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11+ · GL ASSESSMENT

EP.T51 Redbridge/Bexley-Style Mixed Mock

GL ASSESSMENT GL Assessment 11+ Redbridge/Bexley-style · Calculators not allowed · about 55 minutes

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REDBRIDGE/BEXLEY-STYLE MIXED MOCK. This pack is a timed, three-section mock in the multiple-choice format used for the Redbridge and Bexley 11+ selection tests set by GL Assessment. Total time allowed: 55 minutes across three sections, taken strictly in order - once a section's time is up, put your pencil down and move on to the next section; do not turn back. SECTION 1: MATHS (25 minutes, Questions 1-25) - 25 multiple-choice questions covering number, fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio, simple algebra, geometry, measures, time, money and multi-step word problems, moving from straightforward warm-up questions to harder multi-step problems by the end. SECTION 2: VERBAL REASONING (18 minutes, Questions 26-50) - 25 multiple-choice questions, each testing a named GL-style verbal reasoning type: closest meaning, opposite meaning, odd one out, word connection, compound word link, hidden word, number sequence, letter sequence, number analogy, alphabet code, anagram, missing number and family relationship. SECTION 3: ENGLISH COMPREHENSION (12 minutes, Questions 51-62) - read the original source text above ('The Kite Festival') once carefully, then answer 12 multiple-choice questions covering retrieval, vocabulary in context, inference, text structure and summary. No calculator is allowed in any section; all working should be done by hand in the space provided. Every question is worth 1 mark, with exactly one correct option from A) to E) throughout. There is no negative marking, so attempt every question, and use any time left at the end of a section to check your answers before moving on. Total marks available: 62.

The Kite Festival

Original fiction written for Revision Library; no external source reproduced.

Amara had been looking forward to the kite festival at Danson Park for weeks. Every February, her grandfather Elijah packed the old estate car with folding chairs, a flask of tea, and the enormous red dragon kite he had owned since he was a boy. This year, Amara was allowed to bring a kite of her own: a sleek yellow diamond with a long, ribboned tail.

They arrived just after nine, when the grass was still damp with dew and the park was already filling with families. Stalls sold hot chocolate and gingerbread, and somewhere a brass band was tuning up. Amara gripped the handle of her kite tightly, her stomach fluttering with a mixture of excitement and nerves. She had never flown a kite by herself before.

'Face into the wind,' Elijah told her, crouching beside her on the grass, 'and let the string out slowly. Don't rush it.' Amara nodded, though her hands were trembling slightly. She lifted the kite above her head and began to run. For a moment nothing happened, and the kite dragged limply behind her. Then a gust caught the fabric, and the kite lurched upward, climbing higher and higher until it hung, trembling, above the treeline.

Amara laughed with delight as the yellow diamond billowed against the pale sky. All around her, kites of every shape rose into the air: dragons, box kites, and long snake kites that twisted like ribbons. Soon the sky above Danson Park had become a patchwork of colour, red and gold and blue overlapping as the kites dipped and soared.

For twenty minutes, everything went perfectly. Then, without warning, the wind changed direction. Amara felt the string yank hard in her hands. She tried to hold on, but the kite spun sideways, dived, and plunged into the branches of a tall oak tree at the edge of the field. The string snapped. The kite was gone.

Amara's eyes stung. She had only just learned to fly it. Elijah did not rush to comfort her straight away. Instead, he studied the tree carefully, then walked to the boot of the car and returned with a long bamboo pole he used for his allotment runner beans. Working patiently, he hooked the pole into the branches until, at last, the yellow kite tumbled free, slightly torn but whole.

'There,' he said, handing it back to her. 'A kite that has never crashed has never really flown.' Amara wiped her eyes and grinned. She examined the small tear near the tail, already imagining how she would mend it with tape that evening. Then she turned back to face the wind, ready to try again.

SECTION 1: MATHS (25 minutes, no calculator). Answer questions 1 to 25, each worth 1 mark.

Question 1: What is the value of the digit 6 in the number 46,281?

A) 6
B) 60
C) 600
D) 6000
E) 60000

(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)

Question 2: What is 3,406 + 2,789?

