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Level Playing Field Publications Practice Papers Part of 11PlusMinus40 (Forty-Week Complete Revision Set) Verbal Reasoning C1 Standard Version Please fill in the following particulars Date: ------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ------------------------------------------------------------ Date of Birth: --------------------------------------------------- School: ----------------------------------------------------------- Please read the following carefully You are allowed 45 minutes to answer 90 questions. Work carefully, but as quickly as you can. Write or mark your answers clearly as instructed. If you make a mistake cross out your answer and write the new one next to it. If you do not know the answer circle the question number and go on to the next question. If you still have time when you come to the end of the test, go back and check your answers and try and complete unanswered questions. Copyright © LPF Publications, 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of LPF Publications. LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, work out the missing number(s) to complete the series. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, ( 23 ) 1. 99, 66, 77, 88, 55, 110, ( ) 2. 17, 7, 15, 11, 13, 15, ( ) 3. 4, 16, 36, 64, ( ) 4. 2, -4, 8, -16, 32, -64 ( ) 5. 9, 11, 15, 23, 39, ( ) 6. 62, 31, 30, 15, 14, 7, ( ) 7. 1, 5, 20, 60, 120, ( ) For each question below, choose one word from each of the two sections to form a correctly spelt compound word. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: (ash, cam, ape) (tree, club, era) camera 8. (air, big, bang) (tail, bag, vision) ( ) 9. (lion, up, war (roar, drop, loud) ( ) 10. (inter, miss, gate) (rest, way, take) ( ) 11. (four, for, halve) (get, arm, tone) ( ) 12. (white, wood, bar) (cat, row, chalk) ( ) 13. (son, soft, up) (served, set, are) ( ) 14. (cater, fin, kind) (red, garden, nest) ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C1 2 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below same letter fits into the two blank brackets to complete the first word and start the second word for both group of words. Find this letter for each question and write it in both brackets provided. Example: FOR ( E ) DIT PAL ( E ) JECT 15. ANO ( ) VAIL CALL ( ) NTI 16. CHAR ( ) OODY FOR ( ) OP 17. GAI ( ) ONE HOR ( ) EWT 18. WEI ( ) ENT TOWE ( ) ALLY 19. ALL ( ) OKE RUB ( ) IELD 20. CU ( ) AR FLA ( ) OOR 21. COS ( ) OUR POS ( ) ALT For each question below, find the two words that should change places to form a correct sentence. Underline these two words. Example: I must ink the replace cartridge. 22. You can have ten for this cents. 23. Most fossil is still generated by burning electricity fuels. 24. The earliest years evolved 130,000 humans ago. 25. The dog be the first animal to was domesticated. 26. Ancient Egypt was by surrounded deserts. 27. The builders were superb Romans. 28. Her quarter had stopped at watch past seven. Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C1 3 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  In each sentence below a four-letter word is hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next word. Find the two consecutive words that contain the correctly spelled four-letter word and write this four letter-word in the brackets provided. Example: It was a glorious winter morning. ( term ) 29. Did you see those mountains as we came along? ( ) 30. “I am going to explore in the basement,” said Peter. ( ) 31. Go five steps up the staircase and stop. ( ) 32. She knew that things would turn out fine. ( ) 33. She had checked all the floors often enough to know better. ( ) 34. They put only three flowers in the bouquet. ( ) For each question below, the word in the middle of the first group of words is created in a certain way using the letters of the other two words in the same group. Using the same relationship, work out the missing word in the second group. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: CURD [CODE] BONE BAIL [BOLD] CORD 35. FLAP [GLAD] DONG SONG [ ] EPIC 36. NAME [LAWN] WILL TEAM [ ] SIZE 37. REST [READ] DAMP QUIT [ ] YARN 38. MOTH [TRAM] GEAR SLOT [ ] COUP 39. BRAG [BLUR] FULL MESH [ ] IRIS 40. PART [TROT] LOFT LEAD [ ] FRAY Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C1 4 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, there are two words that are different from the rest. Find these two words and underline them. Example: (price, purchase, cost, charge, buy). 