Quest Arena · Free Worksheet 05

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Year 6 · Mixed (English, Maths, VR, NVR) · 20 questions · timed 30 minutes

How to use this sheet. Sit this paper in one go, against a timer. 30 minutes for 20 questions = 90 seconds per question. Tell your child this is a timing rehearsal, not a knowledge test. Score it together afterwards, and circle which subject was hardest — that's where the next week of practice goes.

Section 1 — English (5 questions)

  1. Which word is closest in meaning to resilient?

    1. flexible
    2. fragile
    3. tough
    4. cheerful

  2. "The dog, which had been barking all morning, finally fell asleep." What is the type of the underlined phrase?

    1. relative clause
    2. main clause
    3. noun phrase
    4. adverbial

  3. Choose the sentence with correct punctuation.

    1. "Where are you going" asked Sam.
    2. "Where are you going?" asked Sam.
    3. "Where are you going?", asked Sam.
    4. "Where are you going" asked Sam?

  4. Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: "Although it was cold, the children played outside until dusk."

  5. Find an antonym (opposite) of obscure.

    1. hidden
    2. obvious
    3. shy
    4. distant

Section 2 — Maths (5 questions)

  1. What is 3⁄5 of 75?

  2. Sasha runs 1.8 km on Monday and 2.45 km on Tuesday. How much further did she run on Tuesday, in metres?

  3. A square has a perimeter of 36 cm. What is its area?

  4. A bag has 4 red, 3 green and 5 blue marbles. One marble is taken out without looking. What is the probability it is not blue?

  5. The angles in a triangle are x, 2x and 60°. Find x.

Section 3 — Verbal Reasoning (5 questions)

  1. If READ = USBE, what is the code for WRITE?

  2. Find the four-letter word hidden across the join:  POST OFFICE

  3. Choose the closest synonym of diligent.

    1. hard-working
    2. quick
    3. cautious
    4. kind

  4. Which word does not belong with the others?

    1. oak
    2. birch
    3. willow
    4. rose

  5. Boat is to water as aeroplane is to ___?

    1. cloud
    2. airport
    3. air
    4. pilot

Section 4 — Non-Verbal Reasoning (5 questions)

  1. If the small shape inside the large shape is removed at each step, what should be inside the large shape at step 4?

    Step 1: triangle inside square; Step 2: circle inside square; Step 3: line inside square; Step 4:

  2. Rotate the letter F by 180°. Which letter does it most look like?

  3. A cube is painted blue on all six faces. It is then cut into 27 equal smaller cubes (3 × 3 × 3). How many of these small cubes have exactly two blue faces?

  4. A shape has 5 lines of symmetry. Name a shape this could be.

  5. A net has six squares arranged in a cross pattern. What 3D shape does it fold into?

Answer Key & Marking Notes

English (5)

  1. C — tough.
  2. A — relative clause (introduced by "which").
  3. B.
  4. "Although it was cold".
  5. B — obvious.

Maths (5)

  1. 45.
  2. 650 m (2.45 − 1.80 = 0.65 km = 650 m).
  3. 81 cm² (side = 9 cm).
  4. 7⁄12 (red + green = 7 out of 12 total).
  5. x = 40° (x + 2x + 60 = 180 → 3x = 120).

Verbal Reasoning (5)

  1. XSJUF (each letter shifts forwards by 1).
  2. STOF (from poST OFfice).
  3. A — hard-working.
  4. D — rose (others are trees; a rose is a flower).
  5. C — air.

Non-Verbal Reasoning (5)

  1. An empty square.
  2. Capital "F" rotated 180° looks like nothing standard — accept any answer that reasons about it (e.g. a backwards-and-upside-down F). The point is the child describes the rotation correctly.
  3. 12 cubes. (Edge cubes, not corners or centres of faces.)
  4. A regular pentagon (any regular polygon with 5 sides).
  5. A cube.

Total: 20 marks. 15+ in 30 minutes is a confident grammar-school performance. The full Quest Arena library has 180 timed mocks like this one, with per-skill breakdowns and explanations for every wrong answer.

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