Verbal Reasoning 11+
Practice Test
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• Do not begin the test or open the booklet until told to do so.
• Work as quickly and as carefully as you can.
• Each question will tell you whether to write an answer or to underline an answer from a
given set of options.
• You may do rough working on a separate sheet of paper.
• If you make a mistake cross or rub it out and write the new answer clearly.
• 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)
Total
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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)
Total
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