Answers to Sample 11+ Assessment 29)
N — There are no mistakes in this line.
Test for GL Assessment — English 30) D — ‘desents’ should be ‘descents’ — there is a silent ‘c’
after the first ‘s’.
1) B — Mi Nuong is lonely because “Her father kept her
locked away at the top of the palace’s tallest tower.” 31) A — ‘plentyful ’ should be ‘plentiful’ — the ‘y’ changes
to an ‘i’ when the suffix ‘ful’ is added to the word ‘plenty’.
2) E — Mi Nuong sits at her window “embroidering” — this
is another word for sewing. 32) C — ‘begginners’’ should be ‘beginners’ — the root
word is ‘begin’ so there is only one ‘g’.
3) C — In the passage it says Mi Nuong’s father locks her
in a tower “to keep her out of harm’s way.” 33) D — ‘residant’ should be ‘resident’ — the ending should
be ‘ent’.
4) C — Sunlight is the only option that isn’t mentioned in
the passage. 34) C — ‘restaraunt’ should be ‘restaurant’ — the ‘u’ comes
before the second ‘r’ and the ending is ‘ant’.
5) B — The song makes Mi Nuong feel enthralled and
wishful — the music is “captivating” and gives her a 35) C — ‘Asked’ should be ‘asked’. This word doesn’t need
“glimmer of hope”. a capital letter because it follows speech, even though the
speech is a full sentence.
6) D — The man is fishing — he stands on a “golden fishing
boat” and he has a net. 36) N — There are no mistakes in this line.
7) C — In the passage it says “Mi Nuong leaned out as far 37) D — There should be a full stop after ‘disease’, but before
out as she could to try to catch sight of the singer” — she the inverted commas.
wants to get a better look at the man on the fishing boat. 38) C — There should be a semicolon after ‘huge’ to
8) A — In the passage it says “A sudden glimmer of hope separate two main clauses which are related.
lit up in her heart” and “Perhaps this man had come to 39) D — ‘it’s’ should be ‘its’ — there shouldn’t be an
release her from the tower” — she is hopeful that the man apostrophe because ‘its’ shows possession in this sentence.
has come to rescue her. 40) A — The comma should be after
9) C — “forlorn” is closest in meaning to ‘miserable’. It ‘listened’, not after ‘thought’.
means that Mi Nuong is unhappy. 41) B — ‘was’ is the correct past tense form of the verb ‘be’.
10) B — The phrase “floating on air” is an idiom which means 42) C — This is the correct tense to use to complete the
‘to be overjoyed’. clause ‘it’s what we were all worried we’d do’. It must be
11) B — The phrase means that Mi Nuong thinks she is ‘we’d do’ to agree with ‘we were all worried’.
meant to marry him — “destined” means the same as 43) B — ‘had’ is the correct past tense form of ‘have’, to
‘meant’. agree with ‘Mum’, so the correct option is ‘had to’.
12) C — This is a simile because the author is saying that 44) A — ‘worse’ is correct — it is used to
Mi Nuong is like a moth. compare two bad situations.
13) A — “unwary” is an adjective because 45) A — ‘were’ is the correct past tense form of the
it is describing a noun. verb ‘be’ and agrees with ‘Year 7s’ which is plural.
14) B — “glimpsed” is a verb. It is the 46) D — ‘to’ is correct because it completes
action word in this sentence. the phrase is ‘in order to’.
15) B — In the passage it says that “She could see nothing, in 47) A — ‘off ’ is the only preposition which makes sense here.
fact, but a dense darkness on either side.”
48) A — ‘By lunch’ is the only option which makes sense.
16) D — In the passage the only thing Mrs Medlock doesn’t
49) B — ‘have forgotten’ is the correct past tense form to
mention is water.
use — ‘have’ agrees with ‘everyone’ and ‘forgotten’ is the
17) B — Mary feels anxious as she doesn’t know anything correct spelling to use here.
about the moor and she says that she does not like it.
50) D — This is the correct past tense form of ‘write’ and
18) C — In the passage Mrs Medlock describes the moor as agrees with the singular noun, ‘a word’.
“wild” and that nothing grows on the moor “but heather
and gorse”.
19) B — Mary can only see darkness around her, which she
thinks could be the sea.
20) E — In the passage it says “Mary felt as if the drive
would never come to an end”, and she’s uncertain about
where they are, which means that she is disorientated.
21) A — The author creates an unsettling mood because the
moor is described as uncertain and mysterious.
22) D — This is a story so it’s a fiction text.
23) E — “presently” means the same as ‘before long’.
24) C — “expanse” is closest in meaning to ‘area’.
25) A — “singular” is closest in meaning to ‘strange’.
26) D — “beneath” is a preposition because it tells you where
the water is in relation to the bridge.
27) B — This is a metaphor because the moor is described as
an ocean.
28) C — These words are common nouns because they are
names for types of things.
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