PagineOntario Grade 11 English Practice Tests
Five free, full-length practice tests for Grade 11 english in Ontario, written to the Ontario Curriculum and Resources. Take them online for instant scoring and a skill breakdown, or print them with an answer key.
- 5 full tests
- ~16 questions each
- Answer keys
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All questions and passages are original and written for Pagine to match the published curriculum. Pagine is not affiliated with any ministry or department of education, EQAO, CMEC or any assessment body. Not official tests.
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What these tests cover
Ontario curriculum strands:
Course: English (ENG3U)
Skills across all five tests: Grammar (11) · Literary terms (9) · Writing (9) · Vocabulary (9) · Rhetoric (5) · Key details (5) · Author’s craft (3) · Vocabulary in context (3) · Main idea (3) · Usage (3)
Each test has an original Canadian reading passage (and, for most grades, a second text), language and conventions questions, and a writing task with a guide to what a strong answer includes.
Sample questions from Practice Test 1
From the passage “Uncertain Ground: Japanese Canadian Internment”
Which detail most directly challenges the claim that internment was a security measure?
A. The protected zone was 160 kilometres wide. B. About 4,000 people were sent to Japan. C. Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941. D. Neither the RCMP nor senior military officers considered Japanese Canadians a threat.Show answer
Neither the RCMP nor senior military officers considered Japanese Canadians a threat.- Why does the author note that many internees had been born in Canada?
A. to describe the camps B. to emphasize that citizens were treated as enemies C. to explain why they spoke Japanese D. to show they were recent immigrantsShow answer
to emphasize that citizens were treated as enemies - What is the irony in how the internment was funded?
A. The camps were free. B. The government paid them generously. C. Money from selling Japanese Canadians’ property paid for their internment. D. Japan paid for the camps.Show answer
Money from selling Japanese Canadians’ property paid for their internment. - What does the use of quotation marks around "repatriate" suggest?
A. It is a scientific term. B. It means returning home willingly. C. It is a direct quote from a poem. D. The word is misleading, since many had never lived in Japan.Show answer
The word is misleading, since many had never lived in Japan.
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Frequently asked questions
What is in these Ontario Grade 11 English practice tests?
Five full original tests of about 16 questions each. Each test has an original Canadian reading passage (and, for most grades, a second text), language and conventions questions, and a writing task with a guide to what a strong answer includes. You get a score, a skill breakdown and a review of every answer at the end.
Do these tests follow the Ontario curriculum?
Yes. They are written to the Ontario Curriculum and Resources — the strands are Literacy connections and applications, Foundations of language, Comprehension: understanding and responding to texts, Composition: expressing ideas and creating texts. Pagine summarizes the curriculum in its own words and links to the official documents.
Can I print them?
Yes. Every test has a printable version with an answer key, so you can use it in class or at the kitchen table.
Are these official tests?
All questions and passages are original and written for Pagine to match the published curriculum. Pagine is not affiliated with any ministry or department of education, EQAO, CMEC or any assessment body. Not official tests.