The Scholar’s Workbook
Book 1
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Welcome to The Scholar’s Workbook
Welcome to the Scholar’s Workbook! Each booklet contains five maths work sheets, five
English work sheets and five verbal reasoning work sheets, as well as a practice exam
paper. Below is a time table, to show you how to fit the work into your week. Not many
people manage to follow the timetable exactly! But, spreading the work out is definitely much
more fun than trying to do it all at once. Rest assured that after a while, you’ll be able to
complete two or more books a week.
Before School After School After Supper
Monday Maths English Verbal Reasoning
Tuesday Verbal Reasoning Maths English
Wednesday English Verbal Reasoning Maths
Thursday Maths English Verbal Reasoning
Friday Verbal Reasoning Maths English
Saturday 50 minute paper
Sunday … is a day of rest.
… as well as all this, you’ll have to factor in time for the free internet classes and maths
sheets. If you can manage to do a maths sheet every day it will help immeasurably in both
the maths and the verbal reasoning papers. If need be, put the maths sheet by the bath with
a pencil, and try a bit of multi-tasking! As for the internet classes- they are like having your
very own tutor in the corner of the room, who wakes up with the poke of a button.
www.sarahbeswick11plus.co.uk
Don’t feel disheartened by the amount of work- this is a well-trodden path. It can be done,
and you can do it.
On the next page there is a colour-in snail for you to cut out. Display it on the fridge, and
colour in the squares as you do your 11+ work. When you finish colouring in the snail, have a
reward! Make sure you are generous with the squares- for example, one square coloured in
for getting the 11+ books out, one square coloured in for keeping your work neat, two
squares for doing ten minutes of work, and five squares for coming back to your work after a
fifteen minute break. This last one can be very tricky to do, and therefore deserves a lot of
squares!
Maths 1
Maths 2
Fill in the times table square.
x 1 7 11 2 4 12 3 9 6 8 5 10
2
6
1
11
10
7
4
12
8
5
3
9
Maths 3
a Which number is divisible by both 3 and 4?
20 12 3 16 51
b Which number is divisible by both 5 and 7?
20 21 70 17 14
c Which answer has three numbers that are all multiples of 5 or 4?
20, 21, 17
15, 16, 12
25, 35, 67
16, 24, 33
d Which answer has three numbers that are all multiples of 7 or 9?
20, 21, 17
15, 16, 12
25, 35, 67
14, 18, 27
e Which answer has three numbers that are all multiples of 5 and 2?
15, 16, 17
25, 30, 35
20, 40, 60
15, 24, 35
f Which number is divisible by 7 or 11?
83 132 17 23 6
Maths 4
Draw the clock hands to show the passage of time.
1- What time will it be in 5 hours 16
minutes?
4- What time will it be in 5 hours 8
minutes?
2- What time will it be in 2 hours 22
minutes?
5- What time will it be in 2 hours 20
minutes?
3- What time will it be in 3 hours 43 minutes?
6- What time will it be in 1 hour 48
minutes?
Maths 5
English 1
Read the passage and answer the questions.
My most memorable day at school was the day I broke the window. It was an accident: a spider
was spinning his frosty web on the window frame, one chilly February morning, when I
discovered that tapping the glass made it jump. Poor spider! I tapped the glass and watched
him jump until he grew wise to my game and began stoically to ignore me. My tapping became
knocking, until knocking became punching… as in punching the spider in his little hairy face. I
somehow managed to convince everyone that I “tripped” and “fell” into the window, breaking the
glass in the process. I hadn’t meant to break the window or punch the spider, but I thought it
best that nobody knew the truth.
1- “Frosty” is an: 3- How would you describe the tone of the
a- Adverb passage?
b- Noun a- Formal
c- Adjective b- Tragic
d- Proper noun c- Conversational
e- Conjunction d- Rude
e- Mournful
2- You would expect to find this piece of
writing in: 4- Another word for “watched” is:
a- A sermon a- Matriculated
b- Someone’s memoirs b- Alarmed
c- A newsletter c- Alleviated
d- A postcard d- Stalked
e- An instruction manual e- Observed
5- “Discovered” means:
a- Found or learned
b- Lost or forgot
c- Went or took
d- Ancient or exciting
e- Dug up or looked
English 2
Read the passage and answer the questions.
Jerome Wobblington-Schmitt will be very much missed by his friends and family. A loving,
generous man, he was well known in the village of Slackery for his regular donations to the
bird watching club-house. Although somewhat grumpy in his later years, Jerome made a huge
impact on the lives of the youth of Slackery with his valuable advice on etiquette and morality.
His wealth of knowledge often seemed endless, but sadly Jerome was not endless himself.
Jerome leaves behind his loving wife, Petunia.
