Sutton SET English Mock Paper 4

Choose the correct spelling.

The youth hostel can provide ____ for thirty walkers.The youth hostel can provide ____ for thirty walkers.

1. Aaccommodation
2. Bacommodation
3. Caccomodation
4. Daccommadation
5. Eaccomodatione

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It was a ____ to represent the school at the ceremony.It was a ____ to represent the school at the ceremony.

1. Apriviledge
2. Bprivelege
3. Cprivillage
4. Dprivilege
5. Eprivilige

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The ____ fell sharply once the sun went down.The ____ fell sharply once the sun went down.

1. Atemprature
2. Btemperature
3. Ctemparature
4. Dtempereture
5. Etempriture

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His ____ would not let him keep the wallet he had found.His ____ would not let him keep the wallet he had found.

1. Aconsience
2. Bconscience
3. Cconsciense
4. Dconcience
5. Econshience

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A ____ squirrel had emptied the bird feeder again.A ____ squirrel had emptied the bird feeder again.

1. Amischievious
2. Bmischevous
3. Cmischievous
4. Dmischeivous
5. Emischivous

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The lift is closed for routine ____.The lift is closed for routine ____.

1. Amaintainance
2. Bmaintenence
3. Cmaintanance
4. Dmaintenance
5. Emaintainence

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We joined the ____ outside the ticket office.We joined the ____ outside the ticket office.

1. Aque
2. Bqueue
3. Cqeue
4. Dqueuee
5. Equeye

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The shop cannot ____ that every toy will be in stock.The shop cannot ____ that every toy will be in stock.

1. Agarantee
2. Bguarentee
3. Cguarantee
4. Dguarrantee
5. Eguarantie

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Keep the ____ in case you need to return the headphones.Keep the ____ in case you need to return the headphones.

1. Areciept
2. Breceit
3. Creceept
4. Dreceipt
5. Erecepit

Choose the correct spelling.

The ____ strip above the counter gave off a faint hum.The ____ strip above the counter gave off a faint hum.

1. Aflorescent
2. Bfluourescent
3. Cflourescent
4. Dfluoresant
5. Efluorescent

How old was the narrator during the summer described in Text 1?

1. Afourteen
2. Bfifteen
3. Csixteen
4. Dseventeen
5. Eeighteen

Where did Mr Malik park his refrigerated lorry each night?

1. Abeside the fuel sign
2. Bin bay six
3. Coutside the entrance
4. Dbehind the bins
5. Enext to the green car

Which of these gives Mr Malik's usual food and drink exactly?

1. Astrong tea, brown toast, a fried egg and no beans
2. Bstrong coffee, white toast, a fried egg and beans
3. Cweak tea, brown toast, scrambled egg and no beans
4. Dstrong tea, white toast, a boiled egg and no beans
5. Ewarm milk, lemon sponge and a fried egg

How long did Mr Malik usually stay after collecting his meal?

1. Aseven minutes
2. Btwelve minutes
3. Cfifteen minutes
4. Deighteen minutes
5. Ethirty-eight minutes

Who drove the green car to the service station?

1. Athe narrator's mother
2. BJo
3. CMr Malik
4. DMr Malik's manager
5. EMr Malik's daughter

Where the narrator describes the quiet station after eleven, the automatic doors sometimes open 'for nobody'. Which option best explains the effect of this detail?

1. AIt shows that warm draughts can trigger the doors' sensor.
2. BIt makes the empty station seem briefly expectant, even when no customer is there.
3. CIt suggests the doors are unreliable during the night shift.
4. DIt shows that the narrator notices small events when work is quiet.
5. EIt helps explain why cold air sometimes enters the cafe.

The narrator begins warming Mr Malik's mug at 1.45 but 'pretended not to look forward to him'. Which option best explains this admission?

1. AThe narrator enjoys being able to prepare an order quickly.
2. BThe narrator is pleased that Jo has noticed the regular customer.
3. CThe narrator values the familiar visit but feels awkward admitting it.
4. DThe narrator wants Mr Malik to believe that the service is effortless.
5. EThe narrator expects every regular driver to receive special treatment.

