Dr Guna’s
11+ Tutoring
Student Name: ……………………………………………………….
Subject Score
Verbal Reasoning /90
Maths /40
Non-Verbal Reasoning /40
English /30
Total /200
Percentage
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Verbal Reasoning
There are five words in each of the following questions, of which two are the
most similar in type or meaning. Circle these two similar words.
1. stroll gamble run bet jump
2. car glove road map street
3. funny depressing sad distracting obvious
4. halibut lynx tarantula cricket sardine
5. soft black sparkle glisten dull
Circle the two words which are the odd ones out in the following groups of
words.
6. boy lady woman gent man
7. snail hare cheetah greyhound tortoise
8. laugh giggle chortle sob sigh
9. lamb dragon cow unicorn horse
10. bang crash jingle boom whisper
Find the four-letter word which can be added to the letters in capitals to make
a new word. The new word will complete the sentence sensibly. Circle your
answer.
11. He was quite short and had to CER over the wall.
(A) OWED (B) OVER (C) LING (D) LONG (E) LAMB
12. The jeweller LOD the price of the diamond ring to make it more affordable.
(A) WASP (B) FLAT (C) GLOW (D) WERE (E) RAIL
13. Siva does not like spending money and was looking for BARS at the car boot
sale.
(A) TEND (B) GAIN (C) RAIN (D) TINS (E) ROWS
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14. They found a PLESS ruby when excavating the mines.
(A) PROD (B) HOPE (C) RICE (D) PALE (E) PAIL
15. The empty crisp packet had been DISED on the roadside.
(A) CARD (B) USED (C) TROY (D) TEND (E) LEND
In the following questions some of the words have been written in code. In
each question, the code has been “broken” for one word. You must use the
same code to work out the answer.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
16. If the code for FATHER is BWPDAN, what is the code for RABBIT?
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17. If the code for PICKED is QKFOJJ, what is the word for KCFOJZ?
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18. If the code for MAGNETS is KCEPCVQ, what is the word for FCZKRU?
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19. If the code for STARTED is RUZSSFC, what is the word for MJFISDZQ?
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20. If the code for CAMPING is AYKNGLE, what is the word for HYLSYPW?
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21. If the code for DECIMALS is FCEGOYNQ, what is the word for WLDGCQGB?
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Find the letters that will end the first word and start the second word.
22. ERR __ __ DER
23. GUI __ __ ARN
24. TRO __ __ TION
25. CAST __ __ ND
26. IND __ __ CEPT
Circle the one word in the brackets which will go equally well with both the
pairs of words outside the brackets.
27. mail, send pole, column (deliver, give, post, stake, picket)
28. carry, hold endure, tolerate (bear, lift, keep, ignore, make)
29. mark, brand trample, stomp (imprint, label, trudge, plod, stamp)
30. dance, party sphere, globe (disco, ball, orb, ballet, event)
31. cage, crate biro, marker (paddock, sty, compound, pen, ballpoint)
You must use the letters of the word GOVERNMENT to form new words. A clue
for each of the words is provided.
32. A colour __ __ __ __ __
33. Poison __ __ __ __ __
34. A tall plant __ __ __ __
35. A monster found in fantasy tales __ __ __ __
36. A tool used to catch fish __ __ __
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Find a word that can be put in front of each of the following words to make
new compound words. Circle your answer.
37. hood like bearing birth
(A) life (B) whole (C) false (D) sun (E) child
38. beat fall load pour
(A) water (B) fast (C) slow (D) up (E) down
39. come crop burst flank
(A) out (B) life (C) wheat (D) in (E) sun
40. nail print mark tip
(A) toe (B) whole (C) water (D) door (E) finger
41. line long like time
(A) life (B) whole (C) lone (D) lie (E) brief
42. cat fire life fowl
(A) feline (B) bush (C) more (D) wild (E) spring
Find the four-letter word hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of
the next word. The order of the letters may not be changed.
43. The vigilant car drove away spontaneously. _____________
44. The candle added little to the ambience. _____________
45. The sparks ignited the dry paper. _____________
46. Her habit frequently took her into gambling dens. ____________
47. The mouse bit down hard on the piece of cheese. ____________
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A, B and C together have 96 cherries. A and B together have 63 cherries. C and
B together have 60 cherries.
48. Who has the most cherries? ___________
49. How many cherries does that person have? ___________
50. Who has the fewest cherries? ___________
If the cherries were shared equally between A, B and C:
51. How many would A give to B? ___________
52. How many would C give to B? ___________
Complete the sentence sensibly by selecting one word from each of the
groups of words given in the brackets. Circle the correct sequence of words.
53. The (day, sun, heat) shone (brightly, quickly, shadows) in the (storm, desert,
night).
