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Mock Exam 1: Verbal Reasoning

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💬 Verbal Reasoning — 50 questions

Question 1Hidden word

Find the four-letter word hidden across the end of one word and the start of the next.
The cat jumped over the gate.

Question 2Hidden word

Find the four-letter word hidden across the end of one word and the start of the next.
The ship sailed into the harbour.

Question 3Hidden word

Find the four-letter word hidden across the end of one word and the start of the next.
The brave knight rode away.

Question 4Hidden word

Find the four-letter word hidden across the end of one word and the start of the next.
He kept a spare key in his shoe.

Question 5Closest meaning

Choose the word that has the closest meaning to the word in capitals.
ABUNDANT

Question 6Closest meaning

Choose the word that has the closest meaning to the word in capitals.
HESITATE

Question 7Closest meaning

Choose the word that has the closest meaning to the word in capitals.
RADIANT

Question 8Closest meaning

Choose the word that has the closest meaning to the word in capitals.
CONCEAL

Question 9Opposite meaning

Choose the word that has the opposite meaning to the word in capitals.
COMPLEX

Question 10Opposite meaning

Choose the word that has the opposite meaning to the word in capitals.
EXPAND

Question 11Opposite meaning

Choose the word that has the opposite meaning to the word in capitals.
VICTORY

Question 12Odd one out

Four of these words go together. Which word does not belong?
sparrow robin salmon thrush finch

Question 13Odd one out

Four of these words go together. Which word does not belong?
square kilometre litre gram second

Question 14Odd one out

Four of these words go together. Which word does not belong?
violin cello drum harp viola

Question 15Complete the word

Choose the one letter that finishes the first word and starts the second word.
boo ( ? ) nee

Question 16Complete the word

Choose the one letter that finishes the first word and starts the second word.
pas ( ? ) hirt

Question 17Complete the word

Choose the one letter that finishes the first word and starts the second word.
sea ( ? ) ouch

Question 18Multiple meanings

Which one word has both of these meanings?
an animal that flies at night / a club used to hit a ball

Question 19Multiple meanings

Which one word has both of these meanings?
the edge of a river / a place that looks after money

Question 20Multiple meanings

Which one word has both of these meanings?
to move quickly on your legs / to manage a business

Question 21Anagram

Rearrange the letters in capitals to make a word that completes the sentence.
The farmer put his sheep in the DLIEF.

Question 22Anagram

Rearrange the letters in capitals to make a word that completes the sentence.
We walked along the sandy HCEBA.

Question 23Anagram

Rearrange the letters in capitals to make a word that completes the sentence.
She drank a glass of cold RTWAE.

Question 24Compound words

Which one word can go after all three words to make new words?
sun ( ? ) moon ( ? ) day ( ? )

Question 25Compound words

Which one word can go in front of all three words to make new words?
( ? ) ball ( ? ) print ( ? ) step

Question 26Compound words

Which one word can go after all three words to make new words?
green ( ? ) light ( ? ) farm ( ? )

Question 27Word codes

In a code, HOLE is written as JQNG. What is the code for GOLD?

Question 28Word codes

In a code, JUMP is written as NYQT. What is the code for HAIL?

Question 29Word codes

In a code, PLAN is written as MIXK. What is the code for MIST?

Question 30Word codes

In a code, CLAY is written as XOZB. What is the code for BIRD?

Question 31Number series

What is the next number in the series?
8, 14, 20, 26, 32, ?

Question 32Number series

What is the next number in the series?
2, 4, 10, 12, 18, ?

Question 33Number series

What is the next number in the series?
1, 4, 8, 13, 19, ?

Question 34Number series

Two number patterns are mixed together. What is the next number?
4, 37, 6, 35, 8, ?

Question 35Letter series

What is the next letter in the series?
B D F H ?

Question 36Letter series

What is the next letter in the series?
S Q N J ?

Question 37Letter series

What is the next letter in the series?
C Z D Y E X ?

Question 38Number codes

The letters of the alphabet are given values: A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 and so on up to Z = 26. What is the total value of the letters in the word HEN?

Question 39Number codes

The letters of the alphabet are given values: A = 1, B = 2, C = 3 and so on. Which of these words has a total value of 24?

Question 40Alphabet

Which letter is 7 places after C in the alphabet?

Question 41Alphabet

Which letter is exactly halfway between E and O in the alphabet?

Question 42Alphabet

Move 3 places forward from L, then 3 places back. Which letter do you reach?

Question 43Complete the sum

Find the missing number.
4 + ? = 3 × 4

Question 44Complete the sum

Find the missing number.
30 ÷ 6 = 17 − ?

Question 45Complete the sum

Find the missing number.
? × 5 = 20 + 75

Question 46Complete the sum

Find the missing number.
3 × 5 = 34 − ?

Question 47Logic

Ben is taller than Gus. Gus is taller than Ella. Hana is shorter than Ella. Who is the second tallest?

Question 48Logic

In a queue, Finn is 5th from the front and 4th from the back. How many people are in the queue?

Question 49Logic

Today is Tuesday. What day was it 6 days before the day that is 2 days after today?

Question 50Logic

Ella has 4 boxes of stickers with 4 stickers in each box. Hana has 7 fewer stickers than Ella. How many stickers do they have altogether?

