Queries about practice papers
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 12:27 am
Hi, very many thanks to all those who have replied to my previous postings. They really have been life savers.
Just wanted to double check some things.
Which practice papers?
GL-consensus seems to be that these are the closest to the Lincs tests? I know someone in the village who said she prepared her dd with a couple of these during the summer hols last year and that she passed!
Bond=these seem quite hard. Also, include the crosswords that are 5-6 letters across. I have n't done any crossword prep with dd?Do I need to? A friend told me she thought the exam sometimes does crosswords that are 3 letters across?
IPS-these are in the shop on this site as recommended. Are these representative?They include the questions with four 4 letter words with 3 sets of 4 numbers underneath to decode and use to solve some questions-do I need to practice these with my dd?
Also, there is a question where you complete the missing number-very much like some of the maths type questions but it goes like (3/6)9) (4)8)12) (6__18) quite easy ones, but are the questions likely to appear in this format.
Then... last question! the logic type questions-eg. so many children with different ages and you work out who are the twins. Both my dd and myself either get the answer quite quickly or rack our heads for half an hour-are they worth only 1 or 2 points-seem like a question to skip and come back to if time unless the answer comes very quickly?
Sorry to so many questions.
Love to read what you are all up to.
Many thanks
Just wanted to double check some things.
Which practice papers?
GL-consensus seems to be that these are the closest to the Lincs tests? I know someone in the village who said she prepared her dd with a couple of these during the summer hols last year and that she passed!
Bond=these seem quite hard. Also, include the crosswords that are 5-6 letters across. I have n't done any crossword prep with dd?Do I need to? A friend told me she thought the exam sometimes does crosswords that are 3 letters across?
IPS-these are in the shop on this site as recommended. Are these representative?They include the questions with four 4 letter words with 3 sets of 4 numbers underneath to decode and use to solve some questions-do I need to practice these with my dd?
Also, there is a question where you complete the missing number-very much like some of the maths type questions but it goes like (3/6)9) (4)8)12) (6__18) quite easy ones, but are the questions likely to appear in this format.
Then... last question! the logic type questions-eg. so many children with different ages and you work out who are the twins. Both my dd and myself either get the answer quite quickly or rack our heads for half an hour-are they worth only 1 or 2 points-seem like a question to skip and come back to if time unless the answer comes very quickly?
Sorry to so many questions.
Love to read what you are all up to.
Many thanks