After Mr Malik repeats his forecast, he taps his nose 'as if he had arranged the weather personally'. What does this comparison explain most fully?

1. AHe is confident because yesterday's forecast proved correct.
2. BHe treats useful road knowledge as a private secret.
3. CHe performs the familiar joke with mock importance.
4. DHe knows northern weather better than the narrator does.
5. EHe is proud that his driving experience helps him predict rain.

The narrator says, 'I thought I had him measured.' Which option best explains what the narrator later realises was wrong with that judgement?

1. AIt was based mainly on what Mr Malik ordered and said at work.
2. BIt mistook a carefully chosen routine for proof of a narrow life.
3. CIt failed to include Mr Malik's plans for retirement.
4. DIt paid too little attention to how demanding night driving was.
5. EIt assumed that Mr Malik disliked changes to his usual timetable.

When another lorry takes bay six, the narrator is 'absurdly annoyed with it'. Why is absurdly the most revealing word here?

1. AThe new driver has done nothing wrong by using an empty bay.
2. BThe narrator knows the annoyance is stronger than the situation deserves.
3. CThe narrator has been checking the time more often than usual.
4. DThe unfamiliar lorry makes Mr Malik's absence harder to ignore.
5. EBay six has become closely connected with Mr Malik in the narrator's mind.

Mr Malik looks smaller when he arrives without the silver cab behind him. Which option best explains what the observation suggests?

1. AHis ordinary jumper is less noticeable than his reflective jacket.
2. BHe is physically tired after completing his final delivery.
3. CThe narrator has always seen his identity enlarged by his job and vehicle.
4. DArriving as a passenger makes him seem less independent than before.
5. EThe large lorry had made it difficult to judge his height accurately.

Mr Malik reads the menu slowly although he has stood beneath it many times. Which option best explains his behaviour?

1. AHe is enjoying having time to consider food rather than fuel for staying awake.
2. BHe wants to delay the moment when he must say that he has retired.
3. CHe has never needed to study the choices because his order was fixed.
4. DHe is uncertain whether the cafe still serves his usual breakfast.
5. EHe wants his daughter to help him choose a celebration treat.

On his final visit, Mr Malik sits facing the cafe rather than the lorry park. What is the best explanation of this change?

1. AHis daughter is sitting inside the cafe with him.
2. BThere is no silver lorry in bay six for him to watch.
3. CHe no longer has a load outside for which he is responsible.
4. DHe wants to notice the place that formed part of his working routine.
5. EThe cafe is more interesting now that he can stay longer.

In the final paragraph, the station seems to wait with the narrator for 'one empty minute'. Which option best explains this ending?

1. AThe station is unusually quiet at that particular time.
2. BThe narrator's habit continues for a moment after its reason has gone.
3. CMr Malik's exact arrival time has made his absence sharply noticeable.
4. DThe narrator now understands that the station mattered to Mr Malik.
5. EThe personification shares the narrator's sense of loss with the whole setting.

At night, the station 'shed its daytime fuss'. Select the TWO words closest to the meaning of fuss here.

Select TWO answers.

1. Abustle
2. Bcomplaint
3. Ccommotion
4. Ddecoration
5. Ecare

Mr Malik walks to the counter 'as briskly as ever'. Select the TWO words closest to briskly in this sentence.

Select TWO answers.

1. Acheerfully
2. Bquickly
3. Cenergetically
4. Dcarelessly
5. Esilently

The narrator says, 'I thought I had him measured.' Select the TWO phrases closest to measured in this context.

Select TWO answers.

1. Aworked out
2. Blooked up to
3. Cjudged accurately
4. Dstood beside
5. Ekept at a distance

The narrator realises that the regular stop had been a 'handhold' in Mr Malik's life. Select the TWO meanings that handhold suggests here.

Select TWO answers.

1. Aa support
2. Ba restraint
3. Ca familiar point of security
4. Da secret signal
5. Ea physical exercise

Four details belong to the service station after eleven. Which detail does NOT?

