Customer Reviews
Hard, but good practice for the real thing - By: E. Heckingbottom, 06 Nov 2007 
GL Assessment (formerly NFER Nelson) are the company that set the real 11+ Verbal Reasoning papersin many parts of the country - certainly they set themin the Essex area, & these papers are the nearest to the real papers that it is possible for any of us to lay our hands on. I have been using them for years with my pupils as part of the final preparation. We have now changed to the Multiple Choice style, so I have found myself having to get a whole new set, as a result of which, I have discovered that ...
... if you livein the CSSE (Essex 11+) area, Amazon supply the whole set quite a bit cheaper when bought from here than when bought from the consortium!
Exactly the same pack from the Consortium - £11.99
from other book shops - £9.99
Here - It varies - but it's usually considerably cheaper than any other source! Look & see.
Go do the maths!
It doesn't take a Grammar School student (or even a prospective Grammar School Student) to work it out! LOL!
N.B.
Don't try these with your child before the final term. They are quite tough, & so can be very discouraging if done too soon; although they provide invaluable preparation close to the test. I recommend (several years experience talking here) that you try them roughly a month before the real test. That gives your child time for one a week, which should help to improve confidence. The 'pass mark' is usually around 70%
Other books that come highly recommended (I've taught 11+ children for more years than I care to imagine!) are the Susan Daughtrey series - Verbal Reasoning Technique & Practice (7 booksin the series - most important are books 1 & 2, more practice & the practice papers.) They provide fantastic experiencein VR from about Year 5 onwards & will lead your childin preparation for the final practice tests that this pack provides.
She also does a multiple choice test pack - the earlier ones of which are reasonable; but the last has some really tricky questions.
Another good series for multiple choice type tests (also for conventional type) is the CGP pack.
Look them all up, & give them a go if you want to provide your child with valuable extra practice.
Beware - not a revised edition at all! - By: GXW, 17 Oct 2007 
I already had the 1997 edition of these papers, so bought this so called Revised 2003 edition - but the papers are still the same 1997 papers inside!
Very disappointed!
Very good practice for full test - By: Mist of Time, 09 Oct 2007 This contains four papers designed to take 50 minutes each. The papers consist of 35 questions, around half based on a passage presented at the front of the paper, then batches of questions covering spelling, comprehension & punctuation.
These provide a good full length workout & represent good value for money.
