Page1 In the following questions, one letter can be moved from the first word to the second word, to make two new words. The letters must not be otherwise rearranged and both new words must make sense. Find the letter that moves and mark it on the answer sheet. xample plane our 1. p (the two new words are lane and pour) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. unite horse slack swing please tirade stream breath gain hard rite rays bran late
In the following questions You must find the two words that do not belong in thelist: xample Page2 nails, drill, pliers, saw, glue nails, glue (the others are all tools) 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. back, then, toe, head, over wool, linen, silk, wood, sew jacket, hat, slippers, coat, pyjamas, scarf dinghy, barge, train, yacht, plane, ferry man, boy, baby, lord, girl If = 2, B = 3, C = 4, D = 5 and = 7, What is the answer to this sum written as a letter? + B + C = (?) D 13. If = 6, B = 13, C = 7, D =11 and = 26, What is the answer to this sum written as a letter? + B + C = (?)
14. If = 8, B = 16, C = 24, D = 48 and =40, What is the answer to this sum written as a letter? Page3 - B + C = (?) 15. If = 6, B = 4, C = 22, D = 8 and = 12, What is the answer to this sum written as a letter? D divided by B then multiplied by = (?) 16. If = 15, B = 8, C = 20, D = 115 and = 5, What is the answer to this sum written as a letter? x B = (?) In the following questions find two words, one from each group, that will complete the sentence in the best way. Mark both words on the answer sheet. xample bird is to (kennel, nest, tree) as rabbit is to (warren, pen, hole) 17. 18. nest, warren knife is to (fork, cut, life) as spoon is to (stir, pot, tea) milk is to (bull, cow, chicken) as honey is to (bee, eggs, mead)
Page4 19. 20. worried is to (angry, unconcerned, happy) as ecstatic is to (thrilled, dismayed, bored) Nail is to (finger, hammer, clip) as paint is to (picture, brush, faint) 21. Ruby, Maisie and Daisy go to the fair. There is a roller coaster, a carousel and a hoop-la stall. Ruby likes roller coasters best, but Maisie prefers the carousel and hoop-la. If these statements are true, only one of the sentences below must be true. Which one? ) Daisy likes roller coaster best. B) Daisy likes the roller coaster least.. C) Ruby went on the roller coaster last week. D) Daisy and Maisie never go on roller coasters. ) Ruby likes the carousel less than the roller coaster.
Page5 In these questions find two words, one from each group, that together make one correctly spelt word, without changing the order of the letters. The word from the first group always comes first. Mark both words on the answer sheet. xample (foot feel (card toe foot ball hold) ball) (The word is football.) 22. 23. 24. (eye pan tin) (boy lid can) (rail air baby) (tank fall way) (hand drink wall) (glass brick shake) 25. (red blue yellow) (bottle house dog) 26. (straw sand sea) (box hat sail)
BCDFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Page6 Use the alphabet to help you with these questions. Find the letters that will complete each sentence in the best way and mark the correct answer on the answer sheet. xample B is to CD s PQ is to (?) RS 27. 28. 29. 30. GH is to IJ s UV is to (?) RQ is to ML s XW is to (?) C is to BD s DF is to (?) ZY is to B s CB is to (?) In these questions, three of the five words are related in the same way. Find the two words that do not go with those three and mark them both on the answer sheet. xample apple banana gravy rattle orange 31. gravy rattle rain wind umbrella boots snow 32. wheat barley pears oats cherries
Page7 33. step ballet salsa waltz sway 34. destroy raze demolish spoil interrupt 35. doctor teacher lawyer porter pilot In these sentences, the word in capitals has had three letters next to each other taken out. These three letters will make one correctly spelt word without changing their order. The sentence that you make must make sense. Mark the correct three-letter word on the answer sheet. xample The criminal waited in court for his SNNC TN (SNTNC) 36. The flowers were DN by weeds in the overgrown yard. 37. I can t go to the beach until I find my SLS. 38. He put the TR in the box. 39. We will go there on the SD of May.
40. Better Tuition Verbal Reasoning Practice Paper Page8 We have an appointment at the HOSTL. In the following sentences, a word of four letters is hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next. Find the pair of words that contains the hidden word and mark it on the answer sheet. xample The girl slipped and fell over. fell over (the hidden word is love) 41. The boy dived over the wall without thinking. 42. I realise atom bombs are dangerous. 43. There is a reward for catching the dangerous cab driver. 44. The girl helped her friend when she lost her doll. 45. We will be open at a quarter to ten.
