Westminster School — 13+ English Entrance Exam 2021
Westminster School set this 13+ English paper in 2021. Hearthprep hosts it as an interactive past paper — 13 questions worth 47 marks in 95 minutes, each marked the moment the paper is submitted and backed by a step-by-step worked solution. Most 13+ entrance exams are sat between November and January of the year of entry.
Real 13+ English paper from Westminster School (2021). 19 questions, 75 marks. Answer interactively with worked solutions. Covers Literary Analysis, Punctuation & Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary.
This is the school's own past paper, reproduced here with worked solutions by Hearthprep. Most 13+ entrance exams are sat between November and January of the year of entry, so a timed attempt at this paper is worth doing early enough to leave room for the topics it exposes. Work through it on screen with instant marking, or print the PDF and sit it under exam conditions.
- School
- Westminster School
- Entry level
- 13+
- Subject
- English
- Year
- 2021
- Questions
- 13
- Marks
- 47
- Time
- 95 minutes
- Exam board
- ISEB
Topics in this paper
- Literary Analysis
- Punctuation & Grammar
- Reading Comprehension
- Vocabulary
Questions in this paper (3 of 13)
- Question 1written answer · 5 marks
Section A. The following sentences don't work. Fix them by rewriting them. You may alter punctuation, add or delete words, and change verb tenses if you feel it necessary to do so. a. The roast chicken. b. I walk to the shop, I bought the book. c. Mary ate the bread that I baked a cake. d. The best words in the best order. e. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
- Question 2short answer · 5 marks
Section A. Imagine an apple. Complete each task with that apple, writing in full, grammatical sentences. For example: Q. Describe it in a past tense. A. The apple was eaten. a. Make it the first word of a sentence. b. Make it the last word of a sentence. c. Make it the last item in a list of three. d. Use it at the beginning of two successive clauses. e. Use it as a verb.
- Question 3short answer · 2 marks
Section B. Read the following poem and answer the questions which follow. Helen Mort, 'Height' (2016): 'Fanny Bullock Workman jumps a crevasse above the Hispar, Karakorum. // I hated that leap, / by matchless dark, / across four feet, invisible. // It was only / a bed's width, only / an arm span, less than my height. // I seemed so light / I might not land again; / go clear above the seracs [a …
10 further questions in this paper open with any paid plan, along with marking and the worked solutions. See plans.
Frequently asked questions
What is in the Westminster School — 13+ English Entrance Exam 2021?
13 questions worth 47 marks in total, written for 95 minutes. It covers Literary Analysis, Punctuation & Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary. Westminster School set it as a 13+ English paper.
How long is the Westminster School 13+ English paper?
This paper is timed at 95 minutes for 47 marks — roughly 121 seconds a mark. Hearthprep runs the same clock on screen, so your child sees how far through the time they are as they answer.
Can my child answer this paper online?
Yes. Every question on this page can be answered in the browser and is marked the moment the paper is submitted — multiple choice, short answers and written responses alike. Answers are matched leniently, so a correct value written a different way (units, fractions, word numbers) still scores.
Are worked solutions included?
Every question has a step-by-step worked solution and an AI tutor that will talk through it after the paper is submitted. The first 3 questions of this paper are free to try; the remaining 10 and the marking come with a paid plan.
Where does this Westminster School paper come from?
This is the school's own past paper, reproduced here with worked solutions by Hearthprep. Use it to time a full mock attempt, then drill whichever topics your child drops marks on.
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