The Selective Entry test is run by ACER in June each year, and students in Year 8 in 2027 sit it for Year 9 entry in 2028. Printable sample papers, grouped by test section. Each card shows what is in the paper and a suggested time, so you can sit it under exam conditions. Enter a few details (no password) and the PDFs unlock straight away. We also email them to you.
Three complete practice exam sets, sat and marked on the platform. Each set has a paper for Reading Reasoning, Mathematical Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning.
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Original Excelerate Me questions in a printable PDF. Print it or open it on a tablet, set a timer for the suggested time, and work through it in one sitting.
The current test has three parts: Maths & Quantitative Reasoning (60 minutes), Reading & Verbal Reasoning (55 minutes) and Writing (40 minutes). The samples follow that split.
Maths & Quantitative Reasoning test · Part A
Number, percentages, ratio, algebra, measurement, geometry, statistics and probability. No calculator.
Our estimate: half of the 60-minute Maths & Quantitative Reasoning test.
Maths & Quantitative Reasoning test · Part B
Number series, number grids, number machines, logic problems and shape patterns. No calculator.
Our estimate: half of the 60-minute Maths & Quantitative Reasoning test.
Reading & Verbal Reasoning test · Part A
20 questions on 4 original texts: a story, an information text, a poem and a set of opinions
Our estimate: half of the 55-minute Reading & Verbal Reasoning test, rounded down.
Reading & Verbal Reasoning test · Part B
Analogies, odd one out, word meanings, codes and logic, relationships and series
Our estimate: half of the 55-minute Reading & Verbal Reasoning test, rounded down.
Writing test · 40 minutes
A creative task and a persuasive task with 2 prompts each, plus planning pages, a checklist and an annotated example
Maths reasoning: nets, cuboids, prisms and composite solids
Abstract and spatial reasoning: folding nets into cubes
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Note the questions that took longest. Those are the topics to practise next.
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Three complete practice exam sets, sat and marked on the platform. Each set has a paper for Reading Reasoning, Mathematical Reasoning, Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning.
Unlimited access to the whole Selective Entry question bank, and students can create their own question papers.
Not ready to buy? Start a free week. No card needed.
These papers are original Excelerate Me questions written for practice. They are not affiliated with, or endorsed by, ACER or the Victorian Department of Education.