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11-04-2024

Daily habits to follow for 11 Plus preparation - 14

Here is my take on some of the daily habits you should follow while preparing for 11 PLUS . Keep in mind that you can inculcate these habits based on your preferences and requirements in order to achieve the best result in the 11 PLUS exam.

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11-04-2024

Syllogism - 17

Syllogism - a possible question format in future for 11 Plus exams. What is syllogism and how to solve these type of questions? Read more.

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11-04-2024

Data Sufficiency - 35

Data Sufficiency questions test a combination of skills: your knowledge of basic mathematics coupled with reasoning, analytical and problem-solving abilities. Each data sufficiency question presents you with a prompt where you need to decide whether or not the information given is sufficient to answer the question. Remember, these questions do not ask you to arrive at the exact answer but probe you on the sufficiency of information given. Considering the nature of these questions, there are scenarios wherein you actually don’t need to solve the given questions and can arrive at answers using logic and tricks.

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20-02-2024

HOMOPHONE - HOMONYMN - HOMOGRAPH - 7

Let it be Year 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on. These are tricky part of correct grammar. It is really important in academic writing or in any writing for that matter. The most frequently confused words in English are used wrongly mainly because they are very identical. But all these similarities are actually defined in the English grammar as homonyms, homophones and homographs.

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04-05-2022

Collocation - 6

A collocation is two or more words that often go together. These combinations just sound "right" to native English speakers, who use them all the time. On the other hand, other combinations may be unnatural and just sound "wrong". Look at these examples:

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12-01-2022

Commonly Confused words - 8

Should you accept an invitation or except one? Do you eat dessert or desert after your meal? English is full of confusing words, but with these simple explanations you can master using these confusing English words! Also try and focus on the pronunciation of these words which will help in understanding them better

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09-07-2020

Order & Sequencing - 9

In these types of questions, you have to study a given number, alphabet series or data related to ranks (position) and answer questions based on that. Usually, the questions are based on finding a particular pattern or finding rank of a particular person.

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28-06-2020

Directions - Logical reasoning - 10

The topics based on age, directions, clock, arrangement etc. are found in logical reasoning. Typical 11 Plus exam papers have not shown much presence of these topics. But these are being asked in 2nd stages of certain exams and also in UKMT maths challenges. Typically, in such type of questions, the question stem contains a number of instructions regarding the movement of a person. We are asked to find the final location of the person or distance travelled by him or distance between initial or final position.

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09-06-2020

Tips to prepare for Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension Section in 11 PLUS - 12

Till date, the 11 PLUS exam (Grammar School Entrance Test) is a paper pencil tests for students wanting to secure the coveted year 7 seats in various grammar schools or independent schools of the country. 11 PLUS examis conducted every year by these schools or group of schools and it scores the candidates using four sections, namely Math, Non Verbal ability, Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension as well as English grammar.

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08-06-2020

Nets of cube - 13

A Net is a 2D representation of a 3D shape that can be folded to form the 3D shape that it represents. A net of a shape is what it would look like if that shape was opened out flat.

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10-12-2019

Boats and streams - 16

The topic of Boats and Streams is very important as there are questions in almost every competitive examination from this area. The concept is easy to understand and is related to the topic of Time, Speed and Distance. Let us start the topic with basic definitions.

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26-09-2019

Calenders - concept and problems - 18

11 Plus exams will always have a surprise element in their tests every year. These surprise elements are mainly derived from logical application of mathematical or literacy concpet from our day to day life. A teacher at Champs Learning explains this as an effort by schools to identify the students who can apply their learning analytically. After the concpet of time-speed-distance, concept of calender and problems based on it also fall into puzzle segment like age related problems. Most students face difficulty in solving Calendar math problems. So here we try to provide a simplified procedure to solve calendar reasoning problems.

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21-09-2019

How to prepare for 11 Plus exams? - 19

11 PLUS 2020 will be after Easter 2020. The exams will be conducted from Septemebr, 2020. All aspirants aiming for a seat at any of the coveted grammar schools in 2021 have already started planning on how to bell it or how to prepare for the 11 PLUS exam. While some students take the safer route and start their preparations even before their year 4 in school, some wait to plan their preparation strategy during their year 5 in school. But there is another group, which is in a dilemma on when and how to start the preparation process.

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25-08-2019

Cubes - concept - 20

In this article, we are going to learn the concept of cube cutting or cutting the painted cube. While solving these questions, the most important part is to visualise the cube. Cube cutting is an important concept as questions are frequently asked from this topic in a number of competitive exams such as 11 Plus exam for grammar school entrance.

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18-08-2019

BODMAS - 21

Lets understand a simple rule of BODMAS. Some call it as BIDMAS. In this case the "I" means Indices which is simply another word for 'order' or 'other' and the concept is exactly the same. This topicis one of the most important topic for 11 Plus exams for grammar schools and also maths as subject.

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09-08-2019

Alphabet Series Reasoning: Concept and Solved Examples - 22

The reasoning section of almost every 11 Plus examination contains questions on Alphabet Reasoning. In this topic, questions are asked relating to positions of English alphabets. This topic is very important from exam point of view. So you need to memorize the positions of the alphabets so that you can handle each and every question based on this topic.

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25-07-2019

Gaining or losing time - 23

To understand the concept of gaining or loosing the time, we have to understand the basic concept of clock. In this article, the concept of clocks and gaining - losing of time is explained.

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19-07-2019

Data Questions - how to solve them? - 24

In tables, data is arranged in the form of rows and columns. In DI table questions, you are required to read data from table/s, analyze the same and answer the given questions on the basis of the same.

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02-06-2019

Average - Concept and examples - 27

Average is mainly defined as the sum of observations divided by the number of observations. Keeping in view the Numerical Aptitude section of 11 plus exams, few questions are always asked from this topic.

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07-04-2019

Synonyms and Antonyms - 29

11 Plus exams for entry into Grammar or Independent School feature a lot of questions on vocabulary, especially on synonyms and antonyms. So how do we learn these synonyms and antonyms without being haunted by the huge world of words?

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23-02-2019

One word substitution - 30

The way 11 plus exam pattern is changing, one can expect new question format and patterns in coming years. Discussing one of the new question format from English section which can be expected in forthcoming 11 plus exams.

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09-02-2019

Age problem ...no problem - 31

Age problems are one of the most important problems from the point of view of Competitive Exam such as 11 plus. Age problems are algebra-based word problems, in which we need to find the relation between the past, present and future ages of people.

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24-11-2018

CLOZE TEST..WHAT IS IT? - 33

A cloze test is an exercise, test, or assessment consisting of a portion of language with certain items, words, or signs removed (cloze text), where the participant is asked to replace the missing language item.

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13-11-2018

Data Interpretation - 34

Data Interpretation questions are forming an integral part of most of the 11 Plus exam papers. In certain papers, it may be a part of Maths or of Reasoning Section. Some of the tutors like Champs Learning have already included this topic in thir books and moc exams.

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09-10-2018

PARAJUMBLE - 36

As 11 Plus exams for secondary school entrance are becoming more popular and thus competitive, it has been observed that the schools are experimenting with the pattern of the paper to suit their need perfectly to select better and more eligible students.

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