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PartOne

ExamplesofVerbalandNumericalReasoningQuestionstobe
uploadedshortlyasFamiliarisationMaterialsontheDownloads
SectionoftheAdmissionspage.

PartTwo

ExamplesofMathematicsExtensionQuestions:

NoCalculatorsAllowed

1. Onethousandandninetynineplussevenhundredandsixty
three.

2. 30245

3. Ibuythreepensat36penceeachandfourpencilsat27p
each.Ipaywithafivepoundnote.HowmuchchangewillIreceive?

4. MrBlondisrunningaschooltrip.Heneedstohireenough
coachestotransport141pupilsand16staff.Eachcoachcantake
36people.Howmanycoachesshouldhebook?

5. Thediagramshows6smallsquaresmadewithmatchsticks.
Howmanymatchsticksmustberemovedtoleaveprecisely3small
squareswhichtouchonlyatcorners?

6.Thenumbersfrom1to9inclusivearetobeplaced,onenumber
toasquare,inthefigureshown,sothatthetotalofthethree
numbersineachofthefourlinesisthesame.Whatnumbershould
replace*?

7.AnewspaperreportedlastyearthatmarineexpertsattheSea
LifeCentreinBrightonwereteachinganoctopustoopenjamjars
togetatfoodasawayofstoppingitbecomingbored.Assuming
thatitcanopenfourjarssimultaneouslyandthateachjartakes30
secondstoopen,howmanyjarscantheoctopusopenperhour?

ExamplesofEnglishExtensionQuestions:

TheEnglishquestionsvaryeachyear.Thefollowingsectionsand
examplequestionsaimtogiveyouaflavouroftheexamination.

ResponsetoStimulusMaterial:

Candidateswillbeaskedtolookatandrespondtoapieceof
stimulusmaterialwhichmaybeapoem,pieceofprose,article,
paintingoranyotherformofstimulus.Nopriorknowledgeofthe
materialisrequired.Therewillbequestionsonthestimulus
materialwhichthecandidatewillneedtoanswer.Examplesof
stimulusmaterialandquestionsare,asfollows:

TheEagle
HEclaspsthecragwithcrookedhands;
Closetothesuninlonelylands,
Ringedwiththeazureworld,hestands.
Thewrinkledseabeneathhimcrawls;
Hewatchesfromhismountainwalls,
Andlikeathunderbolthefalls.

Inresponsetotheabovepoem,answerthefourfollowing
questions:
Whatdoyoufindinterestingaboutthepoemandwhy?
Whichimagesdoyoufindmosteffectiveandwhy?
Whatarethemainthemesorideasexploredinthispoem?
Choosealinefromthepoemandexploreitspossible
meanings.

ExtendedWriting

Candidateswillbeaskedtoproduceanextendedpieceofwriting,or
sometimestwoshorterpiecesofwriting.Thewritingmaybea
creativetask,adiscussionoropinionpiece,oraresponsetoa
scenario.

Examplesoftitles:

WriteastorycalledAdayintheLifeofaFairground

Chooseoneofthetwofollowingtopicsandwritean
exploratoryessayaboutthesubject:TheImportanceofthe
Environment,TheImportanceoftheArts.

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