11+Test

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Overview of the 11+ Test“The 11+ Test is foremost, a test that is designed to assess whether grammar school is a suitable

choice for pupils wishing to attend a grammar school and, more importantly, whether or not that choice is the right choice”.

ENGLISH

VERBAL REASONING

MATHS

NON-VERBAL REASONING

CORRECT LETTERS

Question The same letter must be able to fit into both sets of brackets [?] in order to complete the word in front of the bracket and begin the word after the bracket.

Happ [?] ellowWhy [?] awn

How to work it out

You need to work out how the words can be completed, by finding the letter missing.

Remember, the last letter is missing from the first words, and the first letter is missing from the second words.  ELIMINATE THE MOST OBSCURE ANSWERS!

C = Y

Question Identify which word is the odd one out.

A – deskB – shelf C – cupboardD – chair E – wood

How to work it out

Find the relationship between the words, and work out which word does not fit in with the sequence.

E

ODD ONE OUT

WORD JUMBLES

Question In the sentence, the word outside the brackets will only go with three of the words inside the brackets in order to make a longer word. Which ONE word will it NOT go with?

How to work it out

One of these words does not fit with the word on the outside of the bracket.

Take one word at a time…

C

Question In each question, there are two pairs of words. Only one of the answers will go equally well with both of these pairs.  (Look out for meanings of the words and other possibilities of how another word could be used in that situation).

(FALL TUMBLE) (JOURNEY OUTING)

How to work it outTake each answer option and work out whether or not that word can be applied to both groups of words.

Only one of the answer options can be used to link both of the groups.

Establish the double meanings the words have and whether they can be applied to the words listed in the question.

B

CONNECT THE WORDS

COMPLETE THE SENTENCE Question Complete the following sentence.

C

How to work it out

ELIMINATE THE MOST OBSCURE ANSWERS.

Only one word will work in the sentence.

Top Tip! Read the sentence out loud and see whether or not it makes sense.

Question Pick out the word in the sequence that links all the words together.

How to work it out

You need to work out which word can group all of the other words to form a word family.  For the above example, ‘clothing’ is the word that links trousers, skirt and shirt, so therefore the correct answer would be B.

B

WORD FAMILIES

COMPOUND WORDSQuestion In each of the following questions, find the two words, one from each group, that together make a new, real word. The word from the group on the left always comes first.

How to work it out

In order to work out these types of questions, you need to find a word from the left group to start off the new word.

Eliminate the answers you know to be incorrect.

You should realise, that ‘sauce’ and ‘pan’ can be put together to make the new word ‘saucepan’.

Saucepan

ALPHABET PATTERNS Question In each of the following questions, find the letters that best complete the series. The alphabet has been provided to assist you. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

How to work it out

Work out the relationship between each of the letters, in order to work out how the sequence is progressing.

The first letter in each group, is adding 3 letters of the alphabet. Once the sequence reaches the end of the alphabet, it continues back at the start.

The second letter in each group, is subtracting 4 letters.

HIDDEN WORDS

Question Determine where the hidden four letter word is.

I need ice cold drinks during the summer time.

How to work it out

You need to find the hidden four letter word that is part of the ending of one word, and the beginning of the next.

For this example, you need to pay attention to ‘need ice’

Dice

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