English Comprehension Tests
Visuteach sells an English comprehension package which contains 46 online English comprehension tests. The tests are suitable for English speaking children aged 10 and 11, UK Key Stage 2 (KS2) students, pupils preparing for 11 plus examinations based on the GL Assessment English format and the Essex CSSE English format, students studying English as a foreign language (EFL) or English as a second language (ESL).
Twenty of the online tests are multiple choice and the remaining 26 online tests are standard format (i.e. questions need to be written down on paper).
Questions in our English comprehension tests cover comprehension, vocabulary (e.g. synonyms, words closest in meaning), identification of parts of speech (e.g. adverbs, adjectives, nouns, verbs, pronouns, prepositions) and identification of literary devices (e.g. simile, metaphor, hyperbole, oxymoron, onomatopoeia).
Format of the English Comprehension Tests
Our English comprehension package contains 20 online multiple-choice GL Assessment style English tests. Each test has a comprehension passage of about 500 words and contains 25 questions which should be completed in 25 minutes. Each test has 13 comprehension questions, 4 spelling questions, 4 punctuation questions and 4 cloze sentence completion questions.
If you are not interested in the spelling, punctuation and cloze sentence completion questions, we provide the same 20 comprehension passages with the same 13 comprehension questions only, and these tests should be completed in 13 minutes.
We also provide 26 standard format Essex CSSE English tests. Each of these tests is made up of a comprehension test and an applied reasoning test (which is a vocabulary test). Each applied reasoning test contains 5 questions and should be completed in 10 minutes. Note that our Essex CSSE tests do not contain a continuous writing test.
Eighteen of our Essex CSSE English comprehension tests are similar in style to the comprehension paper of the CSSE 2015 Entry English Familiarisation test. Each of these eighteen tests has a comprehension passage of about 1000 words and contains 14 questions which should be completed in 30 minutes.
Eight of our Essex CSSE English comprehension tests are similar in style to the comprehension paper of the CSSE 2015 Entry English test. Each of these eight tests has a comprehension passage of about 550 words and contains 12 questions which should be completed in 30 minutes.
GL Assessment Style 11+ English Online Test Demo
You can download and print out the comprehension passage by clicking on the link below (or you can read the passage online within the software):
The demo test below is untimed and has answers immediately after each question.
GL Assessment 11 Plus English Software Demo – Untimed
The demo test below is timed and has answers at the end of the test.
Essex CSSE Style 11+ English Online Test Demo
Our Essex CSSE comprehension demo is an untimed test (whereas our purchased tests are timed tests).
You should print out the comprehension passage (or read it online within the test software itself). You should then run the comprehension and applied reasoning tests and write your answers on a piece of paper. Finally, check your answers against the completed answer sheet.
Essex CSSE 11 Plus Comprehension Test