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English Language/Verbal Reasoning Course Content and Syllabus

For success to be guaranteed in the Eleven Plus VR/English Language Test, it is highly recommended that pupils level of attainment in the National Curriculum programme of study is between Level 5A to 6C in September of the year in which they take the test. The following is the English content that each child must be familiar with in order to pass the test. More so, the commonly known Kent Style VR Type 1 to Type 21 will also be covered in the course.

Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling
  • Structures of sentences
  • subjects and predicates
  • fragments & run-on sentences
  • simple, compound & complex
  • declarative & interrogative
  • imperative & exclamatory
  • verbs tenses
  • parts of speech
  • types of nouns
  • types of verbs
  • phrasal verbs
  • pronouns
  • direct & indirect objects
  • predicate nominatives
  • predicate adjectives
  • regular and irregular verbs
  • independent/main clause
  • subjects, objects & verbs
  • subject & object pronouns
  • Who and Whom
  • Me/I and Who/Whom
  • possessive pronouns
  • types of adjectives
  • adjectival phrase
  • types of adverbs
  • double negatives
  • adjectival phrase
  • types of prepositions
  • types of conjunctions
  • interjections
  • prepositional phrase
  • punctuation & capitalisation
  • abbreviations
  • commas & apostrophes
  • colons & semi colons
  • quotation marks & italics
Vocabulary
  • Open Cloze
  • Missing word Cloze
  • Multiple choice Cloze
  • synonyms
  • antonyms
  • homographs
  • Latin-root words
  • Greek-root words
  • prefixes
  • suffixes
  • descriptive words
  • compound words
  • name-based words
  • contractions
  • concision
  • etymology
  • idioms & colloquialism
  • ellipsis
  • hyphens
  • active sentences
  • passive sentences
  • homophones
  • direct speech
  • indirect speech
  • connectives & cohesion
  • phrases & clauses
  • word classes
  • figurative expressions
  • quantifiers
  • confused words
Comprehension
  • Reading comprehension
  • literal-type questions
  • inferential-type question
  • deductive-type questions
  • evaluative-type questions
  • authorial intent questions
  • finding recounts
  • author’s viewpoints
  • identifying syllables
  • looking for keywords
  • subjective views
  • scanning passages
Extended Writing
  • writing fictions
  • identifying points
  • sources of information
  • chronological reports
  • explanation & discussion
  • persuasive writing
  • guided writing
  • procedures
  • using quotations
  • different meanings
  • importance of ideas
  • use of language
  • language choice
  • sentence structure
  • writing techniques
  • writer’s viewpoints
  • creating effects
  • effect of time
  • cultural influence
  • spiritual influence
  • informal language
  • formal language
  • punctuations
  • independent writing