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The vocabulary and logic types most children find hardest.
- 10 vocabulary and logic question types, one a week
- A technique guide for every type, with worked examples
- 50 laddered questions per type
- Two 50-question mixed tests with answer sheets
- Answer key with working, a progress chart and a 12-week plan
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How this book is used in our course
The book runs on a 12-week plan. Each week introduces one question type: read its technique guide and worked examples, then work through the laddered sets, marking as you go. Weeks 11 and 12 are two timed mixed tests. Scores go on the progress chart. Any type scoring under 90% is repeated before the next week begins, using the working in the answer key to find the exact step that went wrong.
Where it sits in the series
- Previous book in the series: Book 7, VR Codes & Numbers
- Next book in the series: Book 9, VR Exam Papers
What's inside VR Mastery 8
Four real pages from the book, so you can see exactly what your child will work from. All 10 sample pages are in the viewer.
The vocabulary and logic types most children find hardest, one a week.
Closest and opposite meanings, odd two out, word that fits both, analogies, rhyming synonyms, shuffled sentences, word completion, then logic and deduction and logic puzzles. Fifty questions per type, new words added to a word book as you go, and two 50-question mixed tests to finish.
50 questions on one type, from "big / large" upwards.
The set starts with words every child knows, so the method is secure, then climbs to the vocabulary Year 5 exams use. Five sets of ten, scored on the progress chart, with each new word going into the word book.
Draw a grid, cross every "not", tick every "is".
People down the side, items across the top. When a row has one empty space left, it must be a tick, so cross out the rest of that column. Keep going until everyone has exactly one item. Worked examples show the full grid solved, so your child sees the method, not just the answer.
50 questions, 40 minutes, a separate answer sheet.
Five of each type, marked on an answer sheet as in the real exam. Vocabulary from "genuine / authentic" to "opponent / rival", alongside the logic types, all in one timed sitting.
All 10 question types in the book follow the pattern shown here.
Other Year 5 books in VR Mastery
VR Test Book
Timed mixed tests across every question type at Year 5 standard.
VR Codes & Numbers
The code and number types at full exam difficulty.
VR Exam Papers
Eight full GL-style papers of 80 questions, each with its own answer sheet.
VR Exam Papers 2
Eight more full papers of 80 questions, each with the new Word Grid section.