Free worksheets for 11+, CAT4 and KS2
Maths and English tests, the statutory spelling lists, creative writing word banks, and illustrated cheat sheets for the 11+, CAT4 and the maths challenges, for Years 3 to 6. Everything prints at home on A4, and every test has its answers at the back.
11+
For the 11+ itself: verbal and non-verbal reasoning, the maths facts the papers expect, an 11+ word list, and a planner for the year ahead.
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11+ maths facts and formulas
The formulas and facts for the maths paper, each with a small drawing: area, volume, angles, shapes, number, averages and measures.
For Years 4 to 6, revising for the 11+ maths paper.
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Non-verbal reasoning: what to look for
Everything that can change between NVR figures, and how to check it, with a drawn example of each.
For Years 4 to 6, preparing for a test with a non-verbal reasoning paper.
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Verbal reasoning: the alphabet and codes
Every letter’s number both ways, the anchors and mirror pairs, and how to crack letter codes, number codes and letter sequences.
For Years 4 to 6, preparing for a verbal reasoning test.
Maths
How schools teach written methods, times tables to 15, fractions, decimals and percentages, and timed tests with answers.
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Fractions, decimals and percentages
Fractions, decimals and percentages in pictures: equivalents, mixed numbers, adding, the equivalents to learn, and a fraction or percentage of an amount.
For Years 4 to 6, revising for the 11+ maths paper.
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How schools teach written maths
Column addition and subtraction, short and long multiplication, the bus stop and long division, set out the way schools teach them.
For parents and children in Years 3 to 6.
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Times tables grid to 15
A big 15 × 15 grid for the wall, and a page of patterns and tricks that make each table easier to learn.
For Years 2 to 6, and for the Year 4 multiplication tables check.
English
The statutory spelling words with tests, better words than said, and grammar and punctuation.
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English grammar and punctuation
The word classes, tenses, spelling rules, every punctuation mark with an example, and the homophones that catch people out.
For Years 4 to 6, preparing for an 11+ English paper.
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Instead of said: better words
Words to use instead of said, grouped by how and why it was said, and better words for went, nice, big, happy and the other tired ones.
For Years 3 to 6, writing stories.
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Figurative language
Twelve devices from simile to pathetic fallacy: what each one is, how to spot it, and how to explain its effect in an answer.
For Years 3 to 6, for comprehension and creative writing.
Creative writing
Word banks for places, characters, feelings and the parts of a story, for KS2 and 11+ writing. Each ends with a whole story and what makes it work.
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Describing the woods
Words and phrases for the woods: trees, paths, light and creatures, its sounds and smells, and a story about a dog that runs off the path.
For Years 4 to 6, writing stories and descriptions for the 11+.
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Describing a character
Words for faces, hair, clothes, hands and voices, why one telling detail beats a list, and a story about a grumpy new neighbour.
For Years 4 to 6, writing stories and descriptions for the 11+.
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Story openings
Six ways to open a story, where to start, what a first paragraph must do, openings for common 11+ titles, and a story with a strong start.
For Years 4 to 6, writing stories and descriptions for the 11+.
CAT4
The reasoning test schools use to get to know their pupils: every question type, how to crack it, and how it’s scored.
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CAT4: the eight question types
All eight CAT4 question types, each with an example, a two or three step method and the trap, plus how the scores work.
For Years 4 to 7, getting ready to sit CAT4.
Maths challenges
For the First Maths Challenge (Years 3 and 4) and the Primary Maths Challenge (Years 5 and 6): the traps and the question types that keep coming back.
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Maths challenge tricks and traps
The traps the First and Primary Maths Challenges set, the question types that come up again and again, and how to crack each one.
For Years 3 to 6, sitting the First Maths Challenge or the Primary Maths Challenge.


