11+ topic library
Learn the topics, not just practise the questions
Plain-English explainers, worked examples, and the common 11+ traps for each topic. Written for kids to read on their own — and for parents to use as a quick refresher.
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The 11+ reference sheet
Every fact worth memorising in one place — primes, squares, cubes, unit conversions, polygon angles, 3D solids, bearings, Venn diagrams and a full revision checklist. Every table computer-checked.
Exam technique
The answer sheet transfer drill
GL papers are marked from a separate bubble sheet. Slip one row and every answer after it is wrong — the largest avoidable loss in the exam, and almost nobody practises it. Two minutes, and it tells you exactly what a lost place would cost.
English Comprehension
6 of 6 topics ready
Reading techniques + question types
Finding Answers in the Text
Half the comprehension marks are printed on the page — how to find them fast and prove them.
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Inference — Reading Between the Lines
Reading detective work — using clues in the text to work out what the writer suggests but never says.
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Word Meanings in Context
The swap test for "closest in meaning" questions — and the everyday-meaning decoy to dodge.
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Spelling Patterns & Common Traps
Spotting the mistake in GL's four-group format — homophones, doubled letters and the demon words.
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Punctuation Rules
Apostrophes, commas and speech marks — the short list of rules GL tests and the errors it hides.
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Grammar & Word Classes
Word classes, tenses and agreement — strip the sentence to subject + verb and the right word appears.
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Maths
13 of 13 topics ready
10 core topics covering most 11+ marks
Fractions
Parts of a whole — adding, simplifying, fractions of an amount, common 11+ traps.
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Decimals & money
Place value, decimal arithmetic, money calculations, common rounding mistakes.
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Percentages
Percentage of an amount, percentage change, fraction-decimal-percentage triangle.
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Ratio & proportion
Splitting in a ratio, scaling recipes, direct and inverse proportion.
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Sequences & patterns
Term-to-term rules, nth-term, picture sequences.
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Algebra
Solving for x, working backwards, balance method, word problems.
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Area & perimeter
Rectangles, triangles, compound shapes, counting squares.
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Angles & shape
Angles in triangles and on a line, 2D and 3D shapes, parallel lines.
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Charts & graphs
Bar charts, pictograms, line graphs, reading and totalling.
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Time & measurement
Clock arithmetic, 24-hour, unit conversion, mass and capacity.
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Place value & number
Reading big numbers, rounding without slips, primes / factors / multiples, divisibility tests.
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Coordinates & Reflections
Reading and plotting points, the four quadrants, reflecting in the axes, translations, and finding the missing corner.
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Bearings
Directions measured as three-digit angles from North — compass points, turning, and back bearings.
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Verbal Reasoning
5 of 6 topics ready
6 question types — patterns, codes, words
Synonyms & antonyms
Words that mean the same — or the opposite. Trust your first instinct.
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Hidden words
Coming soonSpotting 4-letter words across word boundaries — every adjacent pair is worth a check.
Letter codes & equations
Code/decode with the alphabet, letter arithmetic. Write A=1, B=2... in the margin.
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Word codes & analogies
Letter substitutions on whole words, word-to-word relationships.
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Letter & number sequences
Spotting the pattern step. Look forwards AND backwards.
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Logic puzzles
Drawing a grid for "who lives where" style questions. Stop trying to hold it in your head.
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Ready to practise?
Once you’ve read a topic, try the related questions inside a real practice paper.