Subjects
116 skills for the 11+
Maths, English, verbal reasoning and non-verbal reasoning, plus exam habits. Each skill has lessons, practice and a place on the parent skill map.
Four subjects, one skill map
37 SKILLS
Maths
Number and place value, calculation, number properties, fractions, decimals and percentages, patterns and problem solving, measures, time and money, geometry, data and probability, and ratio, algebra and rates.
31 SKILLS
English
Comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and punctuation, spelling and word building, cloze passages and writing craft. Writing is taught through study notes and multiple-choice questions: your child’s own writing is not marked.
28 SKILLS
Verbal reasoning
Word puzzles, word meaning, codes and letter patterns, number reasoning, and logic and sentences.
14 SKILLS
Non-verbal reasoning
Pattern reasoning and spatial reasoning, with drawn figures.
6 SKILLS
Exam habits
Reading the question, multiple-choice strategy, checking methods, learning from mistakes, pacing and the clock, and checking under pressure.
A sample question
Questions get harder as your child does well, and every answer comes with an explanation that Zoom delivers kindly.
Maths: place value
What is the value of the 5 in 5,842?
- 5
- 50
- 500
- 5,000
- 50,000
Answer D. 5,842 = 5 thousands, 8 hundreds, 4 tens and 2 units, so the 5 is worth 5,000.
Every question is independently checked
Before a question goes into the game it goes through a quality gate:
- Automated checks for format and consistency.
- Two independent solvers answer it without seeing the key. They must agree.
- Any disagreement is looked at, and the question is fixed and checked again.
- A final audit checks the explanation, the facts and the reading level.
We cannot promise that a mistake will never slip through. If you spot one, use Report a problem in the parent area.
What about my school’s test?
Most 11+ tests do not publish a full topic list, so we cannot promise that any one test is covered. The School planner shows what each school’s test is known to use.