Free OC & Selective Practice Tests

Pick your exam and a subject to try a free NSW practice test online. Each sample mirrors the real Cambridge-style placement test format — 10 questions, instant scoring, no account required.

OC — sat in Year 4, for Year 5 entry

Opportunity Class placement level.

Reading

10 questions · about 10 minutes

A short passage with multiple-choice questions testing detail recall, inference, and vocabulary in context — pitched at Year 4 level.

Main idea Detail recall Inference Vocabulary
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Math Reasoning

10 questions · about 13 minutes

Multi-step word problems across number patterns, fractions, geometry, and data — applied reasoning at Year 4 level, not memorised formulas.

Patterns Fractions Geometry Word problems
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Thinking Skills

10 questions · about 13 minutes

Logical deduction, simple codes, sequences, and ordering puzzles — the unfamiliar section where Year 4 practice pays off most.

Logic Deduction Sequences Codes
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New to OC? Read our guide to NSW Opportunity Class or all OC articles.

Selective — sat in Year 6, for Year 7 entry

Selective High School placement level.

Reading

10 questions · about 10 minutes

Longer, denser passages demanding deeper inference, author's craft, and figurative language — pitched at Year 6 level.

Inference Author's craft Text structure Figurative language
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Math Reasoning

10 questions · about 13 minutes

Harder multi-step problems including probability, rates, ratio, and algebraic thinking — pitched at Year 6 level.

Probability Rates Algebra Problem solving
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Thinking Skills

10 questions · about 13 minutes

Tougher critical reasoning, conditional logic, constraint puzzles, and argument-flaw questions — pitched at Year 6 level.

Critical thinking Logic Constraint puzzles Data reasoning
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Writing

1 story task · 30 minutes

Write one Selective-style story and our team marks it out of 25 against the seven writing criteria, with feedback on each.

Narrative Scored /25 Feedback Improvement plan
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A sample AcePath writing report scoring 24 out of 25 (96%), with the task, written feedback, a skills profile across the seven criteria, a criteria breakdown giving an analysis and a suggestion for each, and an improvement plan. See the full sample report

Based on a real student's report, shared with permission. The student's name has been changed.

Get your child's Selective writing marked — free

Writing is a quarter of the Selective test, and the one part you can't check with an answer key. Try one Selective-style story task and our team will mark it the way the real test is marked.

  • A score out of 25 across the seven criteria
  • Written feedback on every criterion
  • Spelling, grammar and punctuation errors counted
  • A step-by-step plan for what to improve next
  1. 1Create a free account — no card
  2. 2Write one 30-minute story
  3. 3Get the report by email within 2 business days
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