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January Exams!

by Sara

During the month of January many academic exams are taken by students all over the UK. If you have prepared and revised well in advance you should have no worries sitting your exams. However, some students no matter how well they have prepared for exams they still suffer high stress levels a few day...

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UK examination boards under investigation

by Sara

Fortunately, we don't often hear about scams within the education sector in the UK although this week an inquiry has been launched in England and Wales due to claims that some examiners gave teachers "tips" on GCSE and A-level questions. Coincidentally in the USA, educators and students are still ta...

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Common entrance exams - Verbal reasoning tests (3)

by Sara

The alphabet is given here to help you with the following questions.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Complete the second pair of letters in the same way as the first pair.

Example: A B is to C D as M N is to (O P) 37. F G is to C B as V W is to ? 38. H J is to L N as K M i...Read more ›

Common entrance exams - Verbal reasoning tests (2)

by Sara

In the following sentences, a four letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other. Find the word and write it in the brackets.

Example: The child fell over the stone. (l o v e )

15. The hot coffee tasted very good 16. Let's hide away from him! 17. He was happy on the farm....Read more ›

Common entrance exams - Verbal Reasoning Tests

by Sara

Verbal reasoning is understanding and reasoning using concepts framed in words. It aims at evaluating ability to think constructively, rather than at simple fluency or vocabulary recognition.

As promised in our previous post, we will be publishing a few common entrance tests for those who wish to p...

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