The biggest difference between the real-life Bexley and Kent exams is in the English and verbal reasoning sections. Officially, both exams have a verbal reasoning section, however, these differ greatly in content.
The Bexley verbal reasoning section contains a comprehension passage, a range of questions on synonyms and antonyms and a cloze test (a set of questions in which children need to fill the appropriate missing word into a sentence).
Whilst the Kent exam also contains a comprehension section, it also features what we call “true” verbal reasoning. These are the code questions you’ll be used to seeing in the Bond Assessment Papers, e.g. “if the code for ABATE is ZAZSD, what is the code for BRICK?” or “find the four-letter word hidden in the sentence.”
The English section of the Kent exam also includes spelling, punctuation and grammar questions that are not included in the Bexley exam.