Paper B.
2018
Literacy Paper 11+
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Work as quickly and as accurately as possible.
There are 60 multiple choice questions to answer.
You must mark your chosen answer on the separate answer
sheet as instructed.
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This paper is multiple choice. You need to choose the correct answer to each question and mark your
choice on the answer sheet.
In the following questions choose the sentence in which there are no spelling mistakes.
1. A. My persistent cough was really irritating.
B. My persistant cough was really iritating.
C. My persistant cough was reely irrittating.
D. My perssistent cough was reely irrittating.
E. My persistant cough was really irritating.
2. A. There is no need to get agressive when you have an argument.
B. There is no need to get aggresive when you have an arguement.
C. There is no need to get aggressive when you have an argument.
D. There is no need to get agressive when you have an arguement.
E. There is no need to get aggressive when you have an arguement.
3. A. Sam will receive his certificate during assembeley.
B. Sam will receeve his certificate during assembley.
C. Sam will recieve his certificate during assembeley.
D. Sam will recieve his certificate during assembley.
E. Sam will receive his certificate during assembly.
In the following questions choose the sentence in which all of the homophones have been spelt correctly.
4. A. The beach tree is between the border of flowers and the bush with the bright berries.
B. The beach tree is between the boarder of flowers and the bush with the bright buries.
C. The beech tree is between the border of flowers and the bush with the bright berries.
D. The beech tree is between the boarder of flowers and the bush with the bright berries.
E. The beach tree is between the border of flowers and the bush with the bright buries.
5. A. My brother is a cowered who balled his eyes out when I made him jump.
B. My brother is a coward who bawled his eyes out when I made him jump.
C. My brother is a cowered who balled his eyes out when I maid him jump.
D. My brother is a coward who balled his eyes out when I made him jump.
E. My brother is a cowered who bawled his eyes out when I made him jump.
In the following questions choose the correct meaning of the combining forms which are in bold.
6. telegram, diagram
A. Written
B. Heavy
C. Light
D. Post
E. Flat
7. audiology, audiogram
A. See
B. Song
C. Loud
D. Sound
E. Test
8. archangel, archbishop
A. Circular
B. Clever
C. Common
D. Caring
E. Chief
9. equilateral, equidistant
A. Different
B. Line
C. Flat
D. Equal
E. Shape
10. telescope, periscope
A. Observation
B. Glass
C. Wide
D. Transparent
E. Distant
In the following questions choose the sentence in which the word in bold has been used correctly.
11. Pompous
A. I felt so pompous that I cried when my mum told me off.
B. He looks rather pompous in that expensive suit.
C. Being pompous will help you make friends.
D. My dad helps me with my homework because he is pompous.
E. When I feel pompous I use a stress ball to calm down.
12. Consult
A. I had to go to and see a nurse for a consult.
B. The consult was a tall and intimidating man.
C. I will have to consult with my mum about the party.
D. Yesterday, I consult you about the weather.
E. I felt rather consult when you told me off.
13. Wholeheartedly
A. My dad was wholeheartedly ill when he was in hospital.
B. I wholeheartedly supported my brother in his efforts to learn French.
C. I like to be healthy and wholeheartedly try not to eat chocolate.
D. I went to bed wholeheartedly as I was very tired.
E. Wholeheartedly I am not going to go to school tomorrow.
14. Adamant
A. I feel slightly adamant that my brother might have broken the vase.
B. The adamant on the boat got broken in the storm.
C. If you can’t be adamant then you shouldn’t criticise other people.
D. An adamant is one of my favourite animals.
E. My mum is adamant that I am well enough to go to school today.
15. Clarify
A. I can’t clarify what was said as I couldn’t hear properly.
B. I didn’t do well in the test because I can’t clarify enough.
C. You should clarify quicker if you want to do well.
D. If you can clarify your name then we can’t proceed.
E. Clarify is not something I am able to do right now.
In the following questions the letters of words have been jumbled up. In each question pick out the
jumbled up word that is the odd one out. The link between the other words is given as a clue.