41. (bear, grizzly, carry, endure, tolerate) 42. (bed, duvet, blanket, sleep, sheet) 43. (concert, cinema, actor, theatre, music) 44. (food, bread, eat, cheese, ham) 45. (chair, wardrobe, table, stool, sofa) 46. (slippers, boots, feet, walk, shoes) In each question below, re-arrange the letters of the word in capitals in the correct order, so that the sentence makes sense. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: The top of the AIMTNOUN was covered with ice. MOUNTAIN 47. She has never been so REMADEBRASS in her life. ( ) 48. What started as a tame MEGATURN was turning into a brawl. ( ) 49. Can you please sort these names in an SINGDANCE order. ( ) 50. You can’t login without your WASPRODS. ( ) 51. We need to have a serious ISUNISCODS about this. ( ) 52. The DRBRIDEWAG of the castle was slowly being lowered. ( ) 53. There were so many TENTRIMSUNS in the cockpit. ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C1 5 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, three consecutive letters have been removed from the word in capitals. These missing three-letters form a correctly spelt word without changing the order of the letters. Find the three-letter words and write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: He has the ABIY to achieve greatness. (LIT) 54. She took few BACKD steps and stopped. ( ) 55. Using her scarf, she BAGED the wound. ( ) 56. Betty thought the MULLE choice test was easy. ( ) 57. PROADE is a paved walkway along a seafront. ( ) 58. They managed to RECILE their differences. ( ) 59. The SMENT of goods finally arrived. ( ) 60. Stephen BUDTED for a new car. ( ) For each question below, find one word from each group that are similar in meaning. Underline these two words. Example: (sports, game, contest) (rugby, competition, poker) 61. (blender, lapsed, untrue) (expired, mistake, lied) 62. (fuzzy, sharp, dirty) (knife, unclear, sparkling) 63. (recollect, store, rest) (memory, remainder, buy) 64. (cut, doctor, surge) (gush, operate, patient) 65. (trauma, electricity, tremor) (storm, shock, socket) 66. (waves, wield, goods) (brandish, produced, greeting) 67. (spider, economy, network) (money, efficient, web) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C1 6 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager 68. On a 150 km stretch of the motorway from Calais to Paris Susan counted 9 service stations and 16 public conveniences places, while her brother Stuart noticed 116 bridges and 42 overhead pedestrian crossings. They also counted 19 exit points on the same stretch of the motorway. Look at the statements above and decide which one of the statements below is true. Write the letter in front of the correct answer in the brackets provided. A On average there were 2 service stations for every 10 km. B There were more exit points than public convenience places. C Susan missed some of the service stations. D It is 150 km from Calais to Paris. E They stopped at 9 service stations. ( ) For each question below, there is a common relationship between the three numbers in each of the three sets. Work out this relationship using the first 2 sets of numbers and calculate the missing number in the third set. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: 19 ( 10 ) 9 28 ( 17 ) 11 36 ( 19 ) 17 69. 11 (43) 32 16 (51) 35 23 ( ) 44 70. 18 (6) 3 44 (11) 4 84 ( ) 7 71. 44 (29) 14 27 (16) 10 16 ( ) 6 72. 11 (19) 4 7 (25) 9 8 ( ) 11 73. 89 (37) 50 45 (17) 26 34 ( ) 19 74. 144 (12) 12 81 (9) 9 36 ( ) 6 75. 32 (14) 14 46 (21) 21 68 ( ) 32 76. Sheila used watercolours to paint a landscape drawing. She used green and brown for the trees in the garden and painted the sky blue, grey and pink. The house on the bottom left corner had pink roof, brown beams of timber and grey windows. The mountains at the back showed a mixture of green, brown, grey and pink and the road in front of the house was coloured in grey and green. Which colour did Sheila use most? Write your answer in the brackets provided. ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C1 7 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, find the word that should be positioned in the middle when the words are re-arranged in the order of size or sequence. