YEAR 8 COMMON ENTRANCE MOCK EXAMS LENT 2015

1 YEAR 8 COMMON ENTRANCE mock EXAMS lent 2015 . SUBJECT LENGTH EXAM FORMAT KEY TOPICS. Please visit Maths Level 2 1 hour Paper A: Non-Calculator 305d982700b3 to download the official COMMON ENTRANCE Maths syllabus. 1 hour Paper B: Calculator All topics listed on the CE syllabus will be examined in the mock EXAMS . However, topics with an E next to them are NOT examined at level 2. 30 mins Mental Mathematics Test Please use for helpful revision lessons and activities. In Year 8 the pupils work at level 7'. login: wccs password: decimal Please visit Maths Level 3 1 hour Paper A: Non-Calculator 305d982700b3 to download the official COMMON ENTRANCE Maths syllabus. 1 hour Paper B: Calculator All topics listed on the CE syllabus will be examined in the mock EXAMS .

2 30 mins Mental Mathematics Test Please use for helpful revision lessons and activities. In Year 8 the pupils work at level 7'. login: wccs password: decimal FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MATHEMATICS CONTACT: or SUBJECT LENGTH EXAM FORMAT KEY TOPICS. English 1 1 hour 15 Two sections lasting 35 SECTION A: PROSE COMPREHENSION. (Reading) minutes minutes each (+5 minutes Pupils will be required to answer questions on one (possibly two) passages reading time) of non-fiction writing. There will be approximately five reading comprehension questions. These will test how well pupils can understand, (25 marks for each section) analyse and evaluate the passage(s). Level Two SECTION B: WRITING PAPER.

3 Pupils will be asked to select one of four essay titles. Three essay titles will require the use of prose for a practical purpose (writing to persuade, writing a speech, writing to advise etc ). The fourth essay title will ask the boys to respond to an open ended question on a novel that has had an effect on them. They should focus revision on As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning, Macbeth and Scoop. English 2 1 hour 15 Two sections lasting 35 SECTION A: POETRY COMPREHENSION. (Writing) minutes minutes each (+5 minutes In this section pupils will be given a poem to read and analyse. This may be a reading time) whole poem, or an extract. The subject of the poem could be anything at all, but it is chosen to be interesting and thought-provoking.

4 There will be (25 marks for each section) approximately five comprehension questions. Level Two SECTION B: WRITING PAPER. In this section pupils will be given four questions, from which they must choose one only. The questions will be aiming to provoke imaginative, descriptive or narrative responses. Boys should focus revision on writing to describe techniques, as well as depicting character and setting. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ENGLISH CONTACT: or SUBJECT LENGTH EXAM FORMAT KEY TOPICS. Answer on the question paper. Biology 40 mins Starts with multiple choice, Cells & cell functions then short answers (both tend Humans as organisms: nutrition, movement, reproduction, to rely on factual recall) then breathing, respiration, health, longer questions reliant on Green plants as organisms: nutrition & growth, respiration, variation both knowledge & & classification understanding as well as Living things in their environment: adaptation & competition, feeding working with results in an relationships.

5 Investigative context (60. marks). Answer on question paper. Chemistry 40 mins Starts with multiple choice, Classifying materials: solids, liquids & gases, elements, compounds &. then short answers, (both tend mixtures to rely on factual recall) then Changing materials: physical changes, chemical changes. longer questions reliant on Patterns of behaviour: metals, acids & bases both knowledge &. understanding as well as working with results in an investigative context. (60. marks). Answer on question paper. Physics 40 mins Starts with multiple choice, Electricity & magnetism: circuits, magnetic fields, electromagnets then short answers, (both tend Forces & motion: forces & linear motion, force & rotation, force &.)

6 To rely on factual recall) then pressure longer questions reliant on Light & sound: the behavior of light, hearing, vibration & sound both knowledge & The earth & beyond: the solar system understanding as well as Energy resources & energy transfer, conservation of energy working with results in an investigative context. (60. marks). FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT SCIENCE CONTACT: SUBJECT LENGTH EXAM FORMAT KEY TOPICS. French 1 hour READING AND WRITING. language of the classroom (inc. basic ICT). (50%). Section A: Reading (25%) house, home, daily routine and chores Instructions will be given in free time and holiday activities French. There will be 25 Personal description, family, friends and pets questions on a number of short passages (usually arranged in time, dates, numbers and prices five or six sections).

7 There will Present tense: be several exercises of differing length, covering a range of Regular and COMMON irregular verbs. different approaches to the Future tense with aller. development of reading skills, gap-filling, multiple choice, Conditional: only je voudrais, j'aimerais. matching headlines to texts, interrogative forms + est-ce que. matching pictures to Past tense (where appropriate to candidate's ability). descriptions, matching two halves of a sentence, matching Gender and plural of COMMON nouns. questions and answers, matching people and opinions, Definite and indefinite articles. choosing a number of correct answers from a list, answering Agreement and position of adjectives.

8 Questions in French (marked for communication only). COMMON adverbs. There will be one section with questions and answers in Subject personal pronouns. English. COMMON prepositions and conjunctions. Numbers. Dates and time. Section B: Writing (25%) Question 1 (8 marks). Instructions will be given in the This question will require the writing of five simple sentences in the target target language. There will be language, each based on a visual or written stimulus. Candidates should two written exercises. write five to ten words on each stimulus. Marks will be awarded for content, accuracy and quality of language Question 2 (17 marks). This question will require 80 130 words of continuous writing in the form of a letter based on a written stimulus in the target language.

9 Candidates will be expected to demonstrate the full range of their knowledge of the linguistic features contained in the syllabus. Marks will be awarded for content, accuracy and quality of language. 20 minutes Section C: Listening This will be based on recorded material. Instructions will be given in English. There will be a range of test-types mostly in English. These might include: multiple choice, true or false, box-ticking, matching the recording with visual or verbal options, completing sentences . 10 minutes Section D: Speaking I will give each candidate, at random, one situation from the three which are preparation a/ role- play situation: set. The candidate will be required to carry out 6 tasks in French which + 5minutes have been given in English.

10 One of the tasks will be unpredictable and will require the candidate to respond, unprepared, to my question. b/ prepared topic: The candidate will be required to speak about the following topic areas: Personal description, family, friends and pets and House, home, daily routine and chores . The candidate should introduce his topics, with me intervening after about 30 seconds to ask at least 4 questions during the course of the 2 minutes. : Only 2 prepared topics are required at this stage. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FRENCH CONTACT: SUBJECT LENGTH EXAM FORMAT KEY TOPICS. Latin 1 hour Boys answer all questions in LEVEL 1. the appropriate Level (1, 2 or 1st and 2nd declension nouns 3) Present, Imperfect & Perfect tense verb endings Question 1: comprehension Present, Imperfect and Perfect tense of sum (15 marks) Infinitives (questions and answers in Imperatives English, unless specified Prepositions otherwise).