1. AThe coffee machine makes a sighing noise.
2. BMoths strike the windows above the bins.
3. CWarm draughts sometimes activate the doors.
4. DRows of lorries cool beneath orange lamps.
5. EDaytime customers crowd around the counter.

Which statement about Mr Malik's normal eighteen-minute stop is NOT correct?

1. AHe pays by stacking coins neatly.
2. BHe watches his lorry while he eats.
3. CHe folds his paper napkin before leaving.
4. DHe studies the full menu before ordering.
5. EHe asks for no beans with his egg and toast.

On the unusual August night, which event does NOT happen before Mr Malik reaches the counter?

1. AA different lorry parks in bay six.
2. BThe prepared tea grows dark in its mug.
3. CThe narrator fills the sugar bowls.
4. DMr Malik's daughter links arms with him.
5. EMr Malik explains that he has retired.

Which statement about the folded road map is NOT supported by Text 1?

1. AMr Malik kept it in his cab.
2. BPencil lines cross it from ports to depots.
3. CIts creases have worn white.
4. DMr Malik gives it to the narrator.
5. EIt marks every load Mr Malik carried in thirty-eight years.

The narrator learns to recognise Mr Malik's approach before he reaches the counter. Which details form part of that recognition? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AThe clock reaches 1.45.
2. BThe silver cab turns past the fuel sign.
3. CThe doors admit a smell of diesel and cold air.
4. DThe coffee machine stops sighing.
5. EA refrigerated lorry enters bay six.

Which details show that Mr Malik's usual meal is designed around night driving rather than simple preference? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AHe wants tea strong enough to hold up a spoon.
2. BHe asks what people eat when they do not need to stay awake.
3. CHe watches the lorry while eating.
4. DHe chooses warm milk once his final delivery is over.
5. EHe pays with coins in a neat tower.

Mr Malik's final visit breaks a pattern established earlier. Which changes are explicitly shown? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AHe arrives at 2.27 instead of 1.52.
2. BHe wears a blue jumper rather than his driving jacket.
3. CHe orders warm milk and lemon sponge.
4. DHe sits facing into the cafe.
5. EHe pays with a bank card instead of coins.

Which remarks spoken by Mr Malik carry a humorous or playful note? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. A'Tea strong enough to stand a spoon in.'
2. B'Yesterday it was right.'
3. C'No usual anything.'
4. D'What do people have when they do not need to stay awake?'
5. E'Might as well see.'

The narrator initially treats Mr Malik as predictable. Which discoveries make that first view less complete? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AHe has noticed the narrator's questions about destinations.
2. BHe keeps a map marked with routes across the country.
3. CHe is willing to choose unfamiliar food when work no longer decides for him.
4. DHe has a daughter who drives a green car.
5. EHe has carried strawberries as well as ordinary chilled goods.

Which physical objects in Text 1 come to represent a repeated routine or its ending? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. Athe warmed mug
2. Bthe folded paper napkin
3. Cthe silver lorry
4. Dthe garden bench
5. Ethe worn road map

In the paragraph about seventy miles an hour, the sign says it has 'the length of a heartbeat to become a whole sentence'. Which option best explains the image?

1. AThe sign has only a moment to communicate a complete direction.
2. BThe driver's attention moves quickly across several place names.
3. CThe information must be brief enough to read at speed.
4. DThe sign's message matters to the driver's immediate decision.
5. EA fast driver may see the sign for little more than a second.

The sign says that its broad letters are needed because 'hesitation travels farther than certainty'. What does this explain most precisely?

1. AUncertain drivers tend to look at more than one line.
2. BAt high speed, even a brief delay in deciding carries a vehicle a long way.
3. CClear lettering helps drivers recognise a place name quickly.
4. DDrivers who know the route need less time to read.
5. EMissing a junction can add distance to a journey.

Even drivers who know the way glance up when rain hides the road. Which option best explains why?

