a story with the starting line: ‘This was a lofty chamber, lined and littered with
countless bottles.’
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