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VERBAL REASONING PRACTICE TEST: TIME ALLOWED: 1 hour
Instructions: Write in pencil. Work quickly. You need not do them in the order set. If you make a mistake, rub it out and write your new answer clearly. If you finish early, check through to make sure you haven’t missed any out.
A. Choose one word from the group on the left, which is similar in meaning to one of the words in the group on the right. Underline those two words. Look at the example to help you. E.g. heat, cook, stir chimney, warm, oven
The answer is heat / warm
1) tree, bush, oak shrub, plant, flower
2) pencil, biro, felt-tip crayon, pen, charcoal
3) masticate, mascot, scarf badge, hat, chew
4) exhaust, brake, shoe wheel, boot, bonnet
5) rambling, sprinting, jumping hiking, filming, swimming
6) quatrain, triple, couplet trio, octet, quintet
7) steak, stake, stack lamb, spike, pork
8) rainforest, savanna, desert prairie, tundra, scrub
B. Put a letter into the brackets that ends the first word and starts the second one.
Look at the example to help you.
E.g. BAR ( ) OUN N makes BARN and NOUN
1) CHI ( ) OEM
2) CHE ( ) EIR
3) BUS ( ) AIR
4) VEI ( ) EAD
5) SOU ( ) ATE
C. In every line below there is a three or four lettered word which fits into or on the end of the word in capital letters. Write the longer word underlining the shorter word that has been taken out of it.
Look at the example to help you.
E.g. Guy’s FAR is a very clever man. Answer: Father
1) We were all SCHING for my lost purse. ________________________
2) The hawk closely observed every MENT in the grass. ________________________
3) This aggressive and VIO behaviour is intolerable. ________________________
4) The cabin had been WHERED by the wind and rain. ________________________
5) I’m not lonely; I prefer SOUDE. _______________________
D.In each line below, there are two words in capital letters. Take out
one letter from the first word and put it into the second word to make two different words. Write down the two new words.
Look at the example to help you.
E.g. FLOWER STILE Answer: LOWER / STIFLE (F is the letter)
1) AVENUE WAY ________ ________
2) HOPPED AIR ________ ________
3) HERE LAD ________ ________
4) CLUE QUIT ________ ________
5) COAST OAK ________ ________
E. In each line below see if you can find a four letter word hidden in two consecutive words.
Look at the example to help you.
E.g. The murder weapon dropped behind the radiator.
Answer: POND (from weapon dropped )
1) Turn off the intercom before having private conversations! ________
2) Listen for your call over the headphones so you don’t miss your cue. ________
3) He ran like a maniac for the train. ________
4) He jumped high but he missed the ball so it was a draw in the end. ________
5) Veronica veered to the left to miss the cat and fell of her bike. ________
6) Do not trifle with me, young lady! ________
7) My knee ached after the hockey match. ________
8) The winners were announced over dinner at the Savoy Hotel. ________
F. Underline the word from each set of brackets that is the most closely connected to each word outside the brackets.
Look at the example to help you.
E.g. Oven is to (river, money, cake) as paddock is to (muscles, horse, pupils)
Answer: cake / horse
1) Courageous is to ( cool, brave, boring ) as timorous is to (angry, restive, nervous)
2) Signage is to (fodder, fruit, signs) as postage is to ( elderly, stamps, carriage)
3) Ravine is to ( mountains, hungry, destructive ) as dungeon is to (fortress, moat, nest)
4) Snarl is to ( snore, tangle, growl ) as prowl is to (pounce, prance, sneak)
5) Verb is to ( bribe, as, speaker ) as adverb is to (studiously, study, studious)
G. Underline the one word that would come in the middle if all five words were put in a logical order.
Look at the example to help you.
E.g. Full moon, gibbous moon, no noon, new moon, half-moon
Half-moon is the answer
1) dandelion, daisy, sunflower, forget-me-not, poppy
2) crow, blackbird, robin, wren, magpie
3) 76.25p, £76,250, £7.62, £7,625, 0.76p
4) pawn, king, queen, rook, knight
5) doctor, consultant, auxiliary, staff nurse, student nurse
H. Change the order of the letters in each word in capitals to make a
new word, which has something to do with the three words in brackets. Look at the example to help you.
E.g. RAMP = _________ ( baby, cot, pushchair )
Answer: PRAM
1) TEST = ________ ( badger, nest, earth )
2) RIFE = ________ ( burn, hearth, shoot)
3) SORE = ________ ( flower, perfume, pink)
4) RIPE = ________ ( amusement, walk, sea)
5) CARE = ________ ( speed, contest, rush )
I. The word in brackets on the left has been made with some of the letters from the words outside the brackets. Using the same
order of letters, do the same with the two words on the right to write a new
word in the empty brackets.
Here is an example to help you.