1- What kind of writing is this? 3- In the sentence “Jerome
a- A story Wobblington-Schmitt will be very
b- A postcard much missed”, the verb is:
c- An obituary a- Very
d- A letter b- Jerome
e- A swimming certificate c- Missed
d- Much
2- Where would you expect to see this? e- Be
a- A schoolbook
b- A poster 4- In this piece of writing, ‘youth’ means:
c- A birthday card a- Hope
d- A picture book b- People
e- A newspaper c- Young people
d- Old people
e- Babies
5- ‘Advice’ is a:
a- Verb
b- Noun
c- Adjective
d- Adverb
e- Preposition
English 3
Find and underline the spelling mistakes or incorrect words in the piece of writing.
There is one per line.
a- An owl and his parrtner, a cat
b- went to sea this weak
c- in a buetiful pea-green vessel.
d- They were well stocked with honey and mony
e- which they kept rapped in a ten dollar bill.
f- The owl serenaded the cat and proposed marrage,
g- which the cat joyfully excepted.
h- They were married by the turkey, ussing the ring from a pig’s nose.
i- Congratulatons, owl and pussy cat.
English 4
Choose and underline the appropriate words from the brackets, one from each
set. Both words should relate to the word outside the brackets in the same way.
a- Sheep is to (field, wool, lamb) as duck is to (river, take, shooting).
b- Cat is to (purr, fur, whiskers) as dog is to (bark, walk, bone).
c- Actor is to (play, lines, dance) as surgeon is to (operation, operate, bandage).
d- Feet is to (socks, stink, tread) as hands is to (fingers, gloves, elbows).
e- Giraffe is to (neck, leaves, legs) as elephant is to (nose, stomp, fat).
f- Key is to (lock, safety, gold) as kettle is to (boil, electric, water).
English 5
Underline the punctuation mistakes- there is one or none per line.
a- “you learn something new every day.”
b- “And what new thing did you learn today?
c- “I learnt about a gazelle that can jump higher than the average house.”
d- “Wow! How can it do that”
e- “Well, its because it has very strong back legs”.
f- “Really is that all?”
g- “And because the average house cant jump very high!”
Verbal Reasoning 1
The three words in the second group should go together in the same way as the
first.
Find the missing world from the second group.
a-
wares where herd
doves _____ ride
b-
tide tail fall
bowl ____ cook
c-
roar rose seals
peel ____ after
Verbal Reasoning 2
Find the two words, one from each set of brackets, which are most similar in
meaning.
a- (start, walk, go) (end, finish, commence)
Answer: ___________________________
b- (unique, alone, different) (special, individual, same)
Answer: ___________________________
c- (pair, pear, pare) (couple, people, twice)
Answer: ___________________________
d- (crumble, grumble, hurt) (besiege, mean, moan)
Answer: ___________________________
e- (greed, envy, anger) (sloth, rage, pride)
Answer: ___________________________
f- (step, stop, hold) (hang, halt, help)
Answer: ___________________________
g- (see, watch, catch) (find, capture, hold)
Answer: ___________________________
h- (burden, walk, lot) (bag, load, carry)
Answer: ___________________________
Verbal Reasoning 3
Find the next letters in the sequence. The alphabet is here to help you.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
a- DF, GI, JL, MO, ____
b- MD, KF, IH, GJ, ____
c- MN, JQ, GT, DW, ____
d- UY, VX, WW, XV, ____
e- ZX, YV, XT, WR, ____
f- ZW, UR, PM, KH, ____
Verbal Reasoning 4
Find the next number in the sequence.
a- 13, 17, 21, ___
b- 2, 7, 13, 18, 24, ___
c- 17, 13, 11, 7, ___
d- 3, 18, 6, 15, 9, 12, 12, ___
e- 1.65, 1.85, 2.05, ___
f- 25, 36, 49, 64, 81, ___
Verbal Reasoning 5
Take one word from the first set of brackets, and add it to a word from the
second set of brackets to form a new word.
a- (pie, out, sly) (ties, in, rage)
Answer: ____________
b- (slit, slop, slap) (him, off, her)
Answer: ____________
c- (cup, tap, tab) (bank, bored, board)
Answer: ____________
d- (breath, sleep, meow) (tale, able, tail)
Answer: ____________
e- (scratch, alien, call) (ate, eat, art)
Answer: ____________
f- (he, she, him) (vale, art, let)
Answer: ____________
g- (toil, wall, talk) (let, ow, of)
Answer: ____________
h- (drain, pain, slain) (age, rage, mage)
Answer: ____________
i- (moth, fat, mug) (ton, her, lot)
Answer: ____________
Verbal Reasoning Paper
Complete the paper in 50 minutes.
Take a letter from the first word and 11 cat, dog, rodent, rabbit, pet
add it to the second word to make two Answer: _________________
new proper words.