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: (year, decade, millennium, century, leap year) ( decade ) 77. (pint, gallon, teaspoon, barrel, litre) ( ) 78. (present, recent, past, future, ancient) ( ) 79. (good, excellent, outstanding, average, fair) ( ) 80. (late, prompt, early, last, first) ( ) 81. (robin, eagle, albatross, ostrich, pigeon) ( ) 82. (universe, star, planet, galaxy, moon) ( ) 83. (february, december, august, september, june) ( ) 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 In the first line of each question below, there is a word and a code representing that word. Using the same relationship work out the missing word or code in the second line. You can use the alphabet above to answer the questions. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: If code for MORE is OPUG, what is the code for LESS? ( NFVU ) 84. If code for PRISM is RUMXS, ( ) What is the code for ZEBRA? 85. If code for OCCUR is QZERT, ( ) What is the code for OFFER? 86. If HLMFB means MONEY, ( ) What does NQZOG mean? 87. If code for MOCK is ORGP, ( ) What does VUMR mean? 88. If code for SPAN is QNYL, ( ) What does MYRF mean? 89. If JLWA means LOAF, ( ) What is the code for CURD? 90. If SSHN means ROAD, ( ) What is the code for SUCH? End of test Verbal Reasoning C1 8 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  Level Playing Field Publications Practice Papers Part of 11PlusMinus40 (Forty-Week Complete Revision Set) Verbal Reasoning C2 Standard Version Please fill in the following particulars Date: ------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ------------------------------------------------------------ Date of Birth: --------------------------------------------------- School: ----------------------------------------------------------- Please read the following carefully You are allowed 45 minutes to answer 90 questions. Work carefully, but as quickly as you can. Write or mark your answers clearly as instructed. If you make a mistake cross out your answer and write the new one next to it. If you do not know the answer circle the question number and go on to the next question. If you still have time when you come to the end of the test, go back and check your answers and try and complete unanswered questions. Copyright © LPF Publications, 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of LPF Publications. LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, find one word from each group that are opposite in meaning. Underline these two words. Example: (add, extra, total) (plus, subtract, sum) 1. (benign, friend, colleague) (unhappy, unkindly, uneasy) 2. (barrel, barren, useless) (utilise, fertile, futile) 3. (coherent , mute, clean) (muzzled, muddled, dirt) 4. (impolite, king, gallant) (majestic, rude, queen) 5. (fiction, gravity, conflict) (realism, friction, fact) 6. (kind, harsh, mild) (mature, mercy, lenient) 7. (dry, damp, parched) (wet, moisture, soak) In each question below one of the words from each set of brackets will complete the sentence most meaningfully. Underline these two words. Example: Bed is to (flower, sleep, duvet) as desk is to (study, water, table). 8. Clothes is to (dress, fabric, wear) as shoes is to (leather, feet, walking). 9. Pot is to (flower, belly, oil) as vessel is to (liquid, holding, ship). 10. Spade is to (shovel, cards, king) as pick is to (tooth, lift, dig). 11. Ruler is to (king, length, measure) as protractor is to (harvest, circle, angle). 12. Full is to (empty, eaten, food) as open is to (tin, shut, exposed). 13. Fly is to (bird, wings, swarm) as bear is to (endure, sloth, cub). 14. Telephone is to (call, answer, hear) as e-mail is to (saw, sending, reply). Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C2 2 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below same letter fits into the two blank brackets to complete the first word and start the second word for both group of words. Find this letter for each question and write it in both brackets provided. Example: FOR ( E ) DIT PAL ( E ) JECT 15. THIR ( ) IME SEE ( ) OWN 16. RANC ( ) ARD DOS ( ) AND 17. CRE ( ) IT SKE ( ) AX 18. SA ( ) LANT REA ( ) OT 19. COU ( ) INT STRA ( ) OET 20. APPA ( ) ENT STOO ( ) AIR 21. NOV ( ) LERT PUM ( ) RSON The number codes below represent three of the four words listed, but not necessarily in the same order. 