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English sample paper 1 (comprehension, SPAG, creative writing)

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A free creative writing and english sample paper from Colfe's School, linked here from the publisher's own site.

  • Creative writing, English
  • Mixed format

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About this paper

Published by
Colfe's School
Paper type
Sample paper
Subjects
Creative writing, English
Exam board or style
School-set paper
Format
Mixed format
Year
Undated by the publisher
Answers
Not published
Hosted by
the school (colfes.com)
Cataloguer's note. Filename suggests a 2018-origin paper re-uploaded June 2024. 90-minute written paper with multiple-choice SPAG section.

Skills classified in this paper

Response items mapped to the pinned Trace Learn skill graph. Multi-skill questions split their weight between tags.

This paper-level analysis needs review

The document reached terminal classification, but the response-item analysis still carries one or more review conditions. Its granular tags are visible as uncertain paper-level evidence and are never used as trend evidence or for rising and falling signals.

  • Taxonomy skill boundary review
  • Low-confidence skill mapping
Easy questions
12
Medium questions
35
Hard questions
3

Paper-level difficulty counts include every classified response item, including creative-writing prompts. Sitting-year difficulty trends compare objective response items only, so those totals use a different, explicitly labelled denominator.

Published skill tags for English sample paper 1 (comprehension, SPAG, creative writing)
SubjectSkill tagConceptClassificationWithin-subject shareItems carrying tagEasy / medium / hard weighted items
EnglishClassify a word in contextGrammarProvisional analysis5.1%3 of 490.5 / 2 / 0
EnglishComplete a finite clauseGrammarProvisional analysis3.1%3 of 490 / 1.5 / 0
EnglishDistinguish a phrase and clauseGrammarProvisional analysis4.1%2 of 490 / 2 / 0
EnglishDistinguish contraction and possessionGrammarProvisional analysis1%1 of 490 / 0.5 / 0
EnglishIdentify a sound deviceLanguage devicesProvisional analysis2%1 of 491 / 0 / 0
EnglishIdentify figurative languageLanguage devicesProvisional analysis6.1%3 of 491 / 1 / 1
EnglishInfer a character stateReading comprehensionProvisional analysis10.2%5 of 490 / 5 / 0
EnglishInfer implicit meaningReading comprehensionProvisional analysis12.3%6 of 490 / 6 / 0
EnglishInterpret a word in contextReading comprehensionProvisional analysis4.1%2 of 490 / 2 / 0
EnglishMaintain consistent tenseGrammarProvisional analysis3.1%2 of 491.5 / 0 / 0
EnglishMark a sentence boundaryPunctuationProvisional analysis4.1%2 of 492 / 0 / 0
EnglishMark possessionPunctuationProvisional analysis1%1 of 490 / 0.5 / 0
EnglishOrganise an argumentWriting compositionProvisional taxonomy1.2%1 of 490 / 0 / 0.6
EnglishPunctuate direct speechPunctuationProvisional analysis2%1 of 490 / 1 / 0
EnglishResolve a homophoneVocabularyProvisional analysis12.3%6 of 490 / 6 / 0
EnglishRetrieve an explicit detailReading comprehensionProvisional analysis23.3%12 of 496 / 5 / 0.4
EnglishSelect a clause connectorGrammarProvisional analysis3.1%3 of 490 / 1.5 / 0
EnglishUse a colonPunctuationProvisional analysis2%1 of 490 / 1 / 0

Creative-writing prompts classified separately: 1. They are not forced into the objective skill graph or its ratios.

Classification coverage: 100% across 50 classified response items from 50 detected. Ratios describe classified items only, so any uncovered detected items are not silently treated as another skill. This profile is automated and is not represented as independent human review. Confirmed, provisional taxonomy, and provisional analysis labels show which claims can safely contribute to trend evidence.

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