A) 6,185
B) 6,195
C) 6,295
D) 5,195
E) 6,205

(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)

Question 3: What is 8,000 - 3,456?

A) 4,544
B) 4,644
C) 5,544
D) 4,454
E) 3,544

(Total for Question 3 is 1 mark)

Question 4: What is 34 x 6?

A) 204
B) 194
C) 214
D) 244
E) 184

(Total for Question 4 is 1 mark)

Question 5: What is 144 divided by 12?

A) 11
B) 12
C) 13
D) 14
E) 16

(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)

Question 6: What is 3/4 of 48?

A) 12
B) 24
C) 32
D) 36
E) 40

(Total for Question 6 is 1 mark)

Question 7: What is 20% of 150?

A) 15
B) 20
C) 25
D) 30
E) 35

(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)

Question 8: £60 is shared in the ratio 2:3. What is the larger share?

A) £24
B) £30
C) £36
D) £40
E) £12

(Total for Question 8 is 1 mark)

Question 9: What is the next number in this sequence? 3, 7, 11, 15, ___

A) 17
B) 18
C) 19
D) 20
E) 21

(Total for Question 9 is 1 mark)

Question 10: Deepak buys 3 pens at 45p each and pays with a £2 coin. How much change does he get?

A) 45p
B) 55p
C) 60p
D) 65p
E) 75p

(Total for Question 10 is 1 mark)

Question 11: A train departs at 13:40 and the journey takes 2 hours 35 minutes. At what time does it arrive?

A) 15:15
B) 15:65
C) 16:05
D) 16:15
E) 16:25

(Total for Question 11 is 1 mark)

Question 12: A rectangle has sides of 9 cm and 6 cm. What is its perimeter?

A) 15 cm
B) 24 cm
C) 30 cm
D) 54 cm
E) 36 cm

(Total for Question 12 is 1 mark)

Question 13: A rectangle measures 8 cm by 5 cm. What is its area?

A) 13 cm²
B) 26 cm²
C) 35 cm²
D) 40 cm²
E) 45 cm²

(Total for Question 13 is 1 mark)

Question 14: Two angles lie on a straight line. One angle is 65 degrees. What is the other angle?

A) 105 degrees
B) 115 degrees
C) 125 degrees
D) 25 degrees
E) 135 degrees

(Total for Question 14 is 1 mark)

Question 15: Which fraction is larger, 5/8 or 3/5?

A) 5/8
B) 3/5
C) They are equal
D) Neither, both are less than 1/2
E) Cannot be determined

(Total for Question 15 is 1 mark)

Question 16: What is 4.6 + 3.75?

A) 7.35
B) 8.25
C) 8.35
D) 8.45
E) 7.85

(Total for Question 16 is 1 mark)

Question 17: 156 sweets are shared equally among 12 friends. How many sweets does each friend get?

A) 11
B) 12
C) 13
D) 14
E) 15

(Total for Question 17 is 1 mark)

Question 18: The temperature is 3 degrees C. It falls to -5 degrees C. By how many degrees has the temperature fallen?

A) 2 degrees
B) 5 degrees
C) 7 degrees
D) 8 degrees
E) 9 degrees

(Total for Question 18 is 1 mark)

Question 19: If x + 15 = 32, what is the value of x?

A) 15
B) 16
C) 17
D) 18
E) 47

(Total for Question 19 is 1 mark)

Question 20: What is the mean of 4, 7, 9, 10 and 15?

A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 10
E) 11

(Total for Question 20 is 1 mark)

Question 21: What is the value of 12² - 5²?

A) 124
B) 119
C) 129
D) 169
E) 49

(Total for Question 21 is 1 mark)

Question 22: Priya buys 4 notebooks at £1.35 each and pays with a £10 note. How much change does she get?

A) £5.40
B) £4.60
C) £3.60
D) £4.40
E) £6.40

(Total for Question 22 is 1 mark)

Question 23: A recipe uses flour and sugar in the ratio 5:2. If 350 g of flour is used, how much sugar is needed?