6487 2458 8573 TURF RUNG SOUR TORN Write your answers for the questions below in the brackets provided. 22. What is the number code for RUST ( ) 23. What is the number code for SONG ( ) 24. What is the number code for TOUR ( ) 25. What word represents the number code 3473 ( ) 26. What word represents the number code 268473 ( ) 27. What word represents the number code 3526 ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C2 3 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  In each sentence below a four-letter word is hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next word. Find the two consecutive words that contain the correctly spelled four-letter word and write this four-letter word in the brackets provided. Example: It was a glorious winter morning. ( term ) 28. Colin’s mother asked him to put out the candles. ( ) 29. “Why don’t you stay with me for a while?" said grandma. ( ) 30. Paul had mash and peas with the chicken. ( ) 31. Loyal android efficiently assembled the hammock. ( ) 32. Lisa finished typing the letters within the deadline. ( ) 33. She loved hearing the panda tales. ( ) 34. There are 7 tectonic plates covering our planet. ( ) For each question below, the word in the middle of the first group of words is created in a certain way using the letters of the other two words in the same group. Using the same relationship, work out the missing word in the second group. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: CURD [CODE] BONE BAIL [BOLD] CORD 35. BOMB [BONE] NAME CURB [ ] CASK 36. SAFE [FEND] DAWN PICA [ ] THIS 37. SORE [SLOW] FOWL VISA [ ] DINE 38. LION [CLIP] PACE LASH [ ] BEST 39. LAIR [LEAK] KITE SIZE [ ] MURK 40. FREE [NEAR] GNAW NEWS [ ] FILM 41. ROWS [WARD] FADE IDLE [ ] GONG Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C2 4 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, there are two words that are different from the rest. Find these two words and underline them. Example: (price, purchase, cost, charge, buy). 42. (gallon, pint, ton, quart, litre) 43. (second, watt, minute, hour, metre) 44. (coarse, texture, vulgar, rough, refined) 45. (clear, explicit, glass, ordinary, plain) 46. (wages, merit, deserve, money, earn) 47. (end, stumble, downfall, conclusion, demise) 48. (brisk, hurry, anxious, swift, rapid) For each question below, work out the missing number(s) to complete the series. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, ( 23 ) 49. 9, 21, 12, 19, 15, 17, ( ) 50. 9, 12, 16, 21, ( ) 51. 11, 11, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, ( ) 52. 16, 16, 36, 19, 64, 22, 100, ( ) 53. 47, 38, 29, 20, ( ) 54. 18, 4, 15, 16, 12, 64, ( ) 55. 2, 9, 6, 14, 10, 19, 14, ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C2 5 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  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 In the first line of each question below, there is a word and a code representing that word. Using the same relationship work out the missing word or code in the second line. You can use the alphabet above to answer the questions. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: If code for MORE is OPUG, what is the code for LESS? ( NFVU ) 56. If code for QUESTION is RXFVULPQ, ( ) What is the code for EXAMPLES? 57. If code for STUB is QQQW, ( ) What is the code for SURF? 58. If code for OMEN is SRKU, ( ) What does WPOU mean? 59. If IBYM means MEAN, ( ) What does BLPJ mean? 60. If LGVV means KERN, ( ) What does HCMV mean? 61. If NEKF means SAND, ( ) What is the code for HATE? For each question below, three consecutive letters have been removed from the word in capitals. These missing three letters form a correctly spelt word without changing the order of the letters. Find the three-letter words and write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: He has the ABIY to achieve greatness. (LIT) 62. The lift stopped at the BASET. ( ) 63. The gold was SGLED illegally into the country. ( ) 64. His picture was in the news BULIN. ( ) 65. The flag displayed STES of blue and white. ( ) 66. He was a bit of a TEAAY in his youth. ( ) 67. She saw a beautiful hat in the local BIQUE. ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C2 6 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  Prime number is any number that can only be divided by itself or by 1. Lowest prime numbers is 2. 