Answers and explanations

A. dove. Run the letters together: jumpedover. The letters d-o-v-e are at the end of “jumped” and the start of “over”: dove. The other choices are not words.
E. hips. Run the letters together: shipsailed. The letters h-i-p-s are at the end of “ship” and the start of “sailed”: hips.
E. trod. Run the letters together: knightrode. The letters t-r-o-d are at the end of “knight” and the start of “rode”: trod.
D. hiss. Run the letters together: inhisshoe. The letters h-i-s-s are at the end of “his” and the start of “shoe”: hiss.
C. plentiful. Abundant means there is a large amount of something. Plentiful means the same. Scarce and rare mean the opposite.
C. pause. To hesitate is to stop for a moment before doing something, so the closest word is pause.
A. shining. Radiant means giving out bright light or looking very happy and glowing. Shining has the same meaning.
D. hide. To conceal something is to hide it. Reveal means the opposite.
D. simple. Complex means made up of many parts and hard to understand. Simple means easy to understand. Tricky and puzzling are close in meaning to complex, not opposite.
B. shrink. To expand is to become bigger. To shrink is to become smaller.
D. defeat. Victory means winning. Defeat means losing. Triumph is a synonym of victory, so it is not the opposite.
A. salmon. Sparrow, robin, thrush and finch are all birds. A salmon is a fish.
B. square. Kilometre, litre, gram and second are all units we measure with. A square is a shape.
D. drum. Violin, cello, harp and viola all make their sound with strings. A drum is a percussion instrument that is struck.
E. k. With k we get “book” and “knee”. No other letter makes two real words.
A. s. With s we get “pass” and “shirt”. No other letter makes two real words.
E. t. With t we get “seat” and “touch”. No other letter makes two real words.
B. bat. A bat is a flying mammal and is also the club used in cricket or baseball.
B. bank. A bank is the land beside a river and is also an organisation that looks after money.
D. run. To run is to move quickly on foot and also to be in charge of a business. The other words only have one of the meanings.
C. field. The letters D-L-I-E-F rearrange to F-I-E-L-D. The other words also fit the sentence, but they cannot be made from those letters.
C. beach. The letters H-C-E-B-A rearrange to B-E-A-C-H. The other words fit the meaning but use different letters.
C. water. The letters R-T-W-A-E rearrange to W-A-T-E-R. The other drinks cannot be made from those letters.
B. light. Sunlight, moonlight and daylight are all words. The other choices do not work with all three: daytime fits only one, and “dayrise” is not a word.
D. foot. Football, footprint and footstep are all words. Handstep, snowprint and baseprint are not.
B. house. Greenhouse, lighthouse and farmhouse are all words. “Lightland” and “greenyard” are not.
E. IQNF. Each letter moves 2 places forward in the alphabet. HOLE becomes JQNG, so GOLD becomes IQNF.
A. LEMP. Each letter moves 4 places forward in the alphabet. JUMP becomes NYQT, so HAIL becomes LEMP.
C. JFPQ. Each letter moves 3 places back in the alphabet. PLAN becomes MIXK, so MIST becomes JFPQ.
A. YRIW. Each letter is swapped for its mirror in the alphabet (A and Z swap, B and Y swap, and so on). CLAY becomes XOZB, so BIRD becomes YRIW.
D. 38. The numbers go up by 6 each time, so 32 + 6 = 38.
C. 20. The rule alternates: add 2, then add 6. After 18 (which came from adding 6) we add 2: 18 + 2 = 20.
B. 26. The gaps get bigger by 1 each time: +3, +4, +5, +6. The next gap is +7, so 19 + 7 = 26.
A. 33. Take every other number. The 1st, 3rd and 5th numbers (4, 6, 8) go up by 2. The 2nd and 4th numbers (37, 35) go down by 2, so the next one is 35 − 2 = 33.
C. J. The letters go 2 places forward each time, so after H comes J.
A. E. The letters move back by 2, then 3, then 4 places. The next move is 5 places back: J goes to E.
E. F. Two patterns are mixed. One starts at C and moves forward one letter each time (C, D, E). The other starts at Z and moves back one letter each time. The next letter belongs to the first pattern: F.
A. 27. H = 8, E = 5, N = 14. The total is 8 + 5 + 14 = 27.
B. JAM. JAM: 10 + 1 + 13 = 24. The other words add up to 26, 29, 39, 6, which are different.
D. J. Count 7 letters on from C: it is J.
D. J. E is letter 5 and O is letter 15. Halfway between 5 and 15 is 10, which is J.
E. L. L forward 3 is O. Then back 3 is L.
A. 8. 3 × 4 = 12. Then 4 + ? = 12, so ? = 12 − 4 = 8.
B. 12. 30 ÷ 6 = 5. Then 17 − ? = 5, so ? = 17 − 5 = 12.
E. 19. 20 + 75 = 95. We need ? × 5 = 95, so ? = 19.
E. 19. 3 × 5 = 15. Then 34 − ? = 15, so ? = 34 − 15 = 19.
C. Gus. Order them from tallest to shortest: Ben, Gus, Ella, Hana. The second tallest is Gus. (Finn is not in the clues.)
E. 8. 4 people are in front of Finn and 3 are behind. Add Finn too: 4 + 3 + 1 = 8.
B. Friday. 2 days after Tuesday is Thursday. Going back 6 days from there lands on Friday.
C. 25. Ella has 4 × 4 = 16. Hana has 16 − 7 = 9. Together they have 16 + 9 = 25.

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