1. ARain makes the road itself harder to recognise.
2. BFamiliar drivers still need to know when Junction Nine is near.
3. CThe reflective lettering becomes easier to see in headlamps.
4. DThey use the sign to confirm knowledge that poor visibility has made less certain.
5. EThey want reassurance that the route has not changed.

The sign describes each car as carrying 'a bright roomful of faces'. Which option best explains this description?

1. AA lit car interior can resemble a tiny room moving through darkness.
2. BThe sign sees vehicles as temporary containers for human lives.
3. CPassengers are briefly visible before the car disappears.
4. DThe contrast makes the surrounding night seem darker.
5. EDifferent groups of people travel beneath the sign.

Text 2 ends, 'A useful sign is always being left behind.' Which option best explains the apparent contradiction?

1. AThe sign stays fixed while successful drivers continue their journeys.
2. BDrivers need its words only until they have acted on them.
3. CA sign does its job by helping people move away from it.
4. DMost drivers forget individual signs soon after passing.
5. EThe sign cannot follow a driver who takes the wrong turn.

Four statements accurately describe the sign itself. Which one does NOT?

1. AIt stands three miles before Junction Nine.
2. BIts back is green and fixed to two grey posts.
3. CIt carries four place names.
4. DIts letters are broad and white.
5. EIt moves above the lane to follow uncertain drivers.

According to Text 2, which behaviour does NOT belong to drivers who need the sign?

1. AThey search every word.
2. BTheir eyes move between the top and bottom lines.
3. CThey try to fit a journey into a brief viewing time.
4. DThey may remember the sign for the next three miles.
5. EThey treat a green flicker as all the information required.

When night 'pares everything down', which feature is NOT described as remaining visible or noticeable?

1. Atwo red lamps ahead
2. Bthe white patch lit by headlamps
3. Cthe sign shining in borrowed light
4. Dfields and warehouse roofs in sharp detail
5. Elorries that shake the sign's posts

Reading a fixed sign at motorway speed creates particular limits. Which limits does Text 2 identify? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AThe message must become clear within a heartbeat.
2. BA hesitant vehicle keeps travelling while its driver decides.
3. CA driver can return immediately for another look.
4. DThe sign cannot guide someone after the missed turn.
5. EThe sign cannot tell whether slowing means doubt or recognition.

Text 2 distinguishes drivers who need directions from drivers who know the route. Which statements preserve that distinction accurately? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. ANeeding drivers examine every word.
2. BFamiliar drivers may recognise the sign from a green flicker.
3. COnly needing drivers ever look up in rain.
4. DNeeding drivers remember the sign for longer.
5. EBoth groups can make successful use of the sign.

The night paragraph gives the sign both perceptions and physical limitations. Which details contribute to that personification? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AIt says that fields and roofs withdraw.
2. BIt says that it borrows headlamps to shine.
3. CIt feels lorries shudder through its posts.
4. DIt notices faces it will not see twice.
5. EIt gives the speed as seventy miles an hour.

The sign says that night 'pares everything down'. Select the TWO words closest to pares in this context.

Select TWO answers.

1. Areduces
2. Bbrightens
3. Cstrips
4. Djoins
5. Emeasures

Motorway vehicles appear differently in the two texts, but some details are shared. Which statements are supported by BOTH accounts? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AArtificial light makes vehicles or their surroundings visible at night.
2. BLorries are presented as physically noticeable even when their drivers say nothing.
3. CA particular numbered parking bay matters to the speaker.
4. DVehicles briefly bring human lives close to a watcher who stays behind.
5. EThe contents of refrigerated lorries are listed.

Text 1 follows one working relationship across a summer. Which features of that relationship have no direct equivalent in Text 2? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AA meal is prepared before the customer enters.
2. BA repeated joke develops between two people.
3. COne character gives another a personal possession.
4. DA family member joins a farewell visit.
5. ESomeone gives useful information to drivers they do not know.