54. The (soldiers, mice, tents) made (cars, cheese, dinner) on the (campfire, moon,
pond).
55. The (candle, matches, torch) dripped (electricity, wax, wood) onto the (table,
combustion, wick).
56. His (tuba, tube, tub) playing was (cylinder, plastic, melodic) yet (waterproof, loud,
huge).
57. She (caught, threw, dropped) a (hot, cold, warm) from her (friend, ball, sun).
Answer the following questions:
58. If 17 is two more than three times this number, what is the number?
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59. If 22 is one more than three times this number, what is the number?
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60. If 8 is one-third of this number multiplied by 4, what is the number?
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61. If 25 is four more than half of this number, what is the number?
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62. If 15 is five more than a third of this number, what is the number?
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Lily, Naureen, Sylvia, Sid and Raj went to an activity camp.
Naureen and Sid took part in rock climbing, whilst the others used the zip wire.
Lily, Sylvia and Raj took part in an obstacle course.
Sid and Raj went canoeing, but only Sid also tried abseiling.
Everyone except Sid went cycling.
63. Who took part in the most sports? ____________
64. Which two people took part in the same sports? __________ & __________
65. Which sport did Raj do that Sylvia did not? ____________
66. Who took part in two sports? ____________
67. Which sport had the least number of participants? ____________
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If a = 3 b = 7 c = 5 d = 8 e = 4 f = 2, find the value of the following.
68. 2d – (f × a) – c Answer as a letter __________
69. (2c – e) + f Answer as a letter __________
70. (b – e) × (f + a) Answer as a number __________
71. (d + e)2 Answer as a number __________
72. (c × 2a) – (b × e) Answer as a letter __________
Write the pair of letters that completes the sequence in the most sensible way.
The alphabet has been provided to assist you.
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
73. JM KN LO MP (_________)
74. MN LO KP JQ (_________)
75. AD DG GJ JM (_________)
76. ZA WD RI KP (_________)
77. AC FH KM PR (_________)
Circle the two words, one from each bracket, that are closest in meaning to
one another.
78. (run travel walk) (move jog trainer)
79. (cook warm knead) (burn roast stir)
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80. (band instrument tune) (score notes melody)
81. (noble power rich) (honourable money important)
82. (mysterious occult obstinate) (adamant neutral synthetic)
83. (legible jubilant adjourn) (accurate postpone diminish)
Re-arrange the jumbled letters in capitals so that each sentence makes sense.
84. Everyone should eat at least five GAVBEETLES per day. ______________
85. In the action film, the PUREHORSE wore a bright red cape. ______________
86. They enjoy going to TRAIPSE, as there will be lots of cake. ______________
87. CLARALOCUST are not allowed in this maths exam. ______________
88. Muhammad was proud of his DECAACIM achievements. _____________
89. Albert made a UFPDNORO discovery last night. ______________
90. He is positive and has an ITSPIOMCIT outlook on life. ______________
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Mathematics
1. 53 + 3200 + 664 = ________
2. 730 - 9 x 8 = _________
3. 6146 ÷ 7 = _________
4. 15 x 0.4 x 0.15 = _________
!
5. "#
(1182 - 1038) =_________
6. Find 21% of 800kg
________________
7. What is 182.762 rounded to the nearest tenth
______________
12 cm
8. What is the area, in cm2, of the rectangle on the right?
65mm
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9. How many of these triangles will fit into the rectangle from Qs 8?
Neither diagram is drawn to scale.
1 cm
______________ 1 cm
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10. A train leaves London at 10.35 a.m. and arrives in Exeter 3 hours and 35
minutes later. What time does it arrive?
Write your answer in the 12-hour time format.
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11. Which bus takes the shortest time from Moorgate to Islington?
Bus C Bus D
Moorgate 11:46am 12:31pm
Islington 1:08pm 1:50pm
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Simba’s marks on 5 mental arithmetic tests are:
15 18 21 13 21
12. What is his mean mark?
______________
13. What is his mode mark?
______________
14. What is his median mark?
______________
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15. By how many times is 60.3 greater than 0.0603?
__________________
16. The diagram shows two squares. The larger square has a perimeter of
16cm. What is the area of the smaller, white square?
_________________
A matchbox measures 1cm high, 3cm wide and 5cm long.
17. What is the maximum number of matchboxes that could fit, in one layer,
onto a tray that is 20cm long and 15cm wide?
__________________
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18. What is the maximum number of matchboxes that could be fitted into a
box measuring 18cm by 25cm by 10cm?
__________________
19. What is the value of x?
!"#$
= 18
%
__________________
20. Simplify the following
81𝑥 + 36𝑦 − 9𝑥 − 9𝑦
9
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21. What is the value of x?