16. A. LOBIED WAYS to PREPARE EGGS
B. HODPACE
C. DEFIR
D. DBLAMERSC
E. TLAPE
17. A. TREN RHYMES with SCENT
B. ANTME
C. ERAGE
D. NEWT
E. NETSCON
18. A. DEAPS ITEMS FOUND on the BEACH
B. TUKCEB
C. DANS
D. LEWOT
E. UICERS
19. A. TONERING GASES
B. GENYOX
C. LOGD
D. MULIEH
E. NGDHYROE
20. A. RSEO FLOWERS
B. EDES
C. IDASY
D. PPPOY
E. ILLY
Which adjective best describes the noun in the following sentences?
21. My brother was rather __________ after being told off by Mum.
A. Subdued.
B. Tenacious.
C. Crafty.
D. Flamboyant.
E. Chirpy.
22. Dan was being __________ when he gave up his seat on the train.
A. Tetchy.
B. Vivacious.
C. Zealous.
D. Chivalrous.
E. Petulant.
23. The __________ building ruins the view from my bedroom window.
A. Quaint.
B. Outstanding.
C. Exquisite.
D. Homely.
E. Unsightly.
Which adverb best describes the verb in the following sentences?
24. “You have not behaved well today,” Mum said __________.
A. Usually.
B. Brightly.
C. Deliberately.
D. Openly.
E. Reproachfully.
25. I __________ searched for my missing homework.
A. Frequently.
B. Casually.
C. Frantically.
D. Tediously.
E. Devotedly.
In the following questions choose the correct synonym for the word in bold.
26. Crumble
A. Rocky.
B. Thunder.
C. Desert.
D. Disintegrate.
E. Dessert.
27. Tense
A. Camping.
B. Past.
C. Rigid.
D. Present.
E. Cross.
28. Jubilant
A. Celebrate.
B. Elated.
C. Noisy.
D. Extreme.
E. Party.
In the following questions choose the correct antonym for the word in bold.
29. Charming
A. Average.
B. Magic.
C. Repulsive.
D. Rudely.
E. Baddie.
30. Spontaneous
A. Planned.
B. Playful.
C. Perfect.
D. Plummet.
E. Plain.
The following passage has had some punctuation removed from it. You need to add the missing
punctuation and then answer the questions.
My brothers really annoying sometimes. The things that most irritate me about him are he eats like a pig,
he is a bad loser he hits me and he can be really grumpy. I cant get any peace when he is at home. Would
you want someone like that to be your brother
31. What is the first piece of missing punctuation?
A. An apostrophe.
B. A comma.
C. A full stop.
D. A semi-colon.
E. A colon.
32. What is the second piece of missing punctuation?
A. A colon.
B. An exclamation mark.
C. A question mark.
D. A full stop.
E. A comma.
33. What is the third piece of missing punctuation?
A. A colon.
B. A full stop.
C. A hyphen.
D. A comma.
E. A question mark.
34. What is the fourth piece of missing punctuation?
A. A comma.
B. An apostrophe.
C. A full stop.
D. A colon.
E. A semi-colon.
35. What is the fifth piece of missing punctuation?
A. A full stop.
B. A colon.
C. A question mark.
D. An apostrophe.
E. A hyphen.
Choose the word which is the same word type (i.e. noun, verb etc.) as the word in bold.
36. Reasonable
A. Fairly.
B. Outline.
C. Rowdy.
D. Judgement.
E. Opinion.
37. Juror
A. Relax.
B. Bearded.
C. Bossy.
D. Teacher.
E. Illustrate.
38. Attach
A. Sticker.
B. Plead.
C. Truthful.
D. Sensitivity.
E. Payment.
39. And
A. Can.
B. On.
C. It.
D. If.
E. Why.
40. Attitude
A. Precise.
B. Compass.
C. Exactly.
D. Drew.
E. Moody.
The following passage has had ten words removed from it. Read the passage carefully and then decide
which words have been removed.
