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Essential vocabulary test guidebook for CEM 11+

A comprehensive preparation guide to 11+ vocabulary tests!

The Teachitright Verbal Ability for 11+ Vocabulary Tests Workbook provides a comprehensive set of questions to prepare pupils for both 11+ and Common Pre-Test exams.

Classroom-tested in Teachitright centres, this workbook aids students in developing essential vocabulary skills and contains key question types such as odd one out, reshuffled sentences, synonyms and antonyms, word analogies and verbal classification.

Each chapter is broken down into learn and develop sections with hints and tips throughout and a comprehensive set of explanations and answers provided at the back. Step-by-step techniques and strategies are included for each question type to encourage the development of a systematic approach, while the timed tests throughout help foster crucial time management skills.

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Test (assessment)

Test preparation

Resource

Workbook

ReVision

LEARN

Classroom

Secondary school

Textbook

Vocabulary

Homeschooling

Develop

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Publié par	Legend Press
Date de parution	30 mars 2018
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781789559255
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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Billy the Bookworm is the property of Teachitright Ltd.

Authors
Chris Pearse
Louise Swann
Hilary Male

First published in Great Britain in 2018 by
The University of Buckingham Press
Yeomanry House
Hunter Street
Buckingham MK18 1EG

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the publisher nor may be circulated in any form of binding or cover other than the one in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available at the British Library.
ISBN 978-1-908684-81-3
Teachitright
Teachitright is one of the most successful 11+ tuition companies in the South-East. In the last 10 years we ve supported thousands of pupils for both grammar school and independent school entry. We have tuition centres across Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Surrey.
With our considerable experience and knowledge we have produced a range of books that will help support your child through their 11+ journey for both CEM style and many Common Entrance exams. Our books, written by qualified teachers, have been classroom tested with students and adapted to ensure children are fully prepared and able to perform to the best of their ability.
Our unique mascot, Billy, will help guide children through the book and give helpful hints and tips throughout.
Here at Teachitright we hope you find this book very useful and informative and wish you luck on your 11+ Journey.
Teachitright hold a number of comprehensive revision courses and mock exams throughout the year. If you would like to find out more information, please visit www.teachitright.com .
Introduction
The importance of vocabulary
Vocabulary is a vitally important aspect of all 11+/Common Pre-Test exams. This book contains different verbal reasoning question types to help your child become familiar with the expectations in verbal ability. Teachitright has always recognised the importance of having an extensive word knowledge and how this can impact on other areas of the curriculum. Recording new unfamiliar words is important for all students to help with revision nearer the exam dates. Also, putting words into context will help students develop a better understanding of how these words can be used in real-life scenarios.
The book is structured into three key areas:
Learn: In the introduction to each of the lessons there is a detailed description of the question type and a worked example. This section also provides tips and hints on how to solve the individual question type.
Develop: This section contains 10 questions to help pupils understand the format and start applying strategies and techniques acquired in the learn section.
Timed test: Each lesson ends with 30 questions to practise under timed conditions and enables pupils to apply the exam techniques taught throughout the lessons.
How to use this book
This book provides 10 lessons and these can be followed in order or in isolation. It is important to study the learn sections before attempting the questions, to ensure the correct techniques are applied in the develop or timed test. There is a progress chart at the back of the book to help pupils track their progress. Billy the Bookworm provides supportive statements throughout the book to help pupils with their understanding.
Contents
SECTION 1: LESSONS
Lesson 1: Odd one out
Learn
Develop
Timed Test
Lesson 2: Odd two out
Learn
Develop
Timed Test
Lesson 3: Reshuffled sentences
Learn
Develop
Timed Test
Lesson 4: Analogies
Learn
Develop
Timed Test
Lesson 5: Multiple meanings
Learn
Develop
Timed Test
Lesson 6: Matching synonyms
Learn
Develop
Timed Test
Lesson 7: Synonyms - insert the letters
Learn
Develop
Timed Test
Lesson 8: Matching antonyms
Learn
Develop
Timed Test
Lesson 9: Antonyms - insert the letters
Learn
Develop
Timed Test
Lesson 10: Verbal classification
Learn
Develop
Timed Test

