In England, the Eleven-Plus exam is used to determine whether a child would go to a grammar school or the academically inferior secondary-modern. The '11' refers to the school entry age, so most pupils are 10 years old when they sit the exams. Introduced in 1944, the examination was once used throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but was largely phased out in the mid-seventies. It is now used in few schools in England.
Also called the 11+ or 11 Plus, the test quizzed students on English, Arithmetic, Comprehension and General Knowledge. In addition to these, students were also tested on their creative writing skills by writing essays on given subjects.
With your current education level, can you ace a test meant for primary schoolers back in the 1950s? Find out if you can qualify for secondary-modern or grammar school in this test!
Note: The questions in this quiz have been extracted from the book, The Eleven-Plus Book: Genuine Exam Questions From Yesteryear.
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Complete this sentence correctly: Why does she ___ her hair?
Dyed
Dye
Die
Which of these numbers is divisible by 4 without any remainder: 214, 230, 226, 224, 218?
218
230
214
226
224
Which is the adjective form of the noun 'friend'?
Friendly
Friends
Friendship
Which two words should be swapped to make this sentence correct: Our black cat had a retriever with the fight next door.
Door and Fight
Retriever and Fight
Cat and Retriever
If you rearrange the following letters, what would you get? R, O, H, E, S
An animal
A fruit
A furniture
What is the answer to this equation: 3755 x 25 ÷ 125 = ?
650
751
852
Which of these words has a meaning that is different from the rest?
Alike
Somewhat
Similar
Same
Which is the grammatically correct sentence?
When the dog recognised me it wagged it's tail.
When the dog recognised me it wagged its tail.
When the dog recognised me I wagged it's tail.
Complete the sentence with the correct sound: The ________ of leaves.
Banging
Rustling
Creaking
An aeroplane uses 100 gallons of petrol for a flight of 150 miles. How far could it fly using 40 gallons?
40 miles
15 miles
60 miles
Which is NOT an adjective form of the noun 'sport'?
Sporty
Sporting
Sports
Which of these words has a meaning that is different from the rest?
Solid
Rough
Hard
Firm
Complete the sentence: The man to ___ I spoke was very disagreeable.
Which
Who
Whom
Which is the best answer to the following: A woman who had fallen into the water was dragged out in a drowning condition by a man, but she did not thank him because...?
She was still unconscious.
She was feeling better.
She did not know the man well enough.
She never felt thankful for small things.
Of 800 people living in a village, half are men and half are women. A quarter of the men leave the village to join the army. How many more women than men now remain?
400
300
100
4 Comments
I got 13 out of 15! – 86%
Congratulations on passing this test! You can head on to grammar school… if you were still a child.
15/15
I scored 5/15
Unfortunately, you didn’t do too well on this test. However, you could still go to secondary modern… if you were still a child.
You got 10 out of 15!
Congratulations on passing this test! You can head on to grammar school… if you were still a child.