English (written) mock papers

These papers prepare for the Sutton Boys' Second Stage Examination, sat for admission to Wilson's School, Sutton Grammar School and Wallington County Grammar School. They are original mock papers written by Revision Library, not past papers and not official specimens.

Time allowed: 50 minutes
Questions: 1
Format: Written answers
Answer sheet: In the booklet

What this paper tests

Extended writing in response to a supplied stimulus
Following the task instructions precisely
Planning before writing
Genre conventions: report, letter, diary, narrative continuation, viewpoint writing
Vocabulary range and precision
Structure, paragraphing and cohesion
Spelling, punctuation and grammar within continuous prose

What is official, and what is our reconstruction

Officially confirmed: a written English paper of roughly 45 minutes to an hour, not multiple choice, with no specimen papers released.
Consistent independent accounts describe it as an extended writing task responding to supplied stimulus material, with the reported marking emphasis falling on following the task instructions, planning, quality of writing and vocabulary. We have built to that description and say so plainly.
The number of pieces, any choice of titles, the mark scheme and the mark total are unpublished. Ours is a reconstruction.
The four National Curriculum writing triplets belong to the girls' schools' second stage, not this one. Do not assume the boys' paper uses that framework.

The papers

The set is a ladder, not interchangeable papers. Work through them in order: the early papers are for getting used to the format, and the last is a genuinely competitive simulation.