17, 23 and 47 are all prime numbers. There is no higher limit to prime numbers. Look at the statements above and decide which one of the statements below is true. Write the letter in front of the correct answer in the brackets provided. A 99 is a prime number. B No prime number above 29 can be divided by 37. C 1 is not a prime number. D Prime numbers can not be multiplied by 3. E An even number can also be a prime number. ( ) For each question below, by moving one letter from the first word to the second word you can make two new words without re-arranging the rest of the letters in the two words. Find this letter and write the newly formed words in the brackets provided. Example: Climb LOUD ( LIMB ) ( CLOUD ) 69. BREED CUE ( )( ) 70. FIEND HOST ( )( ) 71. SCARP SEAR ( )( ) 72. FLAME SCAR ( )( ) 73. STABLE GARAGE ( )( ) 74. EASTER HEAR ( )( ) 75. THROW GAS ( )( ) 76. Malcolm had a birthday party where the quests were asked to bring their own choice of drinks. Malcolm’s mum provided orange juice, cola, squash and lemonade. Melanie and Rob brought squash and lemonade respectively. Arthur came with orange juice. Leila, Simon and Hadji contributed with cola, lemonade and squash respectively, while Marcus brought milk shake. Teresa forgot to bring any, but Colin had squash with him. What was the most favourite drink? Write your answer in the brackets provided. ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C2 7 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, find a word that would match the meaning of two given sets of words. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: (zone, region) (field, sphere) ( area ) 77. (gash, slash) (reduce, lessen) ( ) 78. (shatter, ruin) (rush, run) ( ) 79. (cope, handle) (contract, agreement) ( ) 80. (beloved, precious) (expensive, costly) ( ) 81. (reject, refuse) (slump, worsen) ( ) 82. (press, push) (sadden, dispirit) ( ) 83. (straight, short) (command, instruct) ( ) In each question below, re-arrange the letters of the word in capitals in the correct order, so that the sentence makes sense. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: The top of the AIMTNOUN was covered with ice. ( MOUNTAIN ) 84. Something very MYSISTEROU was going on in the castle. ( ) 85. How do you calculate the FENCECRUMRICE of a circle? ( ) 86. He was making a CELIONTCOL for the charity. ( ) 87. She could see her FRELNOTICE in the water. ( ) 88. Swan Lake was one of Tchaikovsky’s ESTEAMPRICES. ( ) 89. The MORESTEEPED was showing 85 miles per hour. ( ) 90. The DENTISTREPUNEN was overseeing the operation. ( ) End of test Verbal Reasoning C2 8 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  Level Playing Field Publications Practice Papers Part of 11PlusMinus40 (Forty-Week Complete Revision Set) Verbal Reasoning C3 Standard Version Please fill in the following particulars Date: ------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ------------------------------------------------------------ Date of Birth: --------------------------------------------------- School: ----------------------------------------------------------- Please read the following carefully You are allowed 45 minutes to answer 90 questions. Work carefully, but as quickly as you can. Write or mark your answers clearly as instructed. If you make a mistake cross out your answer and write the new one next to it. If you do not know the answer circle the question number and go on to the next question. If you still have time when you come to the end of the test, go back and check your answers and try and complete unanswered questions. Copyright © LPF Publications, 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of LPF Publications. LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  In each sentence below a four-letter word is hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next word. Find the two consecutive words that contain the correctly spelled four-letter word and write this four-letter word in the brackets provided. Example: It was a glorious winter morning. ( term ) 1. A logbook is used to record all the incidents. ( ) 2. Janet thanked him for the flowers. ( ) 3. He had fallen from grace soon after the show. ( ) 4. They were the least successful of all participants. ( ) 5. They searched both areas with a fine toothcomb. ( ) 6. They made another attempt to get to the top. ( ) 7. The giant flame annihilated