E.g. Trim ( Troll ) Dolly_______ Stable ( ) Loner
Answer: Stone
1) Hopes (Crops ) Crash _______ Hides ( ) Brief
2) Field (Knife) Nicks _______ Messy( ) Latch
3) Blow ( Robin ) Print _______ Wool ( ) Alert
4) Mirage ( Risk ) Kiss _______ Loch ( ) Lean
5) Plum (Rupee) Trees _______ Plot ( ) Chest
6) Church (Coach) Moan _______ Ripest ( ) Scab
7) Until ( Turf ) Frog _______ Trick ( ) Mean
8) Period (Rodeo) Depend _______ Esteem ( ) Reason
J. Only one of the words in lower case can be formed using the
letters of the word in capitals on the left. Underline that word. Here is an
example to help you.
E.g. SINCERELY - year cereal celery severe. Answer: celery
1) CATHERINE carrot rind herein craze cherry
2) HANNAH havannah manna nana piranha banana
3) JEMIMA jammy major Imam mama jumanji
4) VERTIGINOUS virtual stingy virtue trivial generous
5) VANQUISHED squished vanishing shred anguished quashed
K. Spies use codes to pass information, like passwords, secretly.
Each letter rep resents a number. Do the sum and give your answer as a letter.
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A = 0, B= 4, C=8, D= 12 , E= 16, F=9 1. E ÷ C + D x A = 2. E x D – D ÷ F - B = 3. BC = E + ( ) Put in the missing letter. 4. F x C - D = B x ( ? ) + D 5. E ÷ B X D – D = F X ( ? ) |
A = 3, B=4, C=8, D=12 , E= 10, F = 2 6. A X C + B ÷ A = 7. D X B – C ÷ B = 8. ED = C2 - B x ( ? ) 9. D – E + B ÷ A = 10. BC = D x A - ( ? ) |
Answers to Arden 11+ Paper 13
A 1) bush, shrub 2) biro, pen 3) masticate, chew 4) shoe, boot 5) rambling, hiking, 6) triple, trio 7) stake, spike 8) savanna, prairie
B 1) P 2) W 3) H 4) L 5) L
C 1) Searching 2) Movement 3) Weathered 4) Violent 5) Solitude
D 1) Venue, Away 2) Hoped, Pair 3) Her, Lead 4) Cue, Quilt 5) Coat, Soak
E 1) comb 2) love 3) fort 4) them 5) cave 6) flew 7) each 8) dove
F 1) brave, nervous 2) signs, stamps 3) mountains, fortress 4) growl, sneak 5) bribe, studiously
G 1) dandelion 2) blackbird 3) £76.25 4) knight 5) staff nurse
H 1) sett 2) fire 3) rose 4) pier 5) race
I 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) NOT DONE YET
J 1) herein 2) nana 3) Imam 4) virtue 5) quashed
K 1) A , 2) A 3) E 4) D 5) B 6) C 7) F 8) A 9) 10) B
VERBAL REASONING PRACTICE TEST: TIME ALLOWED: 1 hour
Instructions: Write in pencil. Work quickly. You need not do them in the order set. If you make a mistake, rub it out and write your new answer clearly. If you finish early, check through to make sure you haven’t missed any out.
A. Choose one word from the group on the left, which is similar in meaning to one of the words in the group on the right. Underline those two words. Look at the example to help you. E.g. heat, cook, stir chimney, warm, oven
The answer is heat / warm
1) tree, bush, oak shrub, plant, flower
2) pencil, biro, felt-tip crayon, pen, charcoal
3) masticate, mascot, scarf badge, hat, chew
4) exhaust, brake, shoe wheel, boot, bonnet
5) rambling, sprinting, jumping hiking, filming, swimming
6) quatrain, triple, couplet trio, octet, quintet
7) steak, stake, stack lamb, spike, pork
8) rainforest, savanna, desert prairie, tundra, scrub
B. Put a letter into the brackets that ends the first word and starts the second one.
Look at the example to help you.
E.g. BAR ( ) OUN N makes BARN and NOUN
1) CHI ( ) OEM
2) CHE ( ) EIR
3) BUS ( ) AIR
4) VEI ( ) EAD
5) SOU ( ) ATE
C. In every line below there is a three or four lettered word which fits into or on the end of the word in capital letters. Write the longer word underlining the shorter word that has been taken out of it.
Look at the example to help you.
E.g. Simon’s FAR is a very clever man. Answer: Father
1) We were all SCHING for my lost purse. ________________________
2) The hawk closely observed every MENT in the grass. ________________________
3) This aggressive and VIO behaviour is intolerable. ________________________
4) The cabin had been WHERED by the wind and rain. ________________________
5) I’m not lonely; I prefer SOUDE. _______________________
D.In each line below, there are two words in capital letters. Take out
one letter from the first word and put it into the second word to make two different words. Write down the two new words.
Look at the example to help you.
E.g. FLOWER STILE Answer: LOWER / STIFLE (F is the letter)
1) AVENUE WAY ________ ________
2) HOPPED AIR ________ ________
3) HERE LAD ________ ________
4) CLUE QUIT ________ ________
5) COAST OAK ________ ________
E. In each line below see if you can find a four letter word hidden in two consecutive words.
Look at the example to help you.
E.g. The murder weapon dropped behind the radiator.
