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Foundation vocabulary

Everyday words used well: the solid base every 11+ child needs before the harder lists. Each word has a meaning written for children, a similar word and an opposite. Every word on this list is free.

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Ten questions from the Foundation level in the 11+ styles: closest meaning, opposites, odd one out, words in context and missing words. Marked straight away, with explanations. No account needed.

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14 words starting with I

idea
noun
a thought or plan that comes into your mind
Similar:
notion
image
noun
a picture of something, such as a photograph or drawing
Similar:
illustration
imagine
verb
to make a picture or idea in your mind of something that is not really there
Similar:
dream
impossible
adj.
not able to happen or be done
Similar:
hopeless
Opposite:
achievable
include
verb
to make someone or something part of a group or whole
Similar:
contain
Opposite:
exclude
incomplete
adj.
not finished, or missing some parts
Similar:
missing
Opposite:
complete
incorrect
adj.
wrong or not true
Similar:
inaccurate
Opposite:
accurate
increase
verb
to become bigger in amount, number or size, or to make something bigger
Similar:
expand
Opposite:
decrease
inside
prep.
in or into the space within something
Similar:
in
Opposite:
outside
interest
noun
a feeling of wanting to know more about something or pay attention to it
Similar:
attention
Opposite:
boredom
interested
adj.
wanting to know or learn more about something
Similar:
curious
Opposite:
apathetic
iron
noun
a strong, hard grey metal used to make things like gates, tools and steel
Similar:
metal
island
noun
a piece of land with water all around it
Similar:
isle
Opposite:
mainland
isle
noun
an island, especially a small one
Similar:
island