levels required during the programme and related national assessments, so you will be expected to work quickly and to score high marks. No spelling aids or calculators will normally be allowed. Questions will sample your knowledge of the listed topics: English Mathematics You will be given a short text and asked You will be given a short test which may about the of written English, include: author’s use including: the number system (integers, fractions, identifying and explaining the decimals, indices) author’s use of certain styles or features mental calculations with the above explaining the meaning of the whole multiples, factors and ratios text and individual words number sequences identifying parts of speech and types of linear equations and inequalities sentence interpreting graphs and co-ordinates identifying word structures properties of shapes identifying errors of spelling, grammar measurement (common calculations and punctuation and imperial/metric units) During the rest of your interview you must interpreting statistical data also speak and write clearly and correctly, calculating probabilities using Standard English and cursive handwriting. Science Notes how to carry out investigations and interpret results Life Systems (biology) the functioning of organisms continuity and change ecosystems Materials and their Structure (chemistry) particles compounds and reactions changes of state Physical Processes (physics) electricity and magnetism energy, forces and motion light and sound the Earth and beyond
levels required during the programme and related national assessments, so you will be expected to work quickly and to score high marks. No spelling aids or calculators will normally be allowed. Questions will sample your knowledge of the listed topics: English You will be given a short text and asked about the author’s use of written English, including: identifying and explaining the author’s use of certain styles or features explaining the meaning of the whole text and individual words identifying parts of speech and types of sentence identifying word structures identifying errors of spelling, grammar and punctuation During the rest of your interview you must also speak and write clearly and correctly, using Standard English and cursive handwriting. Mathematics You will be given a short test which may include: the number system (integers, fractions, decimals, indices) mental calculations with the above multiples, factors and ratios number sequences linear equations and inequalities interpreting graphs and co-ordinates properties of shapes measurement (common calculations and imperial/metric units) interpreting statistical data calculating probabilities Science how to carry out investigations and interpret results Life Systems (biology) the functioning of organisms continuity and change ecosystems Materials and their Structure (chemistry) particles compounds and reactions changes of state Physical Processes (physics) electricity and magnetism energy, forces and motion light and sound the Earth and beyond Notes