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Selective School Test Preparation Day
With hard work, you can achieve your goals!
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1. Be familiar with Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes u Mal u Pro u Pre u Post u Multi u Mono u Poly u See worksheet “Latin roots, prefixes and suffixes” for a more
extensive example.
Reading and Comprehension
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It’s like this,’ he said. ‘When you go after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let the bees know you’re coming. Now, if you have a green balloon, they might think you were only part of the tree, and not notice you, and if you have a blue balloon, they might think you were only part of the sky, and not notice you, and the question is: Which is most likely?’ ‘Wouldn’t they notice you underneath the balloon?’ you asked. ‘They might or they might not,’ said Winnie-‐the-‐Pooh. ‘You never can tell with bees.’ He thought for a moment and said: ‘I shall try to look like a small black cloud. That will deceive them.’ ‘Then you had better have the blue balloon,’ you said; and so it was decided. (A.A. Milne, “Winnie the Pooh”)
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Reading and Comprehension
1. The balloon is used a) to rise up to the honey b) as a decoration c) to carry the honey in d) to scare away the bees
2. The choice of colour for the balloon is
important because a) Pooh wanted to be noticed by the bees b) Bees like different colours c) Pooh didn’t want the bees to see him d) The colour affects the strength of the
balloon 3. Because Winnie the-‐Pooh likes honey
we can assume he is a) a bird b) a bear c) a snake d) a butterfly
4. The word deceive means a) to mislead b) to hide c) to find d) to help
5. Choose the correct word for the following passage from the same book: But his arms were so stiff from holding on to the string of the balloon all that time that they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and _____________ a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off.’
a) Until b) Whenever c) Tomorrow d) Unless
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Reading and Comprehension
1. Know your timetables, fractions, decimals, percentages. 2. Know your square numbers and cube numbers. 3. Read the question carefully. Make sure you know what
the question is asking DO NOT ASSUME what the question is asking.
4. Extract the numbers from worded problem questions. 5. Draw diagrams and pictures to help you break down the
question. A question that seems intimidating can be attacked and deconstructed into an easier question (we’ll do some examples).
Mathematics
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Q1. A child’s meal at a certain restaurant costs 40 % of an adult’s meal. If Christina and her father each had a meal and her father paid $18.20 altogether, how much did Christina’s meal cost? A. $4.80 B. $5.20 C. $6.40 D. $7.28
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Mathematics – Percentages
Q2. Which gives the biggest answer?
A. divide 2 by ½ B. multiply ½ by 2 and add 3 C. divide ½ by ¼ and double the answer D. multiply 3 by ½ and divide the answer by 1/3
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Mathematic – Fractions
Q3. Steven was absent because of his fever, so he had to take the English test a day late. He scored 96 which was found to raise the class average on the test from 71 to 72. How many students excluding Steven took the test? A. 21 B. 19 C. 22 D. 24
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Mathematics – Averages
Q4. Use the digits 9, 7, 6, 4, 2, 0 once to make the smallest possible even six-‐digit number. Which digit is in the hundreds column? A. 7 B. 6 C. 0 D. 9
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Mathematics – Place Value
Q5. double the product of 7 and 3 and subtract double the sum of 7 and 3
A. 42 B. 32 C. 21 D. 22
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Mathematics – Place Value
General Ability
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* Idioms * Proverbs * Male and Female animals * Acronyms * Logic * Capital cities * Famous buildings and monuments * Influential figures, inventors, * Verbal reasoning * Numerical reasoning * Synonyms and antonyms * Prefixes
Q1. Which is the best meaning of VELOCITY? A. Speed B. Force C. Deceleration D. Gravity
General Ability
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Q2. Complete the sequence. LX, CV, CL, ? A. CX B. 1CLX C. CXCV D. CLXV
General Ability
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Q3. The word ARID is most nearly the opposite of A. Desert B. Moist C. Oily D. Regular
General Ability
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Q4. What group of letters comes next in this series? JLP LNR NPT PRV ____ A. A RVX B. B STX C. C RTX D. D SVZ
General Ability
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Q5. If the word UMPIRE is coded 380124 Then the word IMPLICIT would be coded A. 18100705 6 B. 18071417 9 C. 18011219 D. 18091715
General Ability
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Q6. MOTHER is to SISTER as GRANDMOTHER is to A. AUNT B. NIECE C. UNCLE D. DAUGHTER
General Ability
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1. Go through a list of idioms and proverbs, understand the different and know some examples and their meanings.
u See the worksheet “Idioms” and “Proverbs”.