Page9 In these questions find two words, one from each group, that are closest in meaning. xample (bag, boot, whistle) (foot, apple, sack) bag, sack 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. (hopeful, depressing, ambiguous) (shocked, optimistic, different) (many, several, crowded) (congested, surfeit, few) (book, encyclopaedia, letter) (tome, dictionary, envelope) (listen, think, believe) (hear, understand, ponder) (adore, detest, enjoy) (loathe, like, fun)
Page10 In each question, find the number that continues the series in the most sensible way and mark it on the answer sheet. xample 2 4 6 8 (?) 10 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 50 40 30 20 (?) 6 18 30 42 (?) 70 62 54 46 (?) 46 24 40 18 (?) 2 6 14 30 (?) ND OF TST: CHCK YOUR NSWRS
Page11 1 U N I T 2 H O R S 3 S L C K 4 S W I N G 5 P L S 6 T I R D 7 S T R M 8 BCK THN TO HD OVR 9 WOOL LINN SILK WOOD SW 10 JCKT HT SLIPPRS COT PJMS 11 DINGHY BRG TRIN YCHT PLC 12 MN BOY BBY LORD GIRL 13 B C D 14 B C D 15 B C D 16 B C D 17 FORK CUT LIF STIR POT T 18 BULL COW CHICKN B GGS MD Verbal Reasoning Sheet Name:
Page12 Christine McLaughlin 2011 all rights reserved no photocopying www.bettertuition.co.uk 19 NGRY INDIFFRNT HPPY THRILLD MUSD DISMYD 20 FINGR HMMR CLIP PICTUR BRUSH FINT 21 B C D 22 Y PN TIN BOY LID CN 23 RIL IR BBY TNK FLL WY 24 HND DRINK WLL GLSS BRICK SHK 25 RD BLU YLLOW BOTTL HOUS DOG 26 STRW SND S BOX HT SIL 27 MN WX H GI QR 28 DF OP KL BR HI 29 C G G RS DF 30 B BF D CD D 31 RIN WIND UMBRLL BOOTS SNOW 32 WHT BRLY PRS OTS CHRRIS 33 STP BLLT SLS WLTZ SWY 34 DSTROY RZ DMOLISH SPOIL INTRRUPT 35 DOCTOR TCHR LWYR PORTR PILOT 36 P HID TN TN K
Page13 37 LY T LOW DY ND 38 BUN DIN LT DY FW 39 R CON TOP LOW CT 40 LY ROT PIT OUT RC 41 TH BOY DIVD OVR TH WLL WITHOUT THINKING 42 RLIS TOM BOMBS R I RLIS R DNGROUS Christine McLaughlin 2011 all rights reserved no photocopying www.bettertuition.co.uk
Page14 43 RWRD FOR CTCHING TH DNGROUS CB CB DRIVR 44 TH GIRL HLPD HR FRIND WHN SH LOST HR DOLL 45 W WILL B OPN T QURTR TO TO TN 46 HOPFUL DPRSSING MBIGUOUS OPTIMISTIC DIFFRNT 47 MNY SVRL CROWDD CONGSTD SURFIT FW 48 BOOK NCYCLOPDI LTTR TOM DICTIONRY NVLOP Christine McLaughlin 2011 all rights reserved no photocopying www.bettertuition.co.uk
Page15 49 LISTN THINK BLIV HR UNDRSTND PONDR 50 DOR DTST NJOY LOTH LIK FUN 51 0 5 10 15 20 52 41 52 54 102 150 53 44 38 36 23 18 54 12 14 16 18 20 Christine McLaughlin 2011 all rights reserved no photocopying www.bettertuition.co.uk
Page16 55 34 40 44 50 62 Test score /55: Christine McLaughlin 2011 all rights reserved no photocopying www.bettertuition.co.uk
Page17 Better Tuition Verbal Reasoning s Thank you for using our free Verbal Reasoning download. If you found the paper useful, please visit and like our Facebook page. You can also follow us on Twitter. 1. e 2. r 3. s 4. w 5. p 6. i 7. r 8. then, over 9. silk, sew 10. slippers, pyjamas 11. train, plane 12. man, land 13. 14. D 15. 16. D 17. cut, stir 18. cow, bee 19. unconcerned, dismayed 20. hammer, brush 21. 22. eyelid 23. railway 24. handshake 25. bluebottle 26. sandbox 27. WX 28. SR 29. G 30. D 31. umbrella, boots 32. pears, cherries 33. step, sway 34. spoil, interrupt 35. porter, pilot 36. HID 37. ND 38. LT 39. CON 40. PIT 41. dove 42. seam 43. scab 44. herd OR hens 45. tote 46. hopeful, optimistic 47. crowded, congested 48. book, tome 49. think, ponder 50. detest, loathe Christine McLaughlin 2011 all rights reserved no photocopying www.bettertuition.co.uk