(41) is the story of the different ways we looked for (42), and I think when you have read it you will see
that we were not lazy about the looking.
There are (43) things I must tell before I begin to tell about the treasure-seeking, because I have read
books myself, and I know how beastly it is when a story begins, “‘Alas!” said Hildegarde with a deep sigh, “we
must look our last on this ancestral home”’—and then someone else says (44)—and you don’t know for pages
and pages where the home is, or who Hildegarde is, or anything about it. Our ancestral home is in the
Lewisham Road. It is semi-detached and has a garden, not a large one. We are the Bastables. There are (45)
of us besides Father. Our Mother is dead, and if you think we (46) care because I don’t tell you much about
her you only show that you do not understand people at all. Dora is the eldest. Then Oswald—and then Dicky.
Oswald won the Latin prize at his preparatory school—and Dicky is good at sums. Alice and Noel are (47):
they are ten, and Horace Octavius is my youngest brother. It is one of us that tells this story—but I shall not
tell you (48): only at the very end perhaps I will. While the story is going on you may be trying to guess, only
I bet you don’t. It was Oswald who first thought (49) looking for treasure. Oswald often thinks of very
interesting things. And directly he thought of it he did not keep it to himself, as some boys would have done,
but he told the others, and said—
‘I’ll tell you what, we must go and seek for treasure: it is always what you do to (50) the fallen fortunes of
your House.’
The extract is from The Story of the Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit.
41. A. That
B. This
C. What
D. How
E. When
42. A. friends
B. gold
C. family
D. treasure
E. things
43. A. few
B. some
C. much
D. most
E. fewer
44. A. anything
B. nothing
C. thing
D. once
E. something
45. A. five
B. seven
C. eight
D. six
E. many
46. A. don’t
B. can
C. do
D. can’t
E. shan’t
47. A. twins
B. brothers
C. sisters
D. triplets
E. friends
48. A. how
B. which
C. what
D. when
E. why
49. A. off
B. that
C. through
D. of
E. around
50. A. make
B. restore
C. destroy
D. win
E. encourage
Read the following extract carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
I'm not absolutely certain of my facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare—or, if not, it's some equally
brainy lad—who says that it's always just when a chappie is feeling particularly top-hole, and more than
usually braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with a bit of lead piping. There's no
doubt the man's right. It's absolutely that way with me. Take, for instance, the fairly rummy matter of Lady
Malvern and her son Wilmot. A moment before they turned up, I was just thinking how thoroughly all right
everything was.
7 It was one of those topping mornings, and I had just climbed out from under the cold shower, feeling like
a two-year-old. As a matter of fact, I was especially bucked just then because the day before I had asserted
myself with Jeeves—absolutely asserted myself, don't you know. You see, the way things had been going on
I was rapidly becoming a dashed serf. The man had jolly well oppressed me. I didn't so much mind when he
made me give up one of my new suits, because, Jeeves's judgment about suits is sound. But I as near as a
toucher rebelled when he wouldn't let me wear a pair of cloth-topped boots which I loved like a couple of
brothers. And when he tried to tread on me like a worm in the matter of a hat, I jolly well put my foot down
and showed him who was who. It's a long story, and I haven't time to tell you now, but the point is that he
wanted me to wear the Longacre—as worn by John Drew—when I had set my heart on the Country
Gentleman—as worn by another famous actor chappie—and the end of the matter was that, after a rather
painful scene, I bought the Country Gentleman. So that's how things stood on this particular morning, and I
was feeling kind of manly and independent.
19 Well, I was in the bathroom, wondering what there was going to be for breakfast while I massaged the
good old spine with a rough towel and sang slightly, when there was a tap at the door. I stopped singing and
opened the door an inch.
"What ho without there!"
"Lady Malvern wishes to see you, sir," said Jeeves.
"Eh?"
"Lady Malvern, sir. She is waiting in the sitting-room."
