500 Essential Words For 11 Plus

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Vocabulary is becoming increasingly important for the 11 Plus, and it helps to devote sufficient time to it, as it takes a long time to build an effective vocabulary. This book contains over 500 Essentials words that appear frequently in the 11 Plus, and uses some of the following techniques to help you remember these words faster and better! - Word Roots; Since many English words are derived from Greek & Latin roots, it makes sense to be aware of these. Knowing a single root can help you know a whole group of words! - Prefixes/Suffixes; Pay attention to the tone of the words, whether soft or hard, harsh or mind, negative or positive. This could help you guess when in doubt. Prefixes/Suffixes can often help you with identifying the meaning of a word, when in doubt. - Usage of the Word; Perhaps the Best way to increase your vocabulary is to read, read and read. There is absolutely no substitute for that! Reading helps you learn new words from the context in which they are used, thereby making it easy to remember the new words and more importantly, how and when it is used. This book provides you with multiple examples of how a word is used in different contexts. - Synonyms/Antonyms Being familiar with related words, increases the number and variety of your mental associations. This helps you retain the meaning of the word more easily. - Related Words In order to 'deeply' understand the meaning of a word, it is helpful to study related words at the same time. e.g. The word plenty connotes "sufficient for what is needed" while abundance means "more than what is needed ." - Pronunciations Each word has a pronunciation key that helps you say the word out correctly, thereby aiding retention. - Practice makes perfect! Finally, this book has over a thousand exercises to make sure that you remember the meanings of the newly learnt words 'forever'! Many ingenious methods, scientifically correct, have been devised to aid in the remembering of particular facts. These methods are based wholly on the principle that that is most easily recalled which is associated in our minds with the most complex and elaborate groupings of related ideas. All of the above methods are designed to create a word network in your mind, thereby helping you develop a lasting understanding of the word in the 11 Plus relevant context.

Vocabulary is becoming increasingly important for the 11 Plus, and it helps to devote sufficient time to it, as it takes a long time to build an effective vocabulary. 500 Advanced Words for 11 Plus Vocabulary is the second book of the two part set of 11 Plus Vocabulary books, the first one being 500 Essential words for 11 Plus. Together, these two books comprise the most comprehensive 11+ Vocabulary preparation tool in the market. This book contains over 500 Advanced words that appear frequently in the 11 Plus, and uses some of the following techniques to help you remember these words faster and better! - Word Roots; Since many English words are derived from Greek & Latin roots, it makes sense to be aware of these. Knowing a single root can help you know a whole group of words! - Prefixes/Suffixes; Pay attention to the tone of the words, whether soft or hard, harsh or mind, negative or positive. This could help you guess when in doubt.Prefixes/Suffixes can often help you with identifying the meaning of a word, when in doubt. - Usage of the Word; Perhaps the Best way to increase your vocabulary is to read and practice. There is absolutely no substitute for that! Reading helps you learn new words from the context in which they are used, thereby making it easy to remember the new words and more importantly, how and when it is used. This book provides you with multiple examples of how a word is used in different contexts. With over 1000 practice exercises, you will get more than enough practice for the 11 plus! - Synonyms/Antonyms; Being familiar with related words, increases the number and variety of your mental associations. This helps you retain the meaning of the word more easily. - Related Words; In order to 'deeply' understand the meaning of a word, it is helpful to study related words at the same time. e.g. The word plenty connotes "sufficient for what is needed" while abundance means "more than what is needed ". - Pronunciations; Each word has a pronunciation key that helps you say the word out correctly, thereby aiding retention. - Practice makes perfect! Finally, this book has over a thousand exercises to make sure that you remember the meanings of the newly learnt words 'forever'! Many ingenious methods, scientifically correct, have been devised to aid in the remembering of particular facts. These methods are based wholly on the principle that that is most easily recalled which is associated in our minds with the most complex and elaborate groupings of related ideas. All of the above methods are designed to create a word network in your mind, thereby helping you develop a lasting understanding of the word in the 11 Plus relevant context.

USE THE POWER OF VISUAL LEARNING FOR SUCCESS! Colour pictures used to illustrate 500 high level words This book is designed to aid rapid understanding and learning of 500 higher level words. The 11 plus examination, in all formats especially CEM, requires a high level and varied vocabulary for success. This book uses 500 colour pictures to illustrate definitions. Visualizing a word helps to put the word into context and aids the child to keep the word in their long term memory. ANSWERS INCLUDED How to use the book Each page has nine words along with nine pictures and 12 boxes to write the key words in. The bottom three words on each page are alternative meanings of some of the words without illustration. Ask your child to attempt the page to assess their baseline knowledge and then use a dictionary or the answers to help complete the table. Highlight or note down the words that the child is unfamiliar with and revise these at a later date to aid long term memorisation of the word. Practise using unfamiliar words in everyday conversation to help your child understand all the various meanings and to learn how to use the word in the correct context.

Vocabulary has become increasingly more important for all types of 11 plus exams.In this book Rose McGowan sets out 100 exercises, to be completed one per day, to enhance your child's vocabulary. These exercises will help your child succeed in the 11 plus examination.

Learn MORE words FASTER with VISUALISATIONUse the POWER OF PICTURES to transform your child's learning.This book has 500 words to help prepare a child for the 11 Plus.Each word is illustrated with a picture, definition and where relevant, synonyms, to help a child rapidly learn a word. Alternative definitions of words are also provided.To consolidate learning there are 500 revision questions to test each word against its definition or synonym.Answers and a word list are included.

HOW IS THIS TOEFL BOOK DIFFERENT? This TOEFL book is different because it uses an integrated vocabulary learning system called recycling. Recycling is simple. Each exercise is divided into four quizzes. Quiz 1, a multiple-choice vocabulary quiz, introduces ten new words. Next, you will do Quiz 2, which is a sentence-completion quiz based on the ten words in Quiz 1. Next, you will do Quiz 3, a spelling quiz. The speaker in the audio will say the same ten words in turn. You will then have ten seconds to spell each word by saying it and typing it. Finally, you will do Quiz 4, which is a 60-word typing test based on the ten new words you have been recycling through Quizzes 1, 2 and 3, plus words, phrases and idioms recycled from previous exercises. BONUS MATERIAL Learn essential rhetorical strategies and a test-proven way to develop opinion-based and fact-based TOEFL essays.

Each year vocabulary questions feature heavily on CEM and GL eleven plus tests, accounting for around 15% to 20% of the overall marks. Undoubtedly, the vocabulary section format for the 2021 grammar test will be very similar. Therefore, building an extensive range of vocabulary is vital to help your child pass the 11 + and secure a grammar place. This fantastic, comprehensive 9, 10 and 11 years practice book, designed for both parents and tutors, is a superb addition to your child's vocabulary revision aids and an excellent way to help them develop, practise and extend their English vocabulary, in preparation for their 11+ selective test. Additionally, this workbook will help children develop their writing, comprehension and spelling skills for year 6 and SATS. A wide range of vocabulary will also help your child to score highly on the comprehension, cloze, jumbled sentence, verbal reasoning and writing sections of the 11 plus and independent selective tests. There are 60 ,up to date, bite-size exercises covering 16 different styles of questions, all of which have been seen in past and recent cem and gl eleven plus exams. Recording sheets have been included so that your child can note down essential words so as to aid in the creation of vocabulary flashcards, along with riddles and encouraging phrases to help keep them motivated and engaged. Plenty of space between and around questions will allow your child to make notes and jottings to aid their revision. Types of questions include: Definitions Synonyms Antonyms Compound Words Homophones Word Connections Double Meanings Word Categories Cloze Sentences Odd Word Out Related Words