"&'(
= 108
)
__________________
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A group of 60 children are asked to choose their favourite subject from a
list of three: English, Mathematics and Science.
The results are displayed on a pie chart:
22. What percentage of the group chose English?
_____________________
23. 35% of the group chose Mathematics. What was the total number of
students that voted Mathematics?
______________________
24. How many children chose Science?
_____________________
25. Pens cost 7p each and pencils cost 5p each. I buy some pens and pencils
which cost 55p exactly. How many of each did I buy?
_____________________
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26. If it takes a total time of 90 minutes for two towels to dry, one after
another, how long would it take for three of these towels to dry? Write
your answer in minutes.
___________________
27. In the winter, I try and climb up an icy slope starting from the bottom.
Each time I make a move, I find that I go up three metres but then slide
back down one metre. How many moves do I need to make to reach a
height of 8 metres?
______________________
28. The area of mould growing on my bathroom wall doubles every day. After
8 days the area covered is 2880 cm2. After how many days did the area
first exceed 300 cm2?
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29. Laraib needs to buy chocolate bars for all the children in Year 7. Each of
the 130 children get one chocolate bar. There are 8 chocolate bars in
each packet. Work out the minimum number of packets of chocolate bars
that Laraib needs to buy.
_________________
30. A car rental firm charges £35 per day plus 30p per mile travelled. A man
hired a car for 4 days and travelled 300 miles. How much did he pay?
_________________
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31. On 1st January 2006, my grandmother was 80 years old. My mother was
40 years old on 1st January 1994. How old was my grandmother when
my mother was born?
_____________________
32. A point, X, has been marked on a grid with co-ordinates (5,3). Point X is
moved three spaces to the left and 1 space up. What are the new co-
ordinates of point X?
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33. How many 2cm cubes can be made by cutting up a block 12 cm by 6 cm
by 5 cm?
______________________
34. Work out the area of the shape
on the right:
_____________________
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35. Write your answer to the following in the 12-hour time format.
Teshan and Emaan arrive in class at the time shown, and this is 15 minutes
after Laiba arrived. Aksh arrives 7 minutes after Asmitha, who arrives 11
minutes after Laiba. What time did Asmitha arrive for the morning class?
______________________
36. There are 185 pieces of chocolate and candy in a box. The ratio of
chocolate to candy is 2:3. How many candies are there in the box?
______________________
The diagram below (not to scale) shows a cuboid.
37. What is the total surface area of all 6 sides?
______________________
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38. If the area of the front face (of the cuboid in Qs 37) doubles, but the 8cm
width does not change, what must the new height be?
______________________
The area of a circle with diameter 34cm is 908cm2.
Use this fact to work out the total area of the shape shown below. Write
your answer in cm2.
39.
______________________
40. A team are planting trees. Each person in the team plants 36 trees so
that 900 trees are planted in total. How many people are in the team?
____________________
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Non-Verbal Reasoning
Work out which of the five boxes on the right completes the grid. Circle the correct letter and write your answer
on the right.
1
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Decide which one of the five options fits with the third image to make a pair like the two on the left. Circle the
correct letter and write your answer on the right.
6
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9
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10
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Look at the 3D figure. Work out which one of the five options shows the top down (aerial) view of that figure.
Circle the correct letter and write your answer on the right.
11
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12
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13
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14
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15
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The three shapes on the left-hand side have something in common. Work out which shape or pattern from the
right-hand side also belongs to the same set. Circle the correct letter and write your answer on the right.
16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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Each of the shapes on the left can be described using code letters. Work out how the letters go with the
shapes and then find the code for the new shape from the five codes on the right. Circle the correct letter and
write your answer on the right.
21
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22
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23
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24
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25
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Identify the shape that is the odd one out. Circle the correct letter and write your answer on the right.
26
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27
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28
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29
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30
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In the example below, there are five boxes arranged in sequence. One of the boxes is empty. One of the five
boxes on the right should take the place of the empty one. Circle the correct letter and write your answer on
the right.
31
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32
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33
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34
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35
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Look at the net on the left. Work out which one of the cubes on the right can be made using that net. Circle
the correct letter and write your answer on the right.
36
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37
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38
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39
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40
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English
Read the following comprehension and then answer the questions that follow:
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1. Which word is similar in meaning to ‘thronging’?