Because Text 2 is voiced by a sign instead of a person, which viewpoints become available there that Text 1's teenager cannot share? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. ADescribing what it is like to be read in less than a second.
2. BFeeling heavy vehicles vibrate through fixed posts.
3. CWatching every traveller continue while the speaker can never follow.
4. DKnowing which meal helps an overnight driver stay awake.
5. ETreating being forgotten as evidence of doing a job well.

Both writers set something stationary against motorway movement. Which details create that pattern? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AThe teenager remains at the counter while lorries arrive and depart.
2. BThe sign stays on two posts while cars slip beneath it.
3. CMr Malik's map contains pencil routes from ports to depots.
4. DThe sign lists four destinations it can never visit.
5. EBoth narrators travel north with the drivers they observe.

Night narrows what each narrator can notice. Which paired observations are genuinely present in BOTH texts? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AElectric light picks objects out from the surrounding darkness.
2. BThe presence of a vehicle is registered through sound or vibration as well as sight.
3. CRain hides a familiar stretch of road.
4. DRed vehicle lights disappear into the motorway.
5. EThe night makes brief human encounters stand out against an emptier setting.

Neither narrator knows everything about the travellers being watched. Which statements accurately compare those limits? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AThe teenager admits that an earlier judgement of Mr Malik was incomplete.
2. BThe sign cannot tell whether a driver's movement shows doubt or recognition.
3. CBoth narrators learn exactly what happens after every vehicle leaves.
4. DBoth narrators use repeated behaviour to form ideas about people on the road.
5. EEach narrator notices outward actions but must interpret what they mean.

Exact numbers organise both pieces. Which statements about their use are correct? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AText 1 uses clock times to establish and then break a routine.
2. BText 2 uses speed and distance to show how little time guidance has to work.
3. CText 1 measures the length of Mr Malik's career in years.
4. DText 2 gives the number of people inside each passing car.
5. EIn both texts, numbers make the motorway setting feel precise rather than vague.

Look closely at the departures in the final paragraph of each text. Which comparisons are accurate? Select ALL that apply.

Select ALL the answers that are correct.

1. AText 1 turns one person's departure into a felt absence.
2. BText 2 treats drivers' departure as the fulfilment of the sign's purpose.
3. CBoth endings leave their speaker in the same place after travellers move on.
4. DBoth endings state that the departing travellers are retiring from work.
5. EEach ending gives the stationary setting a form of awareness.

Which option best describes the central contrast between the two narrative voices?

1. AText 1 remembers one summer through a teenager's changing judgement, while Text 2 speaks from a sign's continuous present.
2. BText 1 is mostly about food, while Text 2 is mostly about road engineering.
3. CText 1 speaks to Mr Malik, while Text 2 speaks directly to every driver.
4. DText 1 gives exact facts, while Text 2 uses only imaginative description.
5. EText 1 is sympathetic towards drivers, while Text 2 is critical of them.

Read together, what idea about familiar routines do the two texts most strongly share?

1. AA routine is valuable only when it never changes.
2. BFamiliar actions can provide quiet support without attracting much attention.
3. CPeople who repeat journeys gradually stop noticing anything around them.
4. DNight workers depend more on habit than daytime workers do.
5. EThe safest traveller is always the one who already knows the route.

Text 2 says that success means being left behind. When that idea is placed beside Mr Malik's retirement, which interpretation is strongest?

1. AThe service station has failed because Mr Malik will no longer stop there.
2. BUseful places and objects can matter greatly even when a traveller eventually moves beyond them.
3. CMr Malik gives away his map because he no longer remembers the roads.
4. DThe narrator should forget Mr Malik once a new driver uses bay six.
5. EEvery repeated journey must come to an unhappy end.

Why is the sign's distant view of many motorists an effective companion to the teenager's close view of one driver?

1. AIt proves that Mr Malik must have driven past Junction Nine each night.
2. BIt replaces the personal story with factual instructions about motorway travel.
3. CIt widens one small relationship into a reflection on all the brief connections that journeys create.
4. DIt shows that signs understand drivers more accurately than people do.
5. EIt explains why the teenager chose to work at a service station.