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English specimen paper 1

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A free english specimen paper from The King's School, Chester, linked here from the publisher's own site.

  • English
  • Written answers

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About this paper

Published by
The King's School, Chester
Paper type
Specimen paper
Subjects
English
Exam board or style
School-set paper
Format
Written answers
Year
Undated by the publisher
Answers
Not published
Hosted by
the school (kingschester.co.uk)
Cataloguer's note. 'English 1 Question Paper'. No answers published for any English paper.

Skills classified in this paper

Response items mapped to the pinned Trace Learn 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
0
Medium questions
8
Hard questions
1

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 1
SubjectSkill tagConceptClassificationWithin-subject shareItems carrying tagEasy / medium / hard weighted items
EnglishIdentify a sound deviceLanguage devicesConfirmed automated5.6%1 of 90 / 0.5 / 0
EnglishIdentify figurative languageLanguage devicesConfirmed automated16.7%3 of 90 / 1.5 / 0
EnglishIdentify textual moodReading comprehensionConfirmed automated4.4%1 of 90 / 0 / 0.4
EnglishInfer a character stateReading comprehensionConfirmed automated6.1%1 of 90 / 0.55 / 0
EnglishInfer implicit meaningReading comprehensionConfirmed automated28.3%5 of 90 / 1.95 / 0.6
EnglishInterpret a word in contextReading comprehensionConfirmed automated11.1%2 of 90 / 1 / 0
EnglishPlan for purpose and audienceWriting compositionProvisional taxonomy11.1%1 of 90 / 1 / 0
EnglishRetrieve an explicit detailReading comprehensionConfirmed automated16.7%3 of 90 / 1.5 / 0

Classification coverage: 100% across 9 classified response items from 9 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.

Schools this paper is for

  • The King's School, Chester

    Chester, Cheshire, North West England. School website

Subject-based preparation

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