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Vocabulary has become increasingly more important for all types of 11 plus exams.In this book Rose McGowan sets out 100 exercises, to be completed one per day, to enhance your child's vocabulary. These exercises will help your child succeed in the 11 plus examination.
Beginning in 2005, the SAT is implementing major revisions, including: ? New reading sections? Analogies removed? Multiple-Choice Grammar and Usage Questions ? Modified Reading Questions.Vocabulary Power Plus for the New SAT addresses all of the revisions in the test without vocabulary studies.Students will benefit from:? Focused prefix, suffix, and root practice? Challenging inference exercises? Detailed critical reading exercises? New SAT-style writing and grammar exercisesRecommended for grade 10
"Vocabulary Power Plus Levels Six through Eight combine classroom-tested vocabulary drills with reading exercises designed to prepare students for both secondary school and the revised Scholastic Assessment Test"--Introduction
New for the 2020 exams this brilliant book of 10-Minute Tests is perfect for helping pupils prepare for the Comprehension questions in the Common Entrance and 11+ tests. 11+ Vocabulary contains: Fifty 10-minute tests Over 2000 words Questions specifically focused on developing the essential comprehension skills. Antonyms and Synonyms Homophones and Homographs Cloze Odd One Out Idioms Missing Letters Missing Words Answers to all questions Answers are included to keep study time short and effective. We would recommend one or two tests per day on a regular basis to build your child's confidence and ensure success. 11+ Vocabulary develops Verbal Reasoning problem-solving skills, encourages thinking skills and provides effective preparation for both the Common Entrance and 11+ exams.
Synonyms and antonyms are crucial for success in the C.E.M. 11 Plus exams. Students need to be able to complete large sets of synonyms or antonyms in a short amount of time. These can be either choosing the correct word or filling in the missing letters. Many students find these very difficult and concerted practice is essential. This book contains lots of practice, to enable student to improve their vocabulary and their ability to answer these crucial question types.
Each year vocabulary questions feature heavily on CEM and GL eleven plus tests, accounting for around 15% to 20% of the overall marks. Undoubtedly, the vocabulary section format for the 2021 grammar test will be very similar. Therefore, building an extensive range of vocabulary is vital to help your child pass the 11 + and secure a grammar place. This fantastic, comprehensive 9, 10 and 11 years practice book, designed for both parents and tutors, is a superb addition to your child's vocabulary revision aids and an excellent way to help them develop, practise and extend their English vocabulary, in preparation for their 11+ selective test. Additionally, this workbook will help children develop their writing, comprehension and spelling skills for year 6 and SATS. A wide range of vocabulary will also help your child to score highly on the comprehension, cloze, jumbled sentence, verbal reasoning and writing sections of the 11 plus and independent selective tests. There are 60 ,up to date, bite-size exercises covering 16 different styles of questions, all of which have been seen in past and recent cem and gl eleven plus exams. Recording sheets have been included so that your child can note down essential words so as to aid in the creation of vocabulary flashcards, along with riddles and encouraging phrases to help keep them motivated and engaged. Plenty of space between and around questions will allow your child to make notes and jottings to aid their revision. Types of questions include: Definitions Synonyms Antonyms Compound Words Homophones Word Connections Double Meanings Word Categories Cloze Sentences Odd Word Out Related Words
Vocabulary is becoming increasingly important for the 11 Plus, and it helps to devote sufficient time to it, as it takes a long time to build an effective vocabulary. This book contains over 500 Essentials words that appear frequently in the 11 Plus, and uses some of the following techniques to help you remember these words faster and better! - Word Roots; Since many English words are derived from Greek & Latin roots, it makes sense to be aware of these. Knowing a single root can help you know a whole group of words! - Prefixes/Suffixes; Pay attention to the tone of the words, whether soft or hard, harsh or mind, negative or positive. This could help you guess when in doubt. Prefixes/Suffixes can often help you with identifying the meaning of a word, when in doubt. - Usage of the Word; Perhaps the Best way to increase your vocabulary is to read, read and read. There is absolutely no substitute for that! Reading helps you learn new words from the context in which they are used, thereby making it easy to remember the new words and more importantly, how and when it is used. This book provides you with multiple examples of how a word is used in different contexts. - Synonyms/Antonyms Being familiar with related words, increases the number and variety of your mental associations. This helps you retain the meaning of the word more easily. - Related Words In order to 'deeply' understand the meaning of a word, it is helpful to study related words at the same time. e.g. The word plenty connotes "sufficient for what is needed" while abundance means "more than what is needed ." - Pronunciations Each word has a pronunciation key that helps you say the word out correctly, thereby aiding retention. - Practice makes perfect! Finally, this book has over a thousand exercises to make sure that you remember the meanings of the newly learnt words 'forever'! Many ingenious methods, scientifically correct, have been devised to aid in the remembering of particular facts. These methods are based wholly on the principle that that is most easily recalled which is associated in our minds with the most complex and elaborate groupings of related ideas. All of the above methods are designed to create a word network in your mind, thereby helping you develop a lasting understanding of the word in the 11 Plus relevant context.
A new approach to help children preparing for 11+, Common Entrance and SATs, learn a wide range of appropriate vocabulary. this book contains games, puzzles, quizzes, cartoons, rhymes and tongue twisters that make learning challenging vocabulary fun and memorable.
