11 plus worksheets
Reading comprehension: Sara Crewe by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Carefully read this passage from Sara Crewe, an early version of A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, then answer the questions.
Re-ordering words to make sentences
Each of these groups of words makes up a sentence. Can you re-order them to reveal the sentence? You could cut the words out to help you.
Logic puzzles
Get your thinking hat on and see if you can work out these two logic puzzles. Warning: They are tricky!
Identifying onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like the noise it describes. Can you write a poem using onomatopoeia? Here are some subjects that you could choose from.
Draw your own 3D shape net
Can you draw nets on this squared paper that you can make into a square-based pyramid, cylinder, cube and triangular prism?
Connectives exercise
Connectives are words that join two parts of a text. Look at this passage and use some of the connectives in the table to fill in the gaps.
Cloze test: The wood at night
All these words belong in this text. Can you insert them correctly?
Antonyms
Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings. See if you can pair each word below with its opposite. You may need to use a dictionary to check some definitions
Non-verbal reasoning: Completing sequences
Here’s a sequence of figures, in order. By looking at how they change can you work out what the next figure in the sequence should be? Now, are you ready to do some complete-the-series questions?
Then let’s begin!
Then let’s begin!
Non-verbal reasoning: Understanding symmetry
Something is symmetrical when it is the same on both sides. A shape has symmetry if a central dividing line (a mirror line) can be drawn on it, to show that both sides of the shape are exactly the same. Looking at the shapes below, which ones don’t have a line of symmetry?
Non-verbal reasoning: Understanding rotation
Rotation means turning a shape around a point by a certain angle. A shape can be rotated in different directions, clockwise or counter-clockwise. Rotate the figure on the left by 90º. What will the rotated
shape look like?
shape look like?
Non-verbal reasoning: Understanding reflection
Reflecting shapes in a mirror line means imagining what a shape would look like if you were to look at it in a mirror. Which figure on the right is the reflection of the shape given on the left along the dotted mirror line?
Non-verbal reasoning: Understanding direction
In non-verbal reasoning, direction is also referred to as orientation – in other words, the way a shape or figure is positioned on the paper, which tells us which direction it’s pointing to. Have a go at these practical non-verbal puzzles and remember to think about the direction each shape is pointing in. Find the odd one in the group of figures.
Non-verbal reasoning: Rotating by 180°
Shapes can be rotated in any direction, clockwise or anti-clockwise, by turning the shape around a point by a certain angle. We’re going to look in detail at a 180° rotation. How would the figure on the left look when rotated by 180º clockwise?
Non-verbal reasoning: Rotating by 45º
Rotating a shape means turning it around a point by a certain angle, clockwise or counter-clockwise. Now we’re going to focus on a tricky rotation, 45º. It’s hard to identify, but it shows a movement of 1/8 of a complete turn. How would the figure on the left look when rotated by 45º clockwise?
Non-verbal reasoning: Reflection practice
Reflected shapes look as they would if seen in a mirror – in other words, they’ve been flipped across a mirror line. In non-verbal reasoning questions you usually won’t be shown the mirror line, you’ll need to spot reflected shapes yourself! Can you find the reflection of the shape on the left?
Non-verbal reasoning: Looking at the size of shapes
When you’re looking at non-verbal reasoning patterns, the size of the shapes could be important. Can you solve these analogy questions?
Non-verbal reasoning: Looking at position
When you’re looking at different non-verbal reasoning figures, observation of position is key to identifying common attributes within a group of shapes. When we talk about position we mean where an object is within a figure. Are you ready to check your understanding of position in some non-verbal reasoning figures? Which figure belongs to the group?