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11 Plus and ISEB books cover four separate subjects. 7 Plus and 8 Plus course books combine them into two courses. Jump straight to the subject your child is studying for.
7 Plus
Sat in Year 2 for Year 3 entry
Combined-subject course books.
8 Plus
Sat in Year 3 for Year 4 entry
Combined-subject course books.
11 Plus
Sat in Year 6 for Year 7 entry
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7+ English and Verbal Reasoning
7+, Book 1
Unit 2, The Roman Army: a word sort, reading comprehension, creative writing and verbal reasoning, with answers.
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7+, Book 1
Unit 2, The Baker: money, symmetry, patterns and non-verbal reasoning puzzles, with answers.
Get the sample (PDF, 9 pages): 7+ Mathematics and Non-Verbal Reasoning8+ English and Verbal Reasoning
8+, Book 1
Unit 2, The Journey of a Monarch Butterfly: reading comprehension, creative writing and verbal reasoning, with answers.
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8+, Book 1
Unit 2, The Spice Merchants: factor pairs, prime numbers, a cipher challenge and non-verbal reasoning, with answers.
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11+, Book 1
Practice Test 1, Section 1: a reading comprehension, with answers, mark allocations and marking guidance.
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11+, Book 1
Practice Test 1, Questions 1 to 10: arithmetic, number, time and reasoning, with step-by-step worked explanations.
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11+, Book 1
Practice Test 1, Questions 1 to 20: homophones, word pairs, comprehension and missing letters, with an explanation for every answer.
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11+, Book 1
Paper 1, Sections 1 and 2: Odd One Out and Find the Figure Like the First Three, with an explanation for every answer.
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