Verbal Reasoning 11+

Practice Test
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• You will have 50 minutes to complete the test.

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 Practice Test
85 Questions:
50 Minutes

Verbal Reasoning 11+

Underline the two words, one from each group, which are closest in meaning. 6

Example 
(race, shop, start) (finish, begin, end)
1 (funny, happy, silly) (clown, foolish, sad)
2 (reception, enquiry, equip) (appoint, apparatus, investigation)
3 (trunk, oak, branch) (acorn, tree, chest)
4 (rain, damp, water) (moist, drop, dew)
5 (bowl, cricket, ball) (sport, bat, basin)
6 (wave, signal, sea) (shore, curl, length)
Underline the two words which are the odd ones out in the following groups of words. 5

Example 
black king purple green house
7 court tennis baseball net rounders
8 shout bawl murmur bellow sigh
9 plaice caviar halibut fish herring
10 marble granite cement gravel limestone
11 caring kind tidy clever thoughtful
Underline the two words, one from each group, which are the most opposite in 5
meaning.
Example 
(dawn, early, wake) (late, stop, sunrise)
12 (lead, heavy, weight) (kilogram, scales, light)
13 (match, light, game) (box, contrast, competition)
14 (clever, sharp, blade) (acid, blunt, knife)
15 (doubt, turmoil, random) (disarray, order, confusion)
16 (creamy, flat, smooth) (level, rough, stony)

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 Underline the one word in the brackets which will go equally well with both the pairs of 6
words outside the brackets.
Example 
rush, attack cost, fee (price, hasten, strike, charge, money)
17 drop, cry rip, split (sad, separate, tear, fall, gash)
18 orchestra, baton actions, manners (music, behaviour, score, notes, conduct)
19 copy, reproduce version, type (photograph, write, model, card, letter)
20 sign, prompt bat, racquet (cue, ball, stage, table, note)
21 leap, hurdle fastened, strapped (jump, tighten, bound, close, barrier)
22 retire, withdraw shelter, haven (post, reverse, protection, retreat, harbour)
Find the three-letter word which can be added to the letters in capitals to make a new 6
word. The new word will complete the sentence sensibly.
Example 
The cat sprang onto the MO. USE
23 She kicked her heels and GOPED away.
24 Their HOAY location was ideal.
25 Sean has chosen dentistry as his future OCATION.
26 Her voice was RIED away by the wind.
27 She wanted the meat SLD thinly.
28 The HOSAL was near the station.
Find the letter which will complete both pairs of words, ending the first word and 5
starting the second. The same letter must be used for both pairs of words.
Example 
mea ( t ) able. fi ( t ) ub
29 mal ( ) ens har ( )  wig
30 pai ( )  ice fai ( )  imp
31 sen ( )  one rai ( )  are
32 live ( )  age rea ( )  ow
33 vet ( )  ats tang ( )  pen
Underline two words, one from each group, that go together to form a new word. The 6
word in the first group always comes first.
Example hand, green, for) (light, house, sure)
34 (time, mess, carry) (age, zone, fall)
35 (net, full, for) (fill, sent, tune)
36 (cat, car, pen) (mat, sill, pet)
37 (view, stood, pen) (sill, point, still)
38 (hammer, finger, hit) (tool, hard, nail)
39 (alter, opera, mode) (ate, rite, native)
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 Find the four-letter word hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next 6
word. The order of the letters may not be changed.
Example 
The children had bats and balls. SAND
40 They were soon lying in the sunshine.
41 He opened a window near his desk.
42 He left the camel tied to a post.
43 Grandpa and Grandma left on Monday.
44 John and Jay had fun, they especially enjoyed the ice cream!
45 He wanted to play the game alone.
Move one letter from the first word and add it to the second word to make two new 6
words.
Example 
hunt sip hut snip
46 coast got
47 through same
48 black gave
49 title plane
50 tramp lips
51 board finer
Look at the first group of three words. The word in the middle has been made from the 6
other two words. Complete the second group of three words in the same way, making
a new word in the middle.
Example 
PAIN INTO TOOK ALSO SOON ONLY
52 MALE LOAD FOOD MILK BARN
53 TOTAL TITLE FIELD STAMP SHEEP
54 WIND GOWN SONG SHOP PLEA
55 TIMID AIMED CREAM CROWN MOOSE
56 TIME HINT THEN DOOR SCAR
57 KNEES STEER TREES FINDS TRAIN

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 Fill in the missing letters. The alphabet has been written out to help you. 5

  A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Example 
AB is to CD as PQ is to RS
58 JQ is to GN as MS is to
59 UW is to XT as MO is to
60 JF is to GC as EA is to
61 DS is to WH as BR is to
62 MP is to SV as YB is to
Complete the following sentences in the best way by choosing one word from each 5
set of brackets.
Example 
Tall is to (tree, short, colour) as narrow is to (thin, white, wide).
63 Money is to (coins, bank, shopping) as tea is to (sandwich, cup, caddy).
64 Sausage is to (party, roll, cocktail) as jam is to (jar, fruit, tart).
65 Lava is to (lamp, caterpillar, volcano) as coal is to (fuel, mine, fire).
66 Geology is to (countries, mountains, rocks) as cardiology is to (exercise, hearts,
medicine).
67 Trout is to (fisherman, water, net) as mole is to (hole, ground, gardener).
Give the two missing numbers in the following sequences. 3

Example 
2  4  6  8  10  12
68 1 3 15 31 127
69 62 67 70 68 73
70 1 2 5 7 8
Look at the pattern between the numbers in the first two triplets, then apply the same 3
rule to complete the third triplet.
Example 
4 [5] 20   7 [6] 42   5 [9] 45
71 56 [8] 7 35 [7] 5 72 [8] ___
72 33 [27] 6 69 [65] 4 ___ [19] 13
73 41 [52] 11 29 [46] 17 53 [___] 17
These number codes represent the words given but you are not told which code 1
matches which word.
74 Find and underline the code for TOES.
4215 4267 7326 6734
STOP PEST PEAR TOES

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 75 Find and underline the code for JADE. 1

1436 5367 3231 2354

REAM AJAR DAMP JADE
76 Find and underline the code for BEAM. 1

1725 5423 6235 1234

CRAB LAMB CAME BEAM
77 Match the codes and words below to work out the code for CART. 1

23675 25341 45728 65327

TRACE WRECK CATER CRAWL
78 The boat is sailing east of the marina. 1

The marina is south of the cinema.

The school is west of the marina.
The sports centre is south of the school.
In which direction is the sports centre from the boat?
79 Read the first two statements and then underline one of the four options below 4
that must be true.
‘Koalas only eat eucalyptus leaves. Eucalyptus trees grow in Australia. ’
Eucalyptus leaves are inedible.
All trees in Australia are eucalyptus trees.
Koalas live in trees.
Koalas live in Australia.
Give the answer to each of these calculations as a letter. 3

Example 
If A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, D = 4 and E = 5:
 B + D − E = A
If A = 2, B = 3, C = 5, D = 6, E = 7 and F = 10
80 (B × E) − (C + D) =
81 (A × F) − (B × C) =
82 (E − B) + D ÷ A =
If A = 10, B = 8, C = 15, D = 25 and E = 5: 3

(C + D)
83 ​ ________   ​ 
  − E =
(A − B)
(A × E)
84 ​ _______
 ​   + B =
D
Using the given values above, find the sum of this word.
85 DABBED
Total

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