Eleven Plus Verbal-Reasoning

Eleven Plus Verbal-Reasoning is one of the main parts which challenges you in the 11+ exam. Verbal Reasoning tests your comprehension skills rather than testing your book knowledge. It is defined as “Understanding and comprehending using concepts formed in words.” With no school teaching these skills to children, it is important to learn them from other resources.

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So, what to expect in the exam?

Closest Meaning
Completing the word
Finding out the hidden word
Connecting letters
Reading information
Following instructions
Picking two odd ones
Inserting letters. etc

How can you excel in the Verbal Reasoning section and aptitude test in the 11+ exam:

Answer questions from official and sample test papers.
Play word-puzzles, crosswords to improve your comprehension skills.
Read novels so that you can get a good grasp of vocabulary.
List out your weak areas and try to work on them to increase your ability to understand the test better.
Make a plan and stick to it.
Write TIMED practice tests.
Cover every element of the exam.
Develop your vocabulary.

Here are some of the types of verbal questions to expect from Verbal-Reasoning section:

QUESTION 1:

Answer: Blank 1 is badger; Blank 2 is cat.

Swan, Frog, and Duck can live in water but badger and cat can’t.

QUESTION 2:

Answer: SHAM(OPTION D)

SH from SHARP and AM from AMBER are taken. (PE from PENCIL and ER from ERASER are taken out to from PEER in the question).

QUESTION 3:

Answer: D (option D)

Use PEMDAS rule, 1+ 1×0 + 2 = 3.

QUESTION 4:

Answer: 3 letters taken out are “OAT”.

QUESTION 5:

Answer: Plate is to eat as Cup is to drink. (option C)

Practise more passages of text, Maths, Verbal-Reasoning questions. Get familiar with the true or false, multiple-choice, fill-up question types. With all this prep in your account, you can get into your dream secondary school be it a grammar school, independent school or private school, in England or Northern Ireland like a piece of cake.