1 wash, sore. ___ 12 least, smallest, greatest, largest, biggest
2 plate, cash. ___ Answer: _________________
3 cover, fist. ___
4 heats, core. ___ 13 nice, energetic, kind, compassionate,
flexible
5 glass, rate. ___
Answer: _________________
6 house, or. ___
14 Doris, Maeve, Kevin, Alfie and Josh go
Three of these words are connected in
out for a meal. Doris was on a diet and
the same way- which are the two “odd
drank only water. Kevin and Josh had
ones out”?
the same drink. Maeve had diet
lemonade and Alfie had the same drink
7 aggressive, kind, ferocious, pugnacious,
as Doris.
argue
Which of these drinks orders for the
Answer: _________________ whole group is correct?
8 raise, lift, hold, throw, elevate a Three glasses of water and two diet
Answer: _________________ lemonades.
b Two glasses of water, a diet lemonade
and two orange juices.
9 write, pen, right, pencil, crayon
c Five glasses of water.
Answer: _________________
d One glass of diet lemonade, one glass
of water and two juices.
10 right, yes, correct, prove, true
e Two orange juices and three glasses
Answer: _________________ of water.
Answer: ___________________
Find the answer to each sum and write Choose and underline one word from
the answer as a letter. each set of brackets to complete the
sentence sensibly.
15 A=3, B=2, C=5, D=4, E=7
22 Man is to (socks, cars, male) as
woman is to (female, pie, scent).
B + A = ____
23 Man is to (socks, boy, beard) as
16 A=12, B=6, C=2, D=18, E=9 woman is to (parking, skirt, girl).
D ÷ B x C = ____
24 Man is to (trousers, ball, shop) as
woman is to (fish, skirt, shoes).
17 A = 60, B=3, C=0, D=4, E=5
E x D x B x C = ____ 25 Man is to (pie, tall, socks)
as woman is to (tin, kittens, tights).
18 A=3, B=4, C=12, D=9, E=8
26 Man is to (woman, old, beard) as
C ÷ B x A = ____
woman is to (tights, differ, man).
19 A=5, B=21, C=16, D=7, E=4
27 Man is to (he, bow, gentleman) as
B – C = ____
woman is to (wig, lady, her).
20 A=19, B=13, C=17, D=23, E=21
28 Man is to (they, he, I)
A – B + C = ____ as woman is to (it, them, she).
21 A=2, B=36, C=11, D=22, E=44
A x A x 11 = ____
Take one word from the first set of
Find the hidden four letter word- it is
brackets and add it to a word the
between two words.
second set of brackets to make one
correctly spelt world.
e.g home attention = meat
29 (line, like, low) (luck, land, limb)
36 Christmas happened to fall on a
Answer: ____________________
Tuesday this year.
Answer: _________________
30 (broad, net, spell) (ate, cast, at)
Answer: ____________________
37 The majestic tiger prowls around,
fiercely.
Answer: _________________
31 (may, men, not) (shone, be, it)
Answer: ____________________
38 She owns a car of her own.
Answer: _________________
32 (at, in, by) (tack, tin, wit)
Answer: ____________________
39 I am reasonable and fair.
Answer: _________________
33 (he, him, at) (art, elf, eel)
Answer: ____________________
40 Was it you who made the cake?
Answer: _________________
34 (her, herd, to) (self, sin, at)
Answer: ____________________
41 It is not nice to harm others!
Answer: _________________
35 (cap, cape, con) (arm, able, of)
Answer: ____________________
A three letter word has been removed 50 The occasion was inmal.
from the underlined word. Out of the (for, hip, oat, ore, pat)
choice of five possibilities which one Answer: _________________
could be placed back into the
underlined word to make a complete 51 He gave it to t.
word that fits into the sentence
(ape, art, hem, hit, hot)
sensibly. Answer: _________________
43 The girl was thing about cakes.
Find the next letters in the sequence. The
(our, ate, eat, kin, ice)
alphabet is here to help you.
Answer: _________________
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
44 He went sting off into the distance.
(tin, rid, rod, bid, are)
52 RS is to TU as VW is to? ___
Answer: _________________
45 He fought bravely with great cage.
53 AZ is to BY as EV is to? ___
(ate, eat, our, hem, ant)
Answer: _________________
54 DF is to EG as PR is to? ___
46 The soldier defended the part.
(rim, ram, hot, hit, imp)
Answer: _________________
55 JJ is to GM as ST is to? ___
47 He put the film on pa.
(art, pot, use, hit, the)
Answer: _________________
56 CA is to BZ as AY is to? ___
48 Her face was pale and as.
(pen, pin, pit, hen, elf) 57 JM is to ID as TR is to? ___
Answer: _________________
49 I enjoy his comy. 58 LO is to KP as JQ is to? ___
(for, pan, pen, pin, out)
Answer: _________________
Find two words, one from each set of The word in brackets is made up from
brackets, which are closest in letters from the words on either side.
meaning. In the second group of three words
the missing word in the brackets is
59 (cup, saucer, glass) made up in the same way. What is it?
