Verbal reasoning

Susan J. Daughtrey - 11+ Verbal Reasoning
Multiple choice version -  purchased this format - very good.

Second test done, 100% achieved.

Schofield & Sims

I really recommend getting books 1-6 for mental maths practice. When my son was just starting the books, he was very apprehensive of his ability to solve the questions. After a year of constant practice, he is just flying through the books and nothing seems to be too difficult.

He is not even 10 years old, but he has already finished 11+ to 12+ Bond Papers and he started asking for more! (this would not have happened a year ago!)

Division and decimals

4.800 / y =0.240
I ask my son to solve this problem and found out that he forgot how to do it!

So we practised some moe similar questions.

Looking at scale

Good questions in mental maths books involve finding out distance in reality using a scale.
e.g. the scale of a map is 1: 1000,what distance in metres is represented on the map by 1mm?

Some more resources to consider

There is another resource (payable, unfortunately) that somebody recommended to me:
Madeline Guyon- (publisher PHI)- Verbal Reasoning. It's another type of vr. I ordered the first book and will let you know my thoughts when it arrives.

By the way: I checked the prices: http://www.elevenplusexams.co.uk/ £8.99 plus p&p which amounts to £12.94
Amazon: £8.56 (at the moment) plus free p&p

Another handy resource

I downloaded another English paper from 11plusswot.co.uk

Your child has 50min. to comlete it. According to my son the test is not very difficult, but .pdf file is impossible to read as it has sample in bold font written all over it.

Hint: Open the file as a .doc and ask your child to read it from the computer- formatting  the text will take ages and is not worth it. Let your child read it from the pc and answer questions. You can print .pdf and what cannot be seen, can be read from .doc
It's a bit of nuisance, but it's anothet free test after all, so it's not worth complaining.

More verbal reasoning

Another verbal reasoning is done, 100% correct. New word: byre = cow-shed Only one more test left from Walsh's book, then back to Susan Daughtrey.

My daughter is doing 8-9 Bond Papers (maths, English, VR). I learnt by my experience not to rely on schools to prepare children for 11 plus. Starting early guarantees success.

Tip: If you have more than one child, don't allow them to fill the test books in pen. Let them use pencils, so answers can be erased and test used by another child.