A) 140 g
B) 175 g
C) 700 g
D) 70 g
E) 120 g

(Total for Question 23 is 1 mark)

Question 24: A car travels 180 km in 3 hours. At the same average speed, how far does it travel in 5 hours?

A) 240 km
B) 360 km
C) 280 km
D) 200 km
E) 300 km

(Total for Question 24 is 1 mark)

Question 25: A jacket costs £64. It is reduced by 25% in a sale, and then a further £4 is taken off at the till. What is the final price?

A) £44
B) £48
C) £45
D) £16
E) £52

(Total for Question 25 is 1 mark)

SECTION 2: VERBAL REASONING (18 minutes). Answer questions 26 to 50, each worth 1 mark and each testing a named type.

Question 26 (closest meaning): Choose the word closest in meaning to ENORMOUS.

A) Huge
B) Tiny
C) Narrow
D) Quiet
E) Distant

(Total for Question 26 is 1 mark)

Question 27 (closest meaning): Choose the word closest in meaning to CAUTIOUS.

A) Reckless
B) Careful
C) Cheerful
D) Loud
E) Swift

(Total for Question 27 is 1 mark)

Question 28 (opposite meaning): Choose the word most opposite in meaning to GENUINE.

A) Real
B) Honest
C) Fake
D) Kind
E) Simple

(Total for Question 28 is 1 mark)

Question 29 (opposite meaning): Choose the word most opposite in meaning to BRAVE.

A) Bold
B) Strong
C) Loyal
D) Cowardly
E) Fierce

(Total for Question 29 is 1 mark)

Question 30 (odd one out): Which word does not belong with the others? oak, maple, birch, tulip, willow

A) Oak
B) Maple
C) Birch
D) Tulip
E) Willow

(Total for Question 30 is 1 mark)

Question 31 (odd one out): Which word does not belong with the others? triangle, square, pentagon, circle, cube

A) Triangle
B) Square
C) Pentagon
D) Circle
E) Cube

(Total for Question 31 is 1 mark)

Question 32 (word connection): AUTHOR is to BOOK as COMPOSER is to ...?

A) Music
B) Orchestra
C) Piano
D) Conductor
E) Instrument

(Total for Question 32 is 1 mark)

Question 33 (word connection): KETTLE is to KITCHEN as WARDROBE is to ...?

A) Bathroom
B) Bedroom
C) Garden
D) Garage
E) Hallway

(Total for Question 33 is 1 mark)

Question 34 (compound word link): Which word completes both PLAY___ and ___WORK to make two new words?

A) Ground
B) Time
C) Room
D) Field
E) Mate

(Total for Question 34 is 1 mark)

Question 35 (compound word link): Which word completes both UNDER___ and ___POINT to make two new words?

A) Stand
B) Take
C) Ground
D) Line
E) Mine

(Total for Question 35 is 1 mark)

Question 36 (hidden word): Find the hidden word (three letters, a farm bird) formed where one word ends and the next begins in this sentence: "Show me which entrance to use."

A) Hen
B) Ich
C) Ent
D) Ant
E) Which

(Total for Question 36 is 1 mark)

Question 37 (hidden word): Find the hidden word (three letters, a farm animal) formed where one word ends and the next begins in this sentence: "Their footsteps echoed near the door among the trees."

A) Ram
B) Oor
C) Amo
D) Cow
E) Door

(Total for Question 37 is 1 mark)

Question 38 (number sequence): What is the next number in the sequence? 2, 6, 18, 54, ___

A) 108
B) 144
C) 162
D) 180
E) 216

(Total for Question 38 is 1 mark)

Question 39 (number sequence): What is the next number in the sequence? 100, 91, 82, 73, ___

A) 63
B) 64
C) 65
D) 66
E) 70

(Total for Question 39 is 1 mark)

Question 40 (letter sequence): What comes next in the sequence? B, D, F, H, ___

A) I
B) J
C) K
D) G
E) L

(Total for Question 40 is 1 mark)

Question 41 (letter sequence): What comes next in the sequence? Y, V, S, P, ___

A) M
B) N
C) L
D) K
E) O

(Total for Question 41 is 1 mark)

Question 42 (number analogy): 4 is to 16 as 5 is to ...?