Answer: POND (from weapon dropped )
1) Turn off the intercom before having private conversations! ________
2) Listen for your call over the headphones so you don’t miss your cue. ________
3) He ran like a maniac for the train. ________
4) He jumped high but he missed the ball so it was a draw in the end. ________
5) Veronica veered to the left to miss the cat and fell of her bike. ________
6) Do not trifle with me, young lady! ________
7) My knee ached after the hockey match. ________
8) The winners were announced over dinner at the Savoy Hotel. ________
F. Underline the word from each set of brackets that is the most closely connected to each word outside the brackets.
Look at the example to help you.
E.g. Oven is to (river, money, cake) as paddock is to (muscles, horse, pupils)
Answer: cake / horse
1) Courageous is to ( cool, brave, boring ) as timorous is to (angry, restive, nervous)
2) Signage is to (fodder, fruit, signs) as postage is to ( elderly, stamps, carriage)
3) Ravine is to ( mountains, hungry, destructive ) as dungeon is to (fortress, moat, nest)
4) Snarl is to ( snore, tangle, growl ) as prowl is to (pounce, prance, sneak)
5) Verb is to ( bribe, as, speaker ) as adverb is to (studiously, study, studious)
G. Underline the one word that would come in the middle if all five words were put in a logical order.
Look at the example to help you.
E.g. Full moon, gibbous moon, no noon, new moon, half-moon
Half-moon is the answer
1) dandelion, daisy, sunflower, forget-me-not, poppy
2) crow, blackbird, robin, wren, magpie
3) 76.25p, £76,250, £7.62, £7,625, 0.76p
4) pawn, king, queen, rook, knight
5) doctor, consultant, auxiliary, staff nurse, student nurse
H. Change the order of the letters in each word in capitals to make a
new word, which has something to do with the three words in brackets. Look at the example to help you.
E.g. RAMP = _________ ( baby, cot, pushchair )
Answer: PRAM
1) TEST = ________ ( badger, nest, earth )
2) RIFE = ________ ( burn, hearth, shoot)
3) SORE = ________ ( flower, perfume, pink)
4) RIPE = ________ ( amusement, walk, sea)
5) CARE = ________ ( speed, contest, rush )
I. The word in brackets on the left has been made with some of the letters from the words outside the brackets. Using the same
order of letters, do the same with the two words on the right to write a new
word in the empty brackets.
Here is an example to help you.
E.g. Trim ( Troll ) Dolly_______ Stable ( ) Loner
Answer: Stone
1) Hopes (Crops ) Crash _______ Hides ( ) Brief
2) Field (Knife) Nicks _______ Messy( ) Latch
3) Blow ( Robin ) Print _______ Wool ( ) Alert
4) Mirage ( Risk ) Kiss _______ Loch ( ) Lean
5) Plum (Rupee) Trees _______ Plot ( ) Chest
6) Church (Coach) Moan _______ Ripest ( ) Scab
7) Until ( Turf ) Frog _______ Trick ( ) Mean
8) Period (Rodeo) Depend _______ Esteem ( ) Reason
J. Only one of the words in lower case can be formed using the
letters of the word in capitals on the left. Underline that word. Here is an
example to help you.
E.g. SINCERELY - year cereal celery severe. Answer: celery
1) CATHERINE carrot rind herein craze cherry
2) HANNAH havannah manna nana piranha banana
3) JEMIMA jammy major Imam mama jumanji
4) VERTIGINOUS virtual stingy virtue trivial generous
5) VANQUISHED squished vanishing shred anguished quashed
K. Spies use codes to pass information, like passwords, secretly.
Each letter rep resents a number. Do the sum and give your answer as a letter.
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A = 0, B= 4, C=8, D= 12 , E= 16, F=9 1. E ÷ C + D x A = 2. E x D – D ÷ F - B = 3. BC = E + ( ) Put in the missing letter. 4. F x C - D = B x ( ? ) + D 5. E ÷ B X D – D = F X ( ? ) |
A = 3, B=4, C=8, D=12 , E= 10, F = 2 G=9 6. A X C + A ÷ A = 7. D X B – C ÷ B = 8. ED = C2 - B x ( ? ) 9. D – E + B ÷ A = 10. BC = D x A - ( ? ) |
Answers to Arden 11+ Paper 13
A 1) bush, shrub 2) biro, pen 3) masticate, chew 4) shoe, boot 5) rambling, hiking, 6) triple, trio 7) stake, spike 8) savanna, prairie
B 1) P 2) W 3) H 4) L 5) L
C 1) Searching 2) Movement 3) Weathered 4) Violent 5) Solitude
D 1) Venue, Away 2) Hoped, Pair 3) Her, Lead 4) Cue, Quilt 5) Coat, Soak
E 1) comb 2) love 3) fort 4) them 5) cave 6) flew 7) each 8) dove
F 1) brave, nervous 2) signs, stamps 3) mountains, fortress 4) growl, sneak 5) bribe, studiously
G 1) dandelion 2) blackbird 3) £76.25 4) knight 5) staff nurse
H 1) sett 2) fire 3) rose 4) pier 5) race
I 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) NOT DONE YET
J 1) herein 2) nana 3) Imam 4) virtue 5) quashed
K 1) A , 2) A 3) E 4) D 5) B 6) C 7) F 8) A 9) 10) B
