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Free 11+ GL practice: English Comprehension

Fifteen questions on one passage, pitched at real 11+ standard: inference, figurative language, vocabulary in context, synonyms and antonyms. English and verbal reasoning together carry 50% of the marks.

Before your child starts

  • 15 questions, 18 minutes. The timer starts when you press begin and submits automatically at zero.
  • One passage, read it properly first. The text stays on screen throughout, so there is no need to memorise it.
  • Harder than a school comprehension. Inference, figurative language, vocabulary in context, synonyms and antonyms.
  • Sit them somewhere quiet and leave them to it. Parents cannot stay in the room at the real test either.
  • Nothing is saved unless you choose to share it. The test runs entirely in your browser.

The real West Midlands entrance test is written and provided by GL Assessment, as the partnership confirms. These English comprehension and verbal reasoning questions are written by us to that published format.

What this can and cannot tell you. None of the partnership schools release past papers, so no practice test anywhere, including this one, is the real thing. Treat the result as a diagnosis of which topics need work, never as a prediction of a score. Real marks are standardised by age on a scale the schools do not publish.

GrammarPath is an independent tutoring company and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to GL Assessment. These questions are written by us to the published test format, they are not GL Assessment papers.

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English Comprehension · 15 questions
Question 1 of 20
Time left
20:00
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Your result

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This is a raw mark on a practice section, not a standardised score. The real test converts marks using an age-weighted scale the schools do not publish, so there is no honest way to turn 14 out of 20 into a number on that scale. Use the breakdown above to decide what to teach next.
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