A) 20
B) 25
C) 30
D) 10
E) 36

(Total for Question 42 is 1 mark)

Question 43 (number analogy): 6 is to 24 as 9 is to ...?

A) 27
B) 30
C) 36
D) 40
E) 45

(Total for Question 43 is 1 mark)

Question 44 (alphabet code): In a code, each letter of a word is replaced by the letter two places later in the alphabet, so BAT becomes DCV. Using the same code, what word does YKI represent?

A) Wig
B) Vig
C) Whg
D) Wih
E) Uig

(Total for Question 44 is 1 mark)

Question 45 (alphabet code): In a code, each letter is replaced by the letter four places earlier in the alphabet, so JOKE becomes FKGA. Using the same code, what word does ODEL represent?

A) Ship
B) Shop
C) Slip
D) Snip
E) Chip

(Total for Question 45 is 1 mark)

Question 46 (anagram): Rearrange the letters RENGAD to find a word meaning 'a plot of land for growing plants and flowers'. Which word is it?

A) Garden
B) Danger
C) Ranged
D) Gander
E) Nagred

(Total for Question 46 is 1 mark)

Question 47 (anagram): Rearrange the letters TALNEP to find a word meaning 'a large body that orbits a star'. Which word is it?

A) Planet
B) Pallet
C) Plant
D) Petal
E) Panel

(Total for Question 47 is 1 mark)

Question 48 (missing number): 6 x ___ = 48 - 6

A) 6
B) 7
C) 8
D) 42
E) 9

(Total for Question 48 is 1 mark)

Question 49 (missing number): ___ x 4 = 15 + 9

A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 24
E) 8

(Total for Question 49 is 1 mark)

Question 50 (family relationship): Priya is Tom's sister. Tom is Leo's son. How is Priya related to Leo?

A) Daughter
B) Mother
C) Niece
D) Granddaughter
E) Sister

(Total for Question 50 is 1 mark)

SECTION 3: ENGLISH COMPREHENSION (12 minutes). Read the source text above ('The Kite Festival') once carefully, then answer questions 51 to 62, each worth 1 mark.

Question 51: Where does the story take place?

A) Danson Park
B) A school playground
C) The seaside
D) A shopping centre
E) Elijah's allotment

(Total for Question 51 is 1 mark)

Question 52: Who does Amara go to the festival with?

A) Her mother
B) Her grandfather, Elijah
C) Her teacher
D) Her friend
E) Her father

(Total for Question 52 is 1 mark)

Question 53: In the passage, what does the word 'billowed' mean, as in 'the yellow diamond billowed against the pale sky'?

A) Swelled and moved in the wind
B) Tore suddenly
C) Fell to the ground
D) Made a loud noise
E) Stayed completely still

(Total for Question 53 is 1 mark)

Question 54: How does Amara most likely feel when her kite first climbs into the air?

A) Bored
B) Delighted and excited
C) Angry
D) Frightened
E) Embarrassed

(Total for Question 54 is 1 mark)

Question 55: What colour is Amara's own kite?

A) Red
B) Blue
C) Yellow
D) Green
E) White

(Total for Question 55 is 1 mark)

Question 56: Why does the author most likely describe the sky as 'a patchwork of colour'?

A) To show that the sky was cloudy and grey
B) To describe how many different coloured kites filled the sky at once
C) To explain that the festival had ended
D) To suggest that a storm was approaching
E) To describe the grandfather's kite only

(Total for Question 56 is 1 mark)

Question 57: Which word in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to 'nervous'?

A) Tightly
B) Fluttering
C) Gripped
D) Excitement
E) Filling

(Total for Question 57 is 1 mark)

Question 58: What does the passage suggest about Elijah's character?

A) He is impatient and easily frustrated
B) He is calm, practical, and encouraging
C) He does not care about Amara's kite
D) He has never flown a kite before
E) He is afraid of climbing trees

(Total for Question 58 is 1 mark)

Question 59: What causes the kite to crash?