(mug, crockery, spoon)
Answer: _________________
66 prove (plate) later
crime (______) raves
60 (clean, dirt, mop)
(adjudicate, filth, wipe)
Answer: _________________ 67 lambs (damp) pinch
laver (______) elves
61 (settle, dispute, ask)
(sit, hate, resolve)
Answer: _________________ 68 shave (drive) rinds
shoal (______) edam
62 (quiet, flexible, aggressive)
(fat, pugnacious, kind)
Answer: _________________ 69 sleep (keeps) knave
skive (______) leave
63 (try, run, want)
(ask, attempt, leave)
Answer: _________________ 70 catch (watch) water
right (______) signs
64 (rub, tummy, body)
(back, belly, nose)
Answer: _________________
71 worth (sword) yards
brims (______) image
65 (time, fate, book)
(destiny, life, end)
Answer: _________________
72 like (limp) mope
vile (_____) need
Find the next in the
sequence
73 3, 6, 9, 12, ___
74 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ___
75 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, ___
76 20, 39, 77, 153, ___
77 2, 4, 8, 16, ___
78 60, 30, 15, 7.5, ___
79 2, 1, 3, 2, ___
Find the next in the sequence. The alphabet is here to help
you.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
80 AC, EF, HI, KL, ___
81 ZA, YB, XC, WD, ___
82 AC, BE, CG, DI, ___
83 AA, YE, WI, UM, ___
84 FS, EQ, DP, EN, ___
85 IM, GI, EE, CA, ___
Things I need to work on
Answers
Maths 1
1- P = 42cm, A = 98cm²
2- P = 34cm, A = 52cm²
3- P = 50cm, A = 140cm²
4- P = 44cm, A = 92cm²
5- P = 30cm, A = 36cm²
6- P = 22cm, A = 24cm²
Maths 2
Maths 3
a- 12
b- 70
c- 15, 16, 17
d- 14, 18, 27
e- 20, 40, 60
f- 132
Maths 4
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-
6-
Maths 5
English 1
1- c Verbal Reasoning 2
2- b
3- c
a- start, commence
4- e
b- unique, individual
5- a
c- pair, couple
d- grumble, moan
English 2
e- anger, rage
f- stop, halt
1- c
g- catch, capture
2- d
h- burden, load
3- e
4- c
5- b Verbal Reasoning 3
a- PR
English 3
b- EL
c- AZ
a- parrtner
d- YU
b- weak
e- VP
c- buetiful
f- FC
d- mony
e- rapped
f- marrage Verbal Reasoning 4
g- excepted
a- 25
h- using
b- 29
i- congratulatons
c- 5
d- 9
e- 2.25
English 4
f- 100
a- field, river
Verbal Reasoning 5
b- purr, bark
c- play, operation
a- outrage
d- socks, gloves
b- slither
e- neck, nose
c- cupboard
f- lock, boil
d- breathable
e- alienate
English 5
f- heart
g- wallow
a- You h- drainage
b- …today?” i- father
c- No mistake
d- …that?”
e- …it’s
f- “Really,
g- … can’t
Verbal Reasoning 1
a- drive
b- book
c- leaf
Verbal Reasoning Paper
1 h 30 Broadcast 59 Cup, saucer
2 l 31 Maybe 60 Dirt, filth
3 r 32 Attack 61 Settle, resolve
4 h 33 Heart 62 Aggressive, pugnacious
5 g 34 Herself 63 Try, attempt
6 u 35 Capable 64 Tummy, belly
7 kind, argue 36 Mash 65 Fate, destiny
8 hold, throw 37 Them 66 Crave
9 write, right 38 Hero 67 Slave
10 yes, prove 39 Lean 68 Medal
11 Pet, rodent 40 Whom 69 Lives
12 least, smallest 41 Moth 70 Sight
13 energetic, flexible 42 b 71 Grime
14 b 43 Kin 72 Vine
15 C 44 Rid 73 15
16 B 45 Our 74 13
17 C 46 Ram 75 13
18 D 47 Use 76 305
19 A 48 Hen 77 32
20 D 49 Pan 78 3.75
21 E 50 For 79 4
22 male, female 51 Hem 80 NO
23 boy, girl 52 XY 81 VE
24 trousers, skirt 53 FU 82 EK
25 socks, tights 54 QS 83 SQ
26 woman, man 55 PW 84 BM
27 gentleman, lady 56 ZX 85 AW
28 he, she 57 SN
29 Lowland 58 IR
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