ST Olaves - Stage-1-Sample-Questions-2021-entry-1
ST Olaves - Stage-1-Sample-Questions-2021-entry-1
GODDINGTON LANE
ORPINGTON
BR6 9SH
The Selective Eligibility Test (SET) will consist of around 60 questions and be split into four
sections. The test will last for 1 hour and candidates will be told when to start and finish each
section.
Section A: English (comprehension)
Section B: Mathematics
Section C: Verbal reasoning
Section D: Non-verbal reasoning
All questions will be multiple choice. In each section, candidates will have to work out which is the
correct answer from five possible options.
The test comprises a question booklet and an ‘ANSWER SHEET’. The answer sheet will require you
to use a HB pencil. The machine that reads the answer sheet cannot see anything else.
The numbers of the answer sheet will correspond to the question numbers on the Test paper.
Each number on the answer sheet will have boxes A, B, C, D and E for you to fill in your answer.
You must place a solid black mark on top of the letter that corresponds to your answer only. One
mark on top of the letter should be entered for each question, unless stated otherwise in the
question.
B A G G A G E
Your candidate number will be filled in for you in the row of boxes under ‘CANDIDATE NUMBER’ as
per the example below. A barcode will printed below the Candidate number, it is important that
candidates do not write on this barcode.
1 0 2 2 2 5 7 4
On the following pages, there are sample questions for you to practise. The answers are on the
final pages.
Good luck!
A. 1st person B. 2nd person C. 3rd person D. 4th person E. 5th person
7. Which one of the following does not contribute to the sense of isolation?
A. Three miles from any farm B. causeway cut off by water C. very quiet
8. The reeds are described as ‘bleached bone-pale’ which makes them sound like
they are
10. In line 13, ‘silence save for a hissing, silky sort of sound’, sibilance is used for
which two reasons? (Mark two answers on the answer sheet)
11. The description in line 15 & 16, ‘rising out of the water itself, a tall, gaunt house’
has which two effects on our impression of the house (Mark two answers on the
answer sheet)? It is
12. Both the water and the roof of the house are likened to metal contributing to the
impression of the environment as being which two of the following? (Mark two
answers on the answer sheet)
In this section you have to answer 15 Mathematics questions. Select the answer
from A to E that you think is the correct answer to the problem and enter it on your
answer sheet. Use the space provided below each question for workings.
13. What number is 339 less than two thousand and eighteen?
A. 1669 B. 1679 C. 1689 D. 1779 E. 1789
14. The frequency diagram below represents the numbers of days of absence for
children in a Year 6 class.
12
Number of children
10
0
0 1 2 3 4 5
Number of days of absence
15. Alex arrives school at 8.30 a.m. and leaves at 4.15 p.m.
For how many minutes is he at school?
16. Which of the following is the most suitable unit for measuring the capacity
of a large bucket?
17. A rectangle has a perimeter of 24 centimetres. Its length is twice its width.
What is its area in square centimetres (cm 2 )?
A. 20 cm 2 B. 24 cm 2 C. 32 cm 2 D. 36 cm 2 E. 128 cm 2
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 7
A. 57 B. 61 C. 63 D. 65 E. 67
22. Adil says “I have chosen a prime number less than 20. It is one more than
a multiple of 4.”
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3 E. 4
A. 21 B. 30 C. 60 D. 70 E. 80
24. Teddy is making a sequence of patterns using white and grey tiles.
The first three patterns are below.
Pattern (1) Pattern (2) Pattern (3)
1 1 3 2 1
A. B. C. D. E.
4 3 8 5 2
27. The total cost of 4 rulers and 5 pencils is the same as the total cost of
2 rulers and 11 pencils.
A. 10 B. 15 C. 20 D. 25 E. 30
In this section you have to answer 15 Verbal Reasoning questions which will test
your skills of comprehension, grammar and logic. Select the answer from A to E that
you think is the correct answer to the problem and enter it on your answer sheet.
Use the space provided with each question for workings.
28. Arrange the words of the following sentence in descending order of length
(number of letters):
29. Arrange the words of the following sentence in descending order of the
number of vowels within each word:
30. Arrange the words of the following sentence in reverse alphabetical order of
their final letter:
32. Which of the following words from this list are homophonic?
33. In the following sentence the letters in capitals are an anagram of another
word which belongs in that place to make sense of the sentence. Solve the
anagram and identify which of the following statements is true of the word which
fits there:
34. In the following sentence the letters in capitals are an anagram of another
word which belongs in that place to make sense of the sentence. Solve the
anagram and identify which of the following statements is true of the word which
fits there:
35. Find the same pair of letters that will start the first word and end the second.
There is only one correct answer.
___AST STAP___
A. BO B. RO C. CH D. BE E. LE
36. In the sentence below, a four letter word is hidden at the end of one word
and the start of the next. Which of the flowing is true of the hidden word?
37. Find the three letter word which completes the word in capital letters, finishing
the sentence in a sensible way, and choose which of the answers is true of the
missing three letter word.
38. Which of these pairs of words is the odd one out in terms of how their
meanings relate to one another?
A. Country Angola
B. School Primary
C. Lion Carnivore
D. River Thames
E. Tree Elm
A. Fluffy cloud
B. Steep hill
C. Sleepy boy
D. Scary monster
E. Brick red
A. torvid
B. darples
C. climping
D. scurvidly
E. None of the above
41. Letters used in the following words each correspond to a single digit code
number. The number codes for three of these words are listed in a random order.
Work out the code to answer the question.
Which sequence of numbers represents the code for the word “FLEA”?
42. Billy, Pat, Jon, Tom and Peter go to a funfair. Everyone except for Tom goes
on the roller coaster. Four of the boys went on the ghost train. Only Billy did not go
on the big wheel. Peter went on the log flume and the spinning teacups. Pat did
not go on the ghost train. Jon and Tom went on the big wheel before going on the
log flume.
In this section you have to answer 15 Non-Verbal Reasoning questions. Select the answer
from A to E that you think is the correct answer to the problem and enter it on your answer
grid.
A B C D E
44. Which pattern on the right belongs to the group on the left?
A B C D E
45.
A B C D E
A B C D E
A B C D E
48. Which shape or pattern completes the larger square?
A B C D E
49. Which shape on the right is the reflection of the shape given on the left?
A B C D E
50. Which net would form the cube shown?
A B C D E
?
A B C D E
52.
ZG NU ZU WG WV ?
A B C D E
YG XU NV NG YU
53. Which is the next shape in the sequence?
A B C D E
GP DP FQ EP GR ?
A B C D E
DR EQ FP GQ FR
55. Imagine that the first shape has been folded along the dotted line. Which of the
five shapes would it look like when folded?
A B C D E
56. Use the following special alphabet to answer these code questions.
A B C D E
JHE981 IIFA9Z IJHED6 JHGDC5 IIFB91
A B C D E
18 10 5 24 15
13. B
14. A
15. B
16. D
17. C
18. B
19. E
20. D
21. D
22. D
23. D
24. E
25. C
26. A
27. B
43. C
44. E
45. A
46. A
47. E
48. B
49. D
50. E
51. E
52. C
53. A
54. C
55. C
56. E
57. B