A) The string breaks immediately
B) Amara lets go of the handle
C) The wind suddenly changes direction
D) Another kite collides with it
E) Elijah accidentally pulls the string

(Total for Question 59 is 1 mark)

Question 60: The sentence 'The kite spun sideways, dived, and plunged into the branches' uses short, quick actions to...

A) Slow the pace and create a calm mood
B) Show the speed and suddenness of the crash
C) Describe the beauty of the kite flying
D) Explain how to fly a kite correctly
E) Show that Amara was still in control

(Total for Question 60 is 1 mark)

Question 61: Which sentence best summarises the passage?

A) Amara learns to fly a new kite at a festival, faces a setback when it crashes, but recovers it with her grandfather's help and remains determined to try again
B) Amara and her grandfather build a kite together for a competition
C) Amara's kite is destroyed and she decides never to fly kites again
D) A storm forces the festival to be cancelled before it begins
E) Amara wins first prize in a kite-flying competition

(Total for Question 61 is 1 mark)

Question 62: Based on the ending of the passage, what is Amara most likely to do next?

A) Give up kite flying for good
B) Go home immediately without flying again
C) Repair the small tear and try flying the kite again
D) Ask her grandfather to fly it for her instead
E) Buy a completely new kite

(Total for Question 62 is 1 mark)

Mark scheme · EP.T51 Redbridge/Bexley-Style Mixed Mock

Question 1

B1 D) 6000 - the digit 6 sits in the thousands column
Answer: D) 6000

Question 2

B1 B) 3,406 + 2,789 = 6,195
Answer: B) 6,195

Question 3

B1 A) 8,000 - 3,456 = 4,544
Answer: A) 4,544

Question 4

B1 A) 34 x 6 = 204
Answer: A) 204

Question 5

B1 B) 144 / 12 = 12
Answer: B) 12

Question 6

B1 D) 3/4 of 48 = 36
Answer: D) 36

Question 7

B1 D) 20% of 150 = 30
Answer: D) 30

Question 8

B1 C) the larger share is £36
Answer: C) £36

Question 9

B1 C) 19 - the sequence increases by 4 each time
Answer: C) 19

Question 10

B1 D) 65p change
Answer: D) 65p

Question 11

B1 D) 16:15
Answer: D) 16:15

Question 12

B1 C) perimeter = 30 cm
Answer: C) 30 cm

Question 13

B1 D) area = 40 cm²
Answer: D) 40 cm²

Question 14

B1 B) 115 degrees
Answer: B) 115 degrees

Question 15

B1 A) 5/8 is larger
Answer: A) 5/8

Question 16

B1 C) 4.6 + 3.75 = 8.35
Answer: C) 8.35

Question 17

B1 C) 13 sweets each
Answer: C) 13

Question 18

B1 D) the temperature has fallen by 8 degrees
Answer: D) 8 degrees

Question 19

B1 C) x = 17
Answer: C) 17

Question 20

B1 C) the mean is 9
Answer: C) 9

Question 21

B1 B) 12² - 5² = 144 - 25 = 119
Answer: B) 119

Question 22

B1 B) £4.60 change
Answer: B) £4.60

Question 23

B1 A) 140 g of sugar
Answer: A) 140 g

Question 24

B1 E) 300 km
Answer: E) 300 km

Question 25

B1 A) £44
Answer: A) £44

Question 26

B1 A) HUGE - ENORMOUS means very large in size, the same sense as HUGE
Answer: A) Huge

Question 27

B1 B) CAREFUL - CAUTIOUS means taking care to avoid risk, the same sense as CAREFUL
Answer: B) Careful

Question 28

B1 C) FAKE - the opposite of GENUINE (authentic, real) is FAKE
Answer: C) Fake

Question 29

B1 D) COWARDLY - the opposite of BRAVE is COWARDLY
Answer: D) Cowardly

Question 30

B1 D) TULIP - oak, maple, birch and willow are all trees, but a tulip is a flower
Answer: D) Tulip

Question 31

B1 E) CUBE - triangle, square, pentagon and circle are all flat (2D) shapes, but a cube is a solid (3D) shape
Answer: E) Cube

