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English Section A past paper 2020

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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 2020.

  • English
  • 2020
  • 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
2020 (for 2020 entry)
Answers
Included in the paper
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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.

This paper-level analysis needs review

The document reached terminal classification, but the response-item analysis still carries one or more review conditions. Its granular tags are visible as uncertain paper-level evidence and are never used as trend evidence or for rising and falling signals.

  • Taxonomy skill boundary review
  • Catalog subject disagreement
Easy questions
18
Medium questions
16
Hard questions
6

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 A past paper 2020
SubjectSkill tagConceptClassificationWithin-subject shareItems carrying tagEasy / medium / hard weighted items
EnglishClassify a word in contextGrammarProvisional analysis6.7%2 of 301 / 1 / 0
EnglishDistinguish fact and opinionReading comprehensionProvisional analysis6.7%2 of 300 / 0 / 2
EnglishIdentify a sound deviceLanguage devicesProvisional analysis3.3%1 of 301 / 0 / 0
EnglishIdentify a themeReading comprehensionProvisional analysis3.3%1 of 300 / 1 / 0
EnglishIdentify textual moodReading comprehensionProvisional analysis3.3%1 of 301 / 0 / 0
EnglishInfer implicit meaningReading comprehensionProvisional analysis13.3%4 of 300 / 3 / 1
EnglishInterpret a word in contextReading comprehensionProvisional analysis3.3%1 of 301 / 0 / 0
EnglishMark a sentence boundaryPunctuationProvisional analysis6.7%2 of 302 / 0 / 0
EnglishMark possessionPunctuationProvisional analysis3.3%1 of 301 / 0 / 0
EnglishPunctuate direct speechPunctuationProvisional analysis3.3%1 of 301 / 0 / 0
EnglishRetrieve an explicit detailReading comprehensionProvisional analysis26.7%8 of 303 / 5 / 0
EnglishSelect a clause connectorGrammarProvisional analysis3.3%1 of 300 / 1 / 0
EnglishSelect a synonymVocabularyProvisional analysis13.3%4 of 304 / 0 / 0
EnglishUse capital lettersPunctuationProvisional analysis3.3%1 of 300 / 1 / 0
Verbal reasoningComplete a letter connectionDeductive logicProvisional taxonomy30%3 of 100 / 0 / 3
Verbal reasoningComplete a word with a letterWord formationProvisional taxonomy40%4 of 100 / 4 / 0
Verbal reasoningTransfer an analogy relationAnalogiesProvisional taxonomy30%3 of 103 / 0 / 0

Classification coverage: 100% across 40 classified response items from 40 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

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