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Patrick DerhamFormer Headmaster, Westminster
Senior Advisor to Study Hall
Patrick DerhamFormer Headmaster, Westminster
Senior Advisor to Study Hall
What will be tested?
Subject
Time
Maths
40 minutes
English
40 minutes
Non-Verbal Reasoning
30 minutes
Verbal Reasoning
25 minutes
The ISEB Pretest takes a traditional approach, with predictable ”Bond-style” content. This test hasn't changed much since the original GL Assessments ISEB Pretest, which our team members developed. Simply complete the mocks to understand how you do under adaptive, timed conditions, and complete the practice questions on our platform. If your accuracy is low, we will highlight this.
We cover each of the four ISEB subjects in depth, providing a range of difficulty. The tricky sections are the maths word problems and the grammar. Here is the actual ISEB Test Framework.
Maths
The 40-minute ISEB Pretest maths exam is adaptive. We are the only platform that offers adaptive mock exams. The exam covers the Year 5 National Curriculum. There is more emphasis on fractions, decimals, and percentages, which comprise nearly 30% of the National Curriculum, reflecting their importance as prerequisites for pre-algebra. Our mock exams and skills practice will give you adequate coverage of the range and difficulty of the questions on this test.
Timings and approximate question count are below:
Maths Exam - 40 minutes
Syllabus Weighting
Number of Questions
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
29%
13
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
20%
9
Ratio and Proportion
9%
4
Number and Place Value
7%
3
Perimeter, Area and Volume
7%
3
Converting Units
7%
3
Properties of Shapes
3%
3
Position and Direction
3%
3
Algebra
4%
2
Statistics
4%
2
Total
100%
45
Non-verbal Reasoning
The Non-verbal Reasoning section is not adaptive and takes 30 minutes. We have accurate coverage of all the question types. Our Nonverbal Reasoning questions were developed by the same experts who supply content to all of these tests.
Here is the best part, we are the only platform to provide animated explanations for all of the tricky practice questions so your child can precisely see how to solve the problem. See example below.
We also integrated GeoGebra interactive activities in the Challenge section of NVR, allowing students to visualise and interact with different 3D shapes. Key areas include:
Nets of Cones: Explore how a flat circular sector folds into a 3D cone.
Nets of 3D Shapes: Work with various solids like pyramids and cylinders to understand how they unfold.
Nets of Right Prisms: Visualise the flat layout of prisms and how they form when folded.
Nets of a Tetrahedron: See how four triangular faces combine to form a tetrahedron.
Nets of Cubes: Experiment with how six squares fold to create a cube.
GeoGebra’s interactive approach helps students grasp these concepts, which are essential for the NVR section of the ISEB Pre-Test.
English
The Consortium 11+ English exam is adaptive. We are the only platform that offers adaptive mock exams. Timings and approximate question count are below:
English Exam - 40 minutes
Syllabus Weighting
Number of Questions
Reading Comprehension
Literature (fiction)
Literature (poetry)
Informational (nonfiction)
33%
15
Language & Writing
45%
23
Cloze Sentences
9
Shuffled Sentences
3
Vocabulary
2
Morphology (prefixes & suffixes)
2
Standard English
7
SPaG subtotal
16%
7
Spelling
2
Punctuation
2
Grammar
7
Total
100%
45
Retrieval is finding a piece of information from a text.
Inference is “reading between the lines” and drawing conclusions about something not explicitly stated.
Authorial Technique is how meaning is enhanced through an author’s choice of words and phrases.
Literary Devices such as similes, metaphors and personification.
Vocabulary meaning in context.
Summarisation is finding the main ideas.
Analysis is making comparisons (across the text, between characters or ideas, etc.).
Cloze Sentences
This includes both vocabulary and grammar. These questions ask you to fill in the correct word. For example, they could be asking you to identify the correct tense of a verb or the meaning of a word.
Shuffled Sentences
You have to reorder a group of words into a sentence
SpaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar)
SPaG includes spelling, punctuation and technical grammar questions.
Identify nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and clauses. These questions can be tricky, particularly the clauses.
You will not be asked the names of specific tenses or complex grammatical terms such as fronted adverbials.
How to identify punctuation in a sentence.
Standard English (proofreading for formal English and correct grammar and punctuation).
Spelling (knowledge of spelling patterns and common exception words).
SpaG (Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar)
Vocabulary (meaning of words).
Morphology (prefixes and suffixes, and word families).
Verbal Reasoning
This section is not adaptive and is 25 minutes long and approximately 30 questions. Our questions precisely model the exam format. The ISEB Pre-Test focuses on using letter, word and language-based questions. Students will be assessed on their knowledge of vocabulary and definitions.
Multiple-choice questions alone won't boost vocabulary. An extensive vocabulary is critical for success, so we've pre-curated hundreds of 11+ vocabulary flashcards to rapidly expand your child's word knowledge.
Verbal Reasoning - 25 minutes
Syllabus Weighting
Number of Questions
Building and Finding Words
10%
3
Word Problems
0%
0
Codes
0%
0
Letters
10%
3
Reorder
10%
3
Verbal Analogies
10%
3
Verbal Classification
10%
3
Vocabulary Reasoning
50%
3
Total
100%
30
You cannot improve your accuracy solely by practising multiple-choice questions. Try these tools for maximum efficiency and effectiveness:
Our Morphology Game will help you practise prefixes and suffixes and accelerate your vocabulary.
We've curated flashcard packs aligned to the exams
Academic Word List (a known list of words like accommodate and compensate.)
Homographs (words that have different meanings like “minute”.)
Homophones (words that sound the same like affect and effect).
Grammar rules
Our Proofreader Bot will help you practise standard English proofreading under timed-conditions. Perfect for the Eton List Test too!
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High-quality reading comprehension with Penguin Random House
Learn exam technique. Eliminate wrong answers when stuck
Adaptive mock exams accurately replicate the real ones
Animated NVR explanations are easier to understand
Master grammar with Proofreader Bot
Ace Consortium and ISEB grammar. Exactly models the Eton List Test.
Pre-curated vocabulary flashcards aligned to the exam
The more you read and collect vocabulary, the more AI Superfoods you earn
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What's on the Test?
Secondary Schools
Maths
English
Non-Verbal Reasoning
Verbal Reasoning
Fractions, Decimals and Percentages
Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division
Ratio and Proportion
Number and Place Value
Perimeter, Area and Volume
Converting Units
Properties of Shapes
Position and Direction 
Algebra
Statistics
Reading Comprehension
Language & Writing
SPaG subtotal
Building and Finding Words
Word Problems
Codes
Letters
Reorder
Verbal Analogies 
Verbal Classification
Vocabulary Reasoning