(a) Building [ ]
(b) Crowded [ ]
(c) Watering [ ]
(d) Moving [ ]
(e) Backing [ ]
2. How could you check the correct time?
(a) Look towards the sun [ ]
(b) Look at the ship flags [ ]
(c) Look at your phone [ ]
(d) Look at the roof of the observatory [ ]
(e) Look at the stars [ ]
3. What was on the top of the observatory?
(a) The roof [ ]
(b) A lot of chimneys [ ]
(c) A telescope [ ]
(d) A flagpole [ ]
(e) A bright red time ball [ ]
4. What happens to the ball at 13.00?
(a) It’s used for football [ ]
(b) It moves around [ ]
(c) It rises to the top of the mast [ ]
(d) It bounces up and down [ ]
(e) It falls down the mast [ ]
5. What would happen if you were looking the wrong way at 13.00?
(a) You would be late for an appointment [ ]
(b) You would be too early [ ]
(c) You would have to wait 24 hours before you could check the time again [ ]
(d) You would crash into the ship [ ]
(e) You would have to use your watch [ ]
6. How did ordinary people tell the time in Victorian times?
(a) They used public sundials [ ]
(b) They used the sun [ ]
(c) They used the planets [ ]
(d) They asked their neighbour [ ]
(e) They guessed [ ]
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7. What problems arose from the use of sundials?
(a) There were a great deal of missed appointments [ ]
(b) There was a variation in time from east to west [ ]
(c) There wasn’t a way of telling the time on rainy days [ ]
(d) There weren’t a lot of sundials [ ]
(e) There wasn’t a lot of sunshine [ ]
8. Which word is similar in meaning to ‘installed’?
(a) Placed [ ]
(b) Mended [ ]
(c) Created [ ]
(d) Finished [ ]
(e) Ended [ ]
9. What happened in 1852?
(a) The ball fell off the roof [ ]
(b) The gates were fastened [ ]
(c) The observatory had a clock fixed to the gates [ ]
(d) The public were allowed to visit the observatory [ ]
(e) The ball was fixed to the gates [ ]
10. Where was the observatory situated?
(a) In Greenwich [ ]
(b) In a church [ ]
(c) On a ship. [ ]
(d) In the East [ ]
(e) On an island in the Thames [ ]
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Read the following comprehension and then answer the questions that follow:
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11. Which word is similar in meaning to ‘rotting’?
(a) Living [ ]
(b) Decaying [ ]
(c) Moving [ ]
(d) Sailing [ ]
(e) Breaking [ ]
12. What type of word is ‘slowly’?
(a) Noun [ ]
(b) Adjective [ ]
(c) Pronoun [ ]
(d) Adverb [ ]
(e) Verb [ ]
13. Which of these phrases is similar in meaning to ‘rather disturbed by this
activity’?
(a) Slightly upset by the event taking place [ ]
(b) Unconcerned and relaxed [ ]
(c) Enjoying every minute [ ]
(d) Unable to sleep [ ]
(e) Very excited by everything [ ]
14. Which word is similar in meaning to ‘chuntered’?
(a) Whispered [ ]
(b) Twittered [ ]
(c) Grumbled [ ]
(d) Laughed [ ]
(e) Cackled [ ]
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15. What type of language device is ‘swimming like a flotilla of warships’?
(a) Metaphor [ ]
(b) Alliteration [ ]
(c) Simile [ ]
(d) Clause [ ]
(e) Noun [ ]
16. What type of language device is the repetition of the initial consonant in
‘concealed creatures’?
(a) Simile [ ]
(b) Alliteration [ ]
(c) Clause [ ]
(d) Metaphor [ ]
(e) Verb [ ]
17. How did the creatures in the passage feel when the crane arrived?
(a) Hungry [ ]
(b) Disinterested [ ]
(c) Annoyed [ ]
(d) Frightened but interested [ ]
(e) Overjoyed [ ]
18. Which phrase is similar in meaning to ‘it hung suspended over the island’?
(a) It flew over the island [ ]
(b) It floated to the island [ ]
(c) It entered the island [ ]
(d) It dangled above the island [ ]
(e) It sank under the island [ ]
19. Why did the park keeper put his thumbs up to the driver of the crane?
(a) He was judging the wind direction [ ]
(b) He had sore thumbs [ ]
(c) To signal that he was ready [ ]
(d) To signal that the dinghy was sinking [ ]
(e) To signal that he wanted him to stop [ ]
20. What does ‘voila!’ mean?
(a) Goodness gracious me! [ ]
(b) Go away! [ ]
(c) Stop at once! [ ]
(d) There it is! [ ]
(e) Oh no! [ ]
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21.
For each numbered line, choose the word which completes the passage correctly. The
passage needs to make sense and be written in correct English. Circle the correct letter.
22.
23.
24.
This passage contains some spelling mistakes. Each numbered line has either one mistake or
no mistake. For each line, work out which group of words contains a mistake, and circle the
correct letter. Circle N if there is no mistake.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
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