Eleven Plus Questions 07/01/09

Answer these questions as truthfully as possible. Try not to give deliberate wrong answers. If you are in doubt about answering a particular question, then read two are three further questions. Begin with Question 1.

Looking back on your childhood, up to the age of about ten, were you:

A Happy
B Unhappy.

Looking at your child preparing for the eleven plus, is he or she:

A Happy
B Unhappy.

In the light of your child’s present position would you say that your child’s examination preparation is:

A Successful
B Struggling

Does your child’s mind wander frequently?

A Yes
B No

Do you keep a personal diary or blog?

A Yes
B No

Can you manage all the verbal reasoning questions easily?

A Yes
B No

Is your mathematics good enough to be able to pass an eleven plus examination?

A Yes
B No

Does your child enjoy eleven plus work?

A Yes
B No

Do you sometimes find that you are amazed that your child tries so hard?

A Yes
B No

Would your child ever look at the answers illegally?

A Yes
B No

If you can work out the scoring and where these questions are going please make a comment that would be helpful to all of us. After all your child must sometimes feel the same sort of bewilderment and frustration when he or she looks at some of the really silly eleven plus questions.

Write down the letter that occurs in each word:

Elephant, varnish, many, peculiarity, wealthy