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The greenhouse effect investigation
Our planet is constantly affected by different forces and factors – many of which are caused by humans. We often hear about something called “the greenhouse effect”… but what is it? The greenhouse effect is when our planet heats up due to harmful gases collecting in our atmosphere. This simple investigation will show you how it happens!
Night and day investigation
What causes us to have a night and a day? Why is it night on one side of the Earth but day on the other? Let's investigate!
Life cycles card game
This game is designed to help you revise the key stages in different life cycles. The aim of the game is to collect all four stages in each life cycle.
Cleaning water experiment
In this activity you will learn how to clean some water!
Find the subject and object
These sentences contain a subject, verb and object. Underline the subject in green, the verb in purple and the object in orange.
Verbal reasoning: Words with two meanings
Choose one word from those printed below that would fit equally well with both sets of words in the brackets. They may have a similar meaning or be connected in some other way.
Verbal reasoning: Words hidden in a sentence
In these questions you are asked to find a four-letter word that is hidden in a sentence. The hidden word will be spread over two consecutive words.
Verbal reasoning: Word sets: spotting the odd words out
In these questions you are given five words. Three of them are connected, but the other two aren’t part of the set. Can you spot the odd words out?
Verbal reasoning: Word sets practice
These questions are all about spotting the connections between words. Try these practice questions.
Verbal reasoning: Word connections
In this question type you are asked to choose two words, one from each set of brackets, that will complete the sentence in the most sensible way. Try these practice questions to get you thinking about word connections.
Verbal reasoning: Synonyms selection practice
We’re looking for synonyms in this worksheet. Have a go at completing these synonyms selection practice questions.
Verbal reasoning: Sums using letters as numbers
In algebra we answer mathematics questions using letters in place of numbers, so you need to be confident with all four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) in order to answer correctly. Try these simple questions as an introduction to basic algebra.
Verbal reasoning: Selecting synonyms
Synonyms are words with the same or similar meanings. Can you think of three synonyms for each of the words below? After you’ve done that, use a thesaurus (a synonyms dictionary) to add another two to your list.
Verbal reasoning: Practising word connections
Word connection questions can be tricky! In these questions you are asked to choose two words, one from each set of brackets that will complete the sentence in the most sensible way.
Verbal reasoning: Number relationships practice
Complete the questions by inserting a number in the brackets. The answer (number) is related to the two numbers that are either side of the brackets.
Verbal reasoning: Number and letter codes
Here are four words. Below the four words are three of the words written in a secret code. The codes may be in a different order from the words. The answer may be one of the words you are given or it may be a new word that you need to work out.
Verbal reasoning: Number series practice
Let's put your advanced counting skills into practice! In these questions you are asked to insert the next number or numbers into the series.
Verbal reasoning: Number and letter codes practice
Each of the codes in these questions uses numbers as letters, so you need to find the correspondence between the digits and the letters to crack the code.
Verbal reasoning: Next letter in the series practice
Have a go at finding the next two letters in the series in these practice questions.
Verbal reasoning: Moving letters and making new words practice
In the questions you need to make two new words from two original words by moving one letter from the left-hand word and placing it somewhere in the right-hand word.
Verbal reasoning: Move a letter to make two new words
In these questions you need to move one letter from the left-hand word and place it somewhere in the right-hand word to create two new words.
Verbal reasoning: Missing three-letter words practice
In these questions you are asked to find a three-letter word that is missing from a larger word.
Verbal reasoning: Looking at a number series
In this question type you are asked to insert the next number or numbers into the series. These are some of the number series you might find in this type of question. Can you continue each of the series?