SECTION 2: GLOSSARY AND ANSWERS
Make your own glossary
Answers
Marking Chart
Progress Grid
LESSON 1: ODD ONE OUT

Lesson 1: Odd one out

LEARN

This question type requires a good understanding of words and is one of the most popular question types used in Verbal Reasoning papers. The main skill you need to have is the ability to group words that are linked or have a similar meaning (synonyms, see Lessons 6 and 7 ). Furthermore, having a good general knowledge is a useful requirement in these questions. To help develop your understanding of odd one out questions, it can be useful to build word lists around different categories, for example:
capital cities
counties
countries
young animals
jobs
names of sports
types of flowers and trees
names of herb and spices
Have a go at placing the following words under the correct headings in the table (you may need to look some of them up in a dictionary):
lacrosse, cygnet, economist, willow, leveret, badminton, sycamore, farmer, kabaddi, fledgling, architect, kid, fencing, oak, chiropractor, yew, farrier, snooker, birch, squeaker
young animals
jobs
trees
sports
Let s look at an example.
Three of the words below are linked. Underline the word which is not related to these three.
sphere cylinder rhombus prism
Technique
1. Read all the words given and consider their meanings.
2. Try to group two or three words together that are linked or associated. In the above example you can make a link between sphere and cylinder as they are both three-dimensional (3D) shapes.
3. Next you can check if rhombus or prism are 3D shapes. A prism is 3D so can be grouped with sphere and cylinder.
4. If three words are grouped together, this should leave the word which is the odd one out. In the above example, rhombus is the answer as it is the only 2D shape.
5. General knowledge of both 2D and 3D shapes is very useful here.
Answer: rhombus
Another important skill to develop for this question type is having an awareness of words with a dual meaning (homonyms, see Lesson 5 ).
Let s look at an example.
Three of the words below are linked. Underline the word which is not related to these three.
might power strength maybe
Technique
The first word, might, has a double meaning. Might can mean strength or the possibility of doing something. Therefore, when grouping might with other words it could be paired with maybe or strength and power. As this question type involves grouping three words with an association, it is important to group the correct words together. The Venn diagram below shows how the words can be grouped together as synonyms to leave the odd one out:
This shows that might is the only word which has the same meaning as all the other three words. This helps us deduce that maybe is the odd one out because power , might and strength are the three synonyms.
Answer: maybe

DEVELOP

Circle the letter underneath the word which is the odd one out.
Check your answers at the back of the book before moving onto the timed Lesson.

TIMED TEST 1
8 MINS
Circle the letter underneath the word which is the odd one out.
LESSON 2: ODD TWO OUT

Lesson 2: Odd two out

LEARN

The slight variation to the type of question found in Lesson 1 is having to find the odd two out . This involves a greater awareness of grouping words with a similar meaning or connection. It is worth noting that the two words which are left over do not always have to be linked to each other. The matching activity below involves making groups of three words from the table which are linked or associated.
Group 1: __________ ___________ __________
Group 2: __________ ___________ __________
Group 3: __________ ___________ __________
Group 4: __________ ___________ __________
Group 5: __________ ___________ __________
Group 6: __________ ___________ __________
Thinking of different words that belong in a category can be a good exercise to help you with this question type. Ask your parents or guardian to suggest a category and try to think of as many words as possible that belong in that group. Here are some to get you started.
fruit and vegetables
capital cities
countries in Africa or Europe
big cats
animals with four legs
jobs
This could easily be turned into a game, with points awarded for the most words in that category.

DEVELOP

Find the two words which are different from the others. Circle the two answers.

TIMED TEST 2
8 MINS
Circle the letter underneath the words which are the two odd ones out.
LESSON 3: RESHUFFLED SENTENCES

Lesson 3: Reshuffled sentences

LEARN

This question type involves reordering a muddled sentence and finding one word which is superfluous to the others (that is, a word that is not needed to complete the sentence). To do this, you need to understand how a sentence is constructed and which words are more likely to be placed together to make grammatical sense. An important skill is being able to identify which wo