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English specimen paper A

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A free english specimen paper from Dulwich College, linked here from the publisher's own site.

  • English
  • Written answers

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About this paper

Published by
Dulwich College
Paper type
Specimen paper
Subjects
English
Exam board or style
School-set paper
Format
Written answers
Year
Undated by the publisher
Answers
Not confirmed in this catalogue
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the school (dulwich.org.uk)
Cataloguer's note. Legacy Year 7 entrance specimen paper still live on the school domain. no mark scheme published . Not currently linked from the page it was found on, so it may be an older upload. Check the school's latest admission and test arrangements.

Skills classified in this paper

Response items mapped to the pinned Smart Cub Learning skill graph. Multi-skill questions split their weight between tags.

Some skill tags are provisional taxonomy classifications

The response-item mapping passed the automated source, coverage, grouping, and confidence checks, but at least one graph skill boundary still awaits specialist review. Provisional rows are labelled below and are never used for rising or falling trend signals.
Easy questions
7
Medium questions
16
Hard questions
2

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 specimen paper A
SubjectSkill tagConceptClassificationWithin-subject shareItems carrying tagEasy / medium / hard weighted items
EnglishIdentify figurative languageLanguage devicesConfirmed automated15.2%4 of 250 / 3.8 / 0
EnglishInfer a character stateReading comprehensionConfirmed automated22%7 of 252 / 2.5 / 1
EnglishInfer implicit meaningReading comprehensionConfirmed automated10.4%6 of 250 / 2.6 / 0
EnglishInterpret a word in contextReading comprehensionConfirmed automated28%7 of 251 / 6 / 0
EnglishPlan for purpose and audienceWriting compositionProvisional taxonomy4%1 of 250 / 0 / 1
EnglishRetrieve an explicit detailReading comprehensionConfirmed automated20.4%6 of 254 / 1.1 / 0

Classification coverage: 100% across 25 classified response items from 25 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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