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Category Archives: Verbal Reasoning
19th December: a Very Special Guest
Santa loves our Better Tuition advent calendar so much that he has asked whether he can create an activity! We certainly cannot say no to Santa, so here is Santa’s very own a fun Verbal Reasoning challenge for all those year five students who are … Continue reading
17th December: When Christmas Came Early …
On the 17th day of Better Tuition’s winter activity advent calendar, we have a fun Verbal Reasoning challenge. Verbal Reasoning can really help attune the brain to paying attention to detail. In particular you will want to hone your verbal reasoning skills if you … Continue reading
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December 15th: Verbal Reasoning – Find the Hidden Word
It’s day 15 of Better Tuition’s advent calendar and we have a fun verbal reasoning activity for you. Can you find the four-letter word hidden across two words? This skill is useful for trainee sleuths, spies and students preparing for GL-style grammar … Continue reading
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December 5th: a Verbal Reasoning Code Cracking Challenge
It’s day five of Better Tuition’s advent calendar and we have a fun code cracking activity for you. Can you crack the Christmassy codes to reveal the festive words? This skill is useful for trainee sleuths, spies and students preparing … Continue reading
Verbal Reasoning Code Cracking Answers
Here are the answers to Better Tuition’s Verbal Reasoning Code Cracking Challenge for trainee sleuths, spies and students preparing for grammar school entrance exams/ 11 plus. Are you a Christmas code cracker? Return to our advent calendar. Return to Better … Continue reading
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Entrance exams/ 11 Plus: two helpful quizzes
Better Tuition has prepared two reasoning quizzes to help prepare your child for Trafford’s entrance exams (formerly known as 11+). These quizzes will also be useful for Year 6 children currently preparing for entrance exams/ 11+ for Manchester Grammar, Bolton … Continue reading
Entrance exam pointers from Better Tuition for Year 5 and 6 children
Whilst many Year 6 children in Greater Manchester are busily preparing for independent school entrance exams/ 11 plus, lots of Year 5 students are just beginning to get to grips with verbal and non-verbal reasoning. Verbal and non-verbal reasoning are … Continue reading
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Advent Calendar: 11th December – Merry Christmas in 15 Languages
Your Better Tuition Advent challenge today is to identify the Merry Christmases from around the world – or, to be more specific – to identify which languages are used. You can choose from French, Finnish, Icelandic, Tagalog, Swedish, Hungarian, Tahitian, … Continue reading
Advent Calendar: 6th December – puzzle solution.
This is the solution to our advent puzzle from yesterday. Return to our advent calendar here, and find out more about Urmston’s Better tuition centre here. The number of gifts given over the twelve days of Christmas is … … 364. … Continue reading
Advent Calendar: 6th December – Christmas Counting
Your advent challenge for today is all about attention to detail. You are going to answer a question about The Twelve Days of Christmas. Watch the song on Youtube below, or download a pdf of the song’s lyrics. Now that … Continue reading