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General Ability – Proverbs and Idioms
General Ability – Animal Groups Animal Male Female Young
Bear Boar Sow Cub
Cat Tom Queen Kitten
Cattle Bull Cow Calf
Chicken Rooster Hen Chick
Dear Buck Doe Fawn
Donkey Jack Jenny Foal
Duck Drake Duck Duckling
Elephant Bull Cow Calf
Fox Dog Vixen Cub
Goose Gander Goose Gosling
Horse Stallion Mare Foal
Lion Lion Lioness Cub
Rabbit Buck Doe Bunny
Sheep Ram Ewe Lamb
Swan Cob Pen Cygnet
Swine Boar Sow Piglet
Tiger Tiger Tigress Cub
Whale Bull Cow Calf Empower Education © | empowereducation.com.au
General Ability – Illnesses, Ailments and diseases
Name Description
Angina, Cardio Heart
Cataract, Glaucoma Eye
Neuro Brain
Respiratory, Asthma Breathing, Lung
gastro Stomach
Ortho Bones
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General Ability – Landmarks, Buildings and Famous Monuments
Landmark/Building City and Country Landmark/Building City and Country
Leaning Tower of Pisa Pisa, Italy Machu Picchu Peru
Empire State Building New York City, USA Big Ben London, UK
United Nations Headquarters
New York City, USA
Eiffel Tower Paris, France
Taj Mahal Agra, India
Stonehenge Wiltshire County, UK
Acropolis Athens, Greece
Great Wall of China China
Colosseum Rome, Itally
Statue of Liberty New York City, USA
St. Basil’s Cathedral Moscow, Russia
The Great Sphinx Giza, Egypt
The Pyramids of Giza Giza, Egypt
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General Ability – Acronyms
Acronym What is stands for
UN United Nations
WHO World Health Organisation
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
APEC Asia-‐Pacific Economic Cooperation
ANZAC The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
AM Ante Meridiem Latin = "before midday"
PM Post Meridiem Latin = "after midday",
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
PS Post Script
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
YMCA Young Men’s Christian Association
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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For more information including picture, see http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/most_famous_landmarks2.htm
General Ability -‐ Countries Country Capital City Country Capital City
France Paris USA Washington D.C.
Germany Berlin New Zealand Wellington
Italy Rome China Beijing
Austria Vienna Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Spain Madrid Indonesia Jakarta
Greece Athens Vietnam Hanoi
Switzerland Stockholm India New Delhi
Ireland Dublin South Korea Seoul
Canada Ottawa Japan Tokyo
Finland Helsinki Mexico Mexico City
Denmark Copenhagen Egypt Cairo
Sweden Bern Russia Moscow
For all capital cities see this website: http://geography.about.com/od/countryinformation/a/capitals.htm
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* Creative * Metaphorical meaning * Imagery
* Informative * Relate it to yourself * Evidence
Writing
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1. Writing must be appropriate to theme – there’s no point writing a well-‐crafted story that has nothing to do with the stimulus.
2. Imagery – language that creates images by evoking the 5 senses: taste, smell, touch, hearing, sight.
3. Create 5 strong descriptions for setting, characters, events, animals and feelings.
4. Use words that demonstrate a wide vocabulary. Your synonym list will help you with this.
5. Read over your work and triple-‐check your PUNCTUATION, SPELLING and GRAMMAR!!!
Creative
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1. Plan your writing u Allow 1 to 2 minutes to plan what you are going to write about.
2. Use facts, examples and statistics as evidence where possible. u While they don’t expect you to be a walking encylcopaedia, you
can demonstrate that you have a good grasp of general knowledge and news e.g. Statistics show that smoking leads to heart failure and cancer.
3. Try to relate it to yourself and your own experience u if they ask you about you’re hero and you choose Nelson
Mandela but you don’t know much about him, that’s not going to impress the marker! Instead choose a friend, relative or someone you do know some information about.
Informative
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1. Take 1 to 2 minutes to plan what you are going to write. 2. Your introduction should state your position and preview your arguments.
Try to start with a sentence that will capture the audience’s attention. 3. Only write 2 to 3 body paragraphs. Quality is preferred over quantity. Each
body paragraph should contain your point followed by an example or evidence and then it should be linked back to your initial thesis position.
4. Your conclusion should summarise your arguments and reinforce your thesis. End in a memorable way, e.g. a quote or powerful message.
5. Use persuasive language techniques u Alliteration, Facts, Authoritative language, Rhetorical questions, Repetition,
Persuasive
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* Your hard work will certainly pay off. Focus on improving your skills, knowledge and exam techniques in the last few weeks. * Revise your past papers. * You can do it!
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All the Best!