Send the completed form to:
South West Herts School Tests,
PO Box 2439,
WATFORD
WD18 1UZ
Please include a stamped addressed envelope if you would like an acknowledgement.
Section 1.
Parent/Guardian details.
Title:
Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms
Forename(s):
Surname:
Home Address
Please give the address where you live
with the child you are registering.
House/ Flat
Name or Number
Street Name:
Town:
County:
Postcode:
Phone Day:
Phone Eve:
Phone Mobile:
How many children are
you registering?
If registering more than one child,
please ask for another form.
Each child will be allocated a school at which to sit the test(s).
This has nothing at all to do with the schools
you decide to apply for next term.
Section 2.
Please enter details about the child.
Forename:
Surname:
Date of Birth:
(dd/mm/yyyy)
Gender (M or F):
Current School Name:
Current School
Postcode:
Please tick below next to each test
you wish the child to take.
Register for academic
test:
Register for music test:
Register for sport test
(Queens’ School only):
Register for technology
test (Bushey Meads
School only):
Please check ALL the information provided in the form is accurate.
Signature:
Date:
If you consider that this child might be disadvantaged under the terms of the
Disability Discrimination Act, or has special educational needs which require the test
centre to make particular provision for the tests, you must provide the test centre
with independent written evidence of this before 13th July.
Please return the completed form to the PO Box address, retain pages 3-7
for your own records and use
Important Dates
Registration Closes: Friday 15th June 2012
Date of Notification to parents: Friday 6th July 2012 (if not contact consortium
schools)
SEN Notification Date: Friday 13th July
Music: Tuesday 11th September 2012
Academic: Saturday 15th September 2012
Sports (Queens’ School only): Friday 21st September 2012
Technology (Bushey Meads School only): Saturday 22nd September 2012
Start of second round music tests: Monday 24th September 2012
Scores notified to parents: Tuesday 9th October 2012
VERBAL REASONING TESTS
Bushey Meads
School
020 8950 3000
Below are illustrated four example questions. There are some practice
questions for you to try on the other side of the paper.
Example Questions
1.
Here are two clues to a certain word:
It means the opposite to SLOW
It sounds like CLICK
Parmiter’s School
01923 671424
What is the word?
Solution: The answer is QUICK: quick means the opposite to
slow, and quick sounds like click.
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Queen’s School
01923 224465
2.
Underline two words, one from each bracket which mean most
nearly the same as each other:
(clever, cunning, nasty)
(ugly, stupid, sly)
Solution: (clever, cunning, nasty)
Rickmansworth
School
01923 773296
Cunning and Sly have been underlined since they most nearly mean
the same as each other.
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3.
The words below can be connected by writing in the brackets a
word which rhymes with the word in capitals on the left:
GRACE
St Clement Danes
School
01923 284169
(ugly, stupid, sly)
dogs (....................) rabbits
Solution: (chase). The word chase rhymes with grace, and dogs
chase rabbits.
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4.
Underline the correct word in the brackets:
HOT is to COLD as DRY is to (BONE
Solution:
The Watford
Grammar Schools
Boys: 01923 208900
Girls: 01923 223403
(BONE
CHILLY
WET
CHILLY
WET
WARM)
WARM)
HOT is opposite to COLD and WET is opposite to DRY.
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PRACTICE QUESTIONS
1.
Write one letter in the brackets to complete the first word and start
the second:
WEIGH (....)OUGH
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2.
Fill in the missing word on the right:
glance, prance
glide, (.................)
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3.
Write one word in the brackets to continue this series:
facts, act
; later, ate
; soaks (...........)
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4.
Underline two words, one from each bracket, which mean most
nearly the opposite of each other:
(careful, fresh, active)
(tall, lazy, strange)
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5.
Underline the correct word in brackets:
NIGHT is to DAY as SPRING is to:
(BED POND JUMP AUTUMN)
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6.
Fill in the missing word on the right:
HARM (WARM) COOL :
NAPPY (.....................) SAD
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7.
Which of the following words means most nearly the same as
BRIGHT:
DIM SHINY BITTER COLD WARM
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8.
Find the missing word in the brackets to make a complete word
using the clue on the left:
An animal like a large mouse: An O(........)ION is another word for
a speech.
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Answers:
1. T
5. AUTUMN
2. pride
6. HAPPY
3. oak
7. SHINY
4. active, lazy
8. RAT
The Mathematics Test assesses National Curriculum
Mathematics at Key Stage 2
Bushey Meads
School
020 8950 3000
MATHEMATICS TEST - SPECIMEN QUESTIONS
1. A girl buys a pen for 57p and a writing pad for £1.59. She pays
with a £5 note. How much change does she receive?
Parmiter’s School
01923 671424
2.
Write down the missing number in the following pattern.
4
7
12
19
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39
3. A boy was given a present of £20 by his uncle. The bar chart
shows how he used the money.
Queen’s School
01923 224465
£
10
8
6
4
2
0
Rickmansworth
School
01923 773296
Toys
Saved
Sweets
Comics
What percentage of the money did he save?
The garden shown in the diagram below has a path of 1m wide on
two of its sides. What is the area of the path?
4.
St Clement Danes
School
01923 284169
12m
1m
Path
5m
Lawn
The Watford
Grammar Schools
Boys: 01923 208900
Girls: 01923 223403
Path
1m
5. Write down the number which should go in the box.
2 x
+ 7 = 29
6. Shade in ¾ of the circle