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English Section B comprehension past paper 2014

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A free english past paper from The Manchester Grammar School, linked here from the publisher's own site and published in 2014.

  • English
  • 2014
  • Written answers

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About this paper

Published by
The Manchester Grammar School
Paper type
Past paper
Subjects
English
Exam board or style
School-set paper
Format
Written answers
Year
2014 (for 2014 entry)
Answers
Not published
Hosted by
the school (manchester-gram.reactfiles.co.uk)
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Skills classified in this paper

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

Easy questions
1
Medium questions
9
Hard questions
5

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 Section B comprehension past paper 2014
SubjectSkill tagConceptClassificationWithin-subject shareItems carrying tagEasy / medium / hard weighted items
EnglishInfer a character stateReading comprehensionConfirmed automated42%11 of 150.2 / 3 / 3.1
EnglishInfer implicit meaningReading comprehensionConfirmed automated28%8 of 150 / 3.2 / 1
EnglishInterpret a word in contextReading comprehensionConfirmed automated6.7%2 of 150 / 1 / 0
EnglishRetrieve an explicit detailReading comprehensionConfirmed automated23.3%9 of 150.8 / 1.8 / 0.9

Classification coverage: 100% across 15 classified response items from 15 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 Manchester Grammar School

    Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West England. School website

Subject-based preparation

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