SET consortium (Stage 1) + school Stage 2

SET Stage 1 (5 options A-E), school-set Stage 2. Stage 1: one 60-minute paper, four sections. Stage 2: literary comprehension, poetry analysis and a writing task.

What is tested

  • English comprehension
  • Poetry analysis
  • Maths
  • Verbal Reasoning
  • Non-Verbal Reasoning
  • Writing

Skills to build

  • moving quickly between four different task types in one paper
  • close reading of both prose and verse
  • vocabulary in context and precise grammar
  • for Stage 2, analysing how a poem creates its effects

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