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Sample paper · Magdalen College School, Oxford

English sample paper (11+ and pre-test)

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A free english sample paper from Magdalen College School, Oxford, linked here from the publisher's own site and published in 2019.

  • English
  • 2019
  • Written answers

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About this paper

Published by
Magdalen College School, Oxford
Paper type
Sample paper
Subjects
English
Exam board or style
School-set paper
Format
Written answers
Year
2019
Answers
Not published
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the school (mcsoxford.org)
Cataloguer's note. '11+ and Pre-Test Entrance Exam: English Sample Paper', 60 min, one answer each from Sections A and B. Scanned image PDF. Not currently linked from the page it was found on, so it may be an older upload.

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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
  • Elevated medium-confidence mapping rate
  • Catalog subject disagreement
Easy questions
0
Medium questions
4
Hard questions
0

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 (11+ and pre-test)
SubjectSkill tagConceptClassificationWithin-subject shareItems carrying tagEasy / medium / hard weighted items
EnglishMark a sentence boundaryPunctuationProvisional analysis15%2 of 20 / 0.3 / 0
EnglishOrganise an argumentWriting compositionProvisional taxonomy40%2 of 20 / 0.8 / 0
EnglishPlan for purpose and audienceWriting compositionProvisional taxonomy40%2 of 20 / 0.8 / 0
EnglishUse capital lettersPunctuationProvisional analysis5%2 of 20 / 0.1 / 0

Creative-writing prompts classified separately: 2. They are not forced into the objective skill graph or its ratios.

Classification coverage: 100% across 4 classified response items from 4 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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