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Free Kent Test practice paper — Answers
Writing · 40 minutes
In the real Kent writing task you get 40 minutes and one prompt — and the best writers spend the first 10 minutes not writing at all. They plan. A planned story has a clear shape; an unplanned one wanders and runs out of time.
Every strong story has three parts: a beginning that sets the scene and hooks the reader, a middle where something changes or goes wrong, and an end that resolves it. Decide all three before you write a word.
Use your 10 planning minutes like this — 2 minutes to choose one clear idea, 5 minutes to jot your beginning, middle and end plus three or four vivid words, and 3 minutes to craft your opening sentence. Then write for about 25 minutes, and keep 5 to check.
Don't try to be clever. One clear idea, told well, beats a complicated plot you can't finish. And show how your character feels through what they do and notice — don't just tell us they were scared.
Continue this story:
“The gate at the wildlife park creaked open long after closing time, and someone — or something — was still inside.”
Beginning — Who is there? Where exactly in the park? What do they notice first?
Middle — What happens? What goes wrong, or what surprises them?
End — How does it end? How does your character feel by the end?
Three vivid words I want to use:
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Gramora · Writing practice paper. Questions are original, in the style of the GL Assessment 11+ format.
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