Familiarisation Guide: Pictures

GRAMMAR SCHOOL ENTRANCE TESTS
FAMILIARISATION GUIDE
This guide tells you about the different types of questions you will be
asked when you take the test for real. It will also help you to understand
how to use an answer sheet correctly.
You may print copies of this book, for your own use, to practise
answering questions and marking your answers on the answer sheet.
PICTURES
What equipment are you allowed to use in the test?
You will be allowed to use these things in the test:
z an HB pencil
a rubber
z
a pencil sharpener
z
You will NOT be able to use any of the following things in the test:
a ruler
z a camera
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a calculator
z a watch
z
scrap paper
z any electronic devices
z
a protractor
z recording equipment or study notes
z
a mobile phone
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Please note: practice materials available in book shops or for sale on the Internet are
not genuine CEM resources. This guide is the only official CEM resource available for this
assessment.
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The test booklets

In the real test, you will be asked to work through two question booklets.
You must read the questions in these booklets and then mark your answers on a separate answer sheet.
Examples of these booklets and answer sheets are included towards the end of this guide.
A question booklet
will look like this.
1
Booklet serial number:
Selective School
Assessment
for 2022 Entry
Booklet One
You will be asked
Write your full name here:
to write your
name on the
front cover of the
question booklet.
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booklet will look
like this. Practise
writing your name DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET
in this box now.
UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO
!

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The answer sheets

The answer sheet will have your name and some information about you already printed on it. Check that the
information shown is correct.
Selective School Assessment for 2021 Entry

An answer sheet
Exam No: DfE Number: will look like this.
1
Name: Gender:
Date of Birth: Date of Test:
Current School:
Venue:
Session:
Please write your name here: Instructions
1. Check that you are marking the answer for the correct question number.
2. Mark ONE answer only for each question on this answer sheet.
Do not write outside the box. 3. Use an HB pencil and rub out any errors thoroughly.
Remember, you must mark the answers the RI GHT way like this: A For example, A B C D
Comprehension Word Choice Pictures 1

Examples page 2 Examples page 12 Examples page 18
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3 A B C D 4 A B C D E page 21
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page 7 11 A B C D E page 23
10 A B C D 12 A B C D E 10 A B C D E F You should tell an adult if there are
12 A B C D 14 A B C D E 12 A B C D E F any mistakes on your sheet, or the
page 8 page 15 page 24
13 A B C D 15 A B C D E 13 A B C D E F information is missing.
15 A B C D 17 A B C D E 15 A B C D E F If you have to write the information
16 A B C D 18 A B C D E page 25
page 9 19 A B C D E 16 A B C D E F on the sheet, do this neatly and
18 A B C D 21 A B C D E 18 A B C D E F carefully. Ask an adult if you need
19 A B C D page 16 page 26
20 A B C D 22 A B C D E 19 A B C D E F help.
21 A B C D 24 A B C D E 21 A B C D E F If you have to write your date of
22 A B C D 25 A B C D E
23 A B C D 26 A B C D E birth on the sheet, take care to
24 A B C D 27 A B C D E
28 A B C D E write your actual date of birth and
NOT the date you are taking the
test.
Exam No: DfE Number:
1
Name: Gender:
Current School:
Venue:
You will be asked Session:
to write your Please write your name here: Instructions

name here, in the 2. Mark ONE answer only for each question on this answer sheet.
3. Use an HB pencil and rub out any errors thoroughly.
small box. Do not write outside the box.
Remember, you must mark the answers the RI GHT way like this: A For example, A B C D
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Information about using the question booklets

Each page of the question booklet will have information to help you shown on it.
z The page number is in the top corner of each page.
The title of each section is shown on the top line of each page.
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Page
5 Pictures
Instructions at the bottom of the pages include the following symbols and words to explain what you need to do:
Do not turn
12 Time Stop working
!
Go to the next the page until
9 3 allowed for and await
page you are told to
6 the section instructions
do so
You will also be given instructions about what to do before the test starts by a voice recording, which may be
played through a CD player or a computer. Sometimes an adult in the room may read the instructions to you.
What kind of questions are in the question booklets?

In the test, it will take about an hour to answer the questions in each booklet.
There are a number of sections in each booklet. You may be asked questions about reading, sentences, words
and their meanings, mathematics and you will also be asked to solve some shape puzzles.
Each section starts with some examples, showing how to answer the different types of questions.
Roman
number
numeral
Example questions i 1
are numbered using ii 2
Roman numerals iii 3
from i up to vi.
iv 4
v 5
vi 6
Please note, these numbers will be read-out on the voice recording as ‘one’, ‘two’, ‘three’ etc.
Within each section, you can look back to the example page as often as you wish.
The time available to answer the questions is shown at the start of each section, at the bottom of the example
page.
20
12
9 3
6
You have minutes for this section.

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1
Exam No: DfE Number:
Name: Gender:
How to answer the questions
Current School:
The heading of the section you are working on in the question booklet will be the same on the answer sheet.
Venue:
Session:
The heading in the
Instructions question booklet is
Page
Please write your name here:
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Take care!
If you miss out an answer, remember to leave a gap and mark your next answer on the correct line.
Remember:
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What will a Pictures section be like?

The Pictures section will include some shape puzzles to test your problem solving skills.
This guide includes a section of Pictures questions for you to answer.
There are 21 questions and you have 9 minutes to answer.
Find the ‘Pictures’ section (it starts on page 11 of this booklet) and also find the
answer sheet on page 19.
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You may want to remove the answer sheet from this booklet to make it easier to use.
Each question features a shape puzzle. You are asked to find the missing piece of the puzzle from a
selection of six pieces.

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