Sevenoaks-Style 11+ English Practice Paper 06: The Railway Children (PDF + Answers)

Next step: extended reading passage. A longer extract gives pupils more detail to select, connect and analyse while practising the same complete 15-mark reading and 15-mark creative-writing structure.

Printable Sevenoaks-style 11+ English practice paper with a separate answer guide. An original practice passage about the children’s new home and the excitement of a passing train.

Allow 5 minutes of reading and 60 minutes of writing. Section A has 15 marks for comprehension, inference and language or structural analysis; Section B offers two creative-writing choices worth 15 marks. The paper includes lined answer pages and planning space.

Download: one ZIP containing the paper PDF and a separate PDF with indicative answers and writing assessment guidance.