FREE 11+ English comprehension practice paper

Give children the opportunity to practise key GL Assessment 11+ English comprehension skills with this free GL-style multiple choice comprehension paper based on an exciting extract from The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

This complete 11+ English practice resource is ideal for children preparing for GL-style 11+ and grammar school entrance exams and provides a great introduction to my range of 11+ English comprehension papers.

What’s included?

• Literary extract from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 25 GL-style multiple choice comprehension questions
• 11+ style answer sheet
• Full answers with detailed explanations
• Explanations include direct quotes from the text where appropriate, helping children understand how to find evidence and justify their answers

Key skills practised

• Retrieval
• Inference
• Vocabulary in context
• Character understanding
• Reading between the lines
• Finding and selecting evidence
• Understanding descriptive language
• Language analysis
• Mood and atmosphere
• Authorial intent
• Understanding figurative language
• Multiple-choice comprehension technique

About the text
Genre: Classic Literature / Adventure / Science Fiction
The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle is a classic adventure novel filled with exploration, danger and suspense. Its vivid descriptions, adventurous setting and rich vocabulary make it an engaging text for developing 11+ reading comprehension, inference and vocabulary skills.

Why download this free 11+ comprehension paper?
This free 11+ English resource gives children a complete comprehension paper to work through, making it ideal for 11+ exam preparation, grammar school entrance practice, tutoring, homework or independent study.

The detailed explanations allow children to understand why each answer is correct and encourage them to return to the text to identify supporting evidence – an important skill for developing confident comprehension technique.

If you find this resource useful, more GL-style 11+ English comprehension papers and bundles are available in my TES shop, featuring a range of classic literature and original texts.

Ideal for GL 11+ preparation, 11+ English revision, grammar school entrance exams, home learning and tutoring.