Question 32

B1 A) MUSIC - an AUTHOR creates a BOOK, and a COMPOSER creates MUSIC
Answer: A) Music

Question 33

B1 B) BEDROOM - a KETTLE is typically found in a KITCHEN, and a WARDROBE is typically found in a BEDROOM
Answer: B) Bedroom

Question 34

B1 A) GROUND - PLAYGROUND and GROUNDWORK are both real words
Answer: A) Ground

Question 35

B1 A) STAND - UNDERSTAND and STANDPOINT are both real words
Answer: A) Stand

Question 36

B1 A) HEN - joining the last letter of 'which' to the first two letters of 'entrance' spells HEN
Answer: A) Hen

Question 37

B1 A) RAM - joining the last letter of 'door' to the first two letters of 'among' spells RAM
Answer: A) Ram

Question 38

B1 C) 162 - each term is multiplied by 3
Answer: C) 162

Question 39

B1 B) 64 - each term decreases by 9
Answer: B) 64

Question 40

B1 B) J - the sequence skips one letter each time (a step of 2)
Answer: B) J

Question 41

B1 A) M - the sequence moves back 3 places each time
Answer: A) M

Question 42

B1 B) 25 - each number is squared
Answer: B) 25

Question 43

B1 C) 36 - each number is multiplied by 4
Answer: C) 36

Question 44

B1 A) WIG - decoding YKI by moving each letter two places earlier gives W, I, G
Answer: A) Wig

Question 45

B1 A) SHIP - decoding ODEL by moving each letter four places later gives S, H, I, P
Answer: A) Ship

Question 46

B1 A) GARDEN - the letters R, E, N, G, A, D rearrange exactly to spell GARDEN, matching the given meaning
Answer: A) Garden

Question 47

B1 A) PLANET - the letters T, A, L, N, E, P rearrange exactly to spell PLANET, matching the given meaning
Answer: A) Planet

Question 48

B1 B) 7 - solving 6 x ? = 42 gives ? = 7
Answer: B) 7

Question 49

B1 B) 6 - solving ? x 4 = 24 gives ? = 6
Answer: B) 6

Question 50

B1 A) DAUGHTER - if Tom is Leo's son and Priya is Tom's sister, Priya must also be Leo's child
Answer: A) Daughter

Question 51

B1 A) DANSON PARK - the text states 'the kite festival at Danson Park'
Answer: A) Danson Park

Question 52

B1 B) HER GRANDFATHER, ELIJAH - the text states 'her grandfather Elijah packed the old estate car'
Answer: B) Her grandfather, Elijah

Question 53

B1 A) SWELLED AND MOVED IN THE WIND - this matches how a kite fabric billows once airborne
Answer: A) Swelled and moved in the wind

Question 54

B1 B) DELIGHTED AND EXCITED - the text states 'Amara laughed with delight'
Answer: B) Delighted and excited

Question 55

B1 C) YELLOW - the text describes 'a sleek yellow diamond'
Answer: C) Yellow

Question 56

B1 B) the phrase describes many different coloured kites overlapping in the sky at once
Answer: B) To describe how many different coloured kites filled the sky at once

Question 57

B1 B) FLUTTERING - the text describes 'her stomach fluttering with a mixture of excitement and nerves'
Answer: B) Fluttering

Question 58

B1 B) he calmly gives Amara advice, then patiently retrieves the kite using a bamboo pole
Answer: B) He is calm, practical, and encouraging

Question 59

B1 C) THE WIND SUDDENLY CHANGES DIRECTION - the text states 'without warning, the wind changed direction'
Answer: C) The wind suddenly changes direction

Question 60

B1 B) the string of quick verbs mirrors the fast, sudden action of the crash
Answer: B) Show the speed and suddenness of the crash

Question 61

B1 A) this captures the full arc of the story: learning to fly, the crash, the recovery, and Amara's determination
Answer: A) Amara learns to fly a new kite at a festival, faces a setback when it crashes, but recovers it with her grandfather's help and remains determined to try again

Question 62

B1 C) the final lines show her already planning to mend the tear and 'turned back to face the wind, ready to try again'
Answer: C) Repair the small tear and try flying the kite again

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