Thanks Dottie,
He's not GREAT with timed things, two examples are that they have to write out all their times tables (6*8= etc ) in five minutes and he can't get past that one to become a "Master" LOL , and also he is pretty hopeless in timed essays as he keeps coming up with more and more great ideas for his story and does not actually manage to write too much down.
I love that, take the "verbally gifted" and run! :-)
Thanks,