"Pull yourself together, Jeeves, my man," I said, rather severely, for I bar practical jokes before breakfast.
"You know perfectly well there's no one waiting for me in the sitting-room. How could there be when it's
barely ten o'clock yet?"
29 "I gathered from her ladyship, sir, that she had landed from an ocean liner at an early hour this morning."
9 This made the thing a bit more plausible. I remembered that when I had arrived in America about a year
before, the proceedings had begun at some ghastly hour like six, and that I had been shot out on to a foreign
shore considerably before eight.
"Who the deuce is Lady Malvern, Jeeves?"
"Her ladyship did not confide in me, sir."
"Is she alone?"
"Her ladyship is accompanied by a Lord Pershore, sir. I fancy that his lordship would be her ladyship's son."
"Oh, well, put out rich raiment of sorts, and I'll be dressing."
"Our heather-mixture lounge is in readiness, sir."
39 "Then lead me to it."
While I was dressing I kept trying to think who on earth Lady Malvern could be. It wasn't till I had climbed
through the top of my shirt and was reaching out for the studs that I remembered.
"I've placed her, Jeeves. She's a pal of my Aunt Agatha."
"Indeed, sir?"
"Yes. I met her at lunch one Sunday before I left London. A very vicious specimen. Writes books. She wrote
a book on social conditions in India when she came back from the Durbar."
"Yes, sir? Pardon me, sir, but not that tie!"
"Eh?"
"Not that tie with the heather-mixture lounge, sir!"
It was a shock to me. I thought I had quelled the fellow. It was rather a solemn moment. What I mean is,
if I weakened now, all my good work the night before would be thrown away. I braced myself.
"What's wrong with this tie? I've seen you give it a nasty look before. Speak out like a man! What's the
matter with it?"
"Too ornate, sir."
Extract taken from My Man Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse.
51. What does “feeling particularly top-hole” mean? (line 2)
A. Feeling empty.
B. Feeling really good.
C. Feeling rather low.
D. Feeling a bit sad.
E. Feeling alright.
52. “Fate sneaks up behind him” is an example of what? (line 3)
A. A simile.
B. A metaphor.
C. Alliteration.
D. Personification.
E. Exaggeration.
53. Looking at the second paragraph, why is the narrator pleased with himself?
A. Lady Malvern and her son have come to visit.
B. He is wearing the suit of his choice.
C. He had stood up to Jeeves the previous day.
D. His brothers are coming to visit.
E. He is wearing his favourite boots.
54. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Jeeves and the narrator?
A. They are brothers.
B. They are related but we are not told how.
C. Jeeves is an employee of the narrator.
D. Jeeves is the narrator’s employer.
E. They are close friends.
55. How would you describe the tone of this passage?
A. Humorous.
B. Sad.
C. Serious.
D. Sinister.
E. Happy.
56. How do we know that this novel is not set in the 21 st century?
A. Nobody in the 21st century has heard of Shakespeare.
B. Some of the language is clearly not from the 21st century.
C. Nobody has the title of Lady nowadays.
D. The narrator had a cold shower which nobody does nowadays.
E. Jeeves is not a name used in the 21st century.
57. Why does the narrator not initially believe Jeeves that he has a visitor?
A. The narrator never has visitors.
B. The narrator hasn’t arranged to have a visitor.
C. Jeeves often plays jokes on him.
D. The narrator thinks it is too early for a visitor.
E. The narrator doesn’t know who Lady Malvern is.
58. Which of the following is a synonym for the word bar? (line 26)
A. Love.
B. Dislike.
C. Misunderstand.
D. Hate.
E. Prohibit.
59. What is the narrator’s name?
A. We are not told.
B. Malvern.
C. P. G. Wodehouse.
D. Lord Pershore.
E. Jeeves.
60. Which words best describe Jeeves?
A. Silly but charming.
B. Miserable and grumpy.
C. Polite but controlling.
D. Lively and cheerful.
E. Lazy and rude.
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