the pests. ( ) For each question below, there are two words that are different from the rest. Find these two words and underline them. Example: (price, purchase, cost, charge, buy) 8. (planet, meteor, star, moon, comet) 9. (helium, hydrogen, sodium, methane, iron) 10. (comma, letter, colon, word, apostrophe) 11. (solidify, evaporate, liquid, melt, solid) 12. (posture, stance, location, policy, position) 13. (clean, mop, brush, sweep, broom) 14. (inherit , inhibit, hider, assist, impede) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C3 2 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  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 In the first line of each question below, there is a word and a code representing that word. Using the same relationship work out the missing word or code in the second line. You can use the alphabet above to answer the questions. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: If code for MORE is OPUG, what is the code for LESS? ( NFVU ) 15. If code for EASE is HDVH, ( ) What is the code for ZINC? 16. If code for RING is TGPE, ( ) What is the code for EDGE? 17. If code for SONAR is TQQEW, ( ) What does JOSPD mean? 18. If HGNSL means KIOSK, ( ) What does CJDSI mean? 19. If XPXUG means CLASH, ( ) What does XVXPJ mean? 20. If AMLL means TRIM, ( ) What is the code for PEAK? 21. If code for HORN is IRWU, ( ) What is the code for FOLK? 22. Position of a point plotted on a grid is defined by its coordinates. Distance from the horizontal axis is denoted by y and from the vertical axis by x. Coordinates of a point are written in brackets; horizontal distance first, followed by the vertical distance of the point to the centre of the grid. Coordinates of a point can be plus or minus values depending on the position of the point on the grid. Look at the statements above and decide which one of the statements below is true. Write the letter in front of the correct answer in the brackets provided. A When plotting a point, the minus values are ignored. B Vertical coordinate is usually larger than the horizontal one. C Coordinates are used to encourage collaboration. D The coordinates are always written in the format: (x,y). E The angle between the x axis and y axis of the grid is 600. ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C3 3 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, work out the missing number(s) to complete the series. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, ( 23 ) 23. 7, 11, 8, 12, 10, 14, 13, ( ) 24. 1, 4, 1, 8, 2, 16, 6, 32, ( ) 25. 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63, ( ) 26. 64, 9, 36, 25, 16, 49, ( ) 27. 19, 23, 27, 31, ( ) 28. 49, 6, 36, 12, 25, 18, ( ) 29. 4, 19, 9, 17, 16, 15, 25, 13, ( ) For each question below, find a word that would match the meaning of two given sets of words. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: (zone, region) (field, sphere) ( area ) 30. (dispense, issue) (bowl, plate) ( ) 31. (anguish, pain) (danger, peril) ( ) 32. (deduct, subtract) (harbour, port) ( ) 33. (bore, nuisance) (haul, pull) ( ) 34. (raffle, lottery) (sketch, outline) ( ) 35. (force, compel) (operate, steer) ( ) 36. (boring, tedious) (overcast, gloomy) ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C3 4 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, same letter fits into the two blank brackets to complete the first word and start the second word for both groups of words. Find this letter for each question and write it in both brackets provided. Example: FOR ( E ) DIT PAL ( E ) JECT 37. SINE ( ) IRE DRA ( ) ORRY 38. GIR ( ) ASIS CAME ( ) BEY 39. GON ( ) RIT LON ( ) LAND 40. FOO ( ) ATE GE ( ) AND 41. MEDI ( ) TOLL SE ( ) XIAL 42. CIRC ( ) MOK EXTR ( ) CID 43. RAT ( ) NVY HAT ( ) WE In each question below one of the words from each set of brackets will complete the sentence most meaningfully. Underline these two words. Example: Bed is to (flower, sleep, duvet) as desk is to (study, water, table). 44. Bottle is to (contain, glass, water) as can is to (beans, conserve, metal). 45. Radiator is to (heater, warmth, boiler) as bulb is to (flower, illumination, electricity). 46. Milk is to (cow, pudding, tea) as cream is to (dairy, coffee, butter). 47. Cow is to (whale, bull, intimidate) as ewe is to (before, after, sheep). 48. Breathe is to (inhale, air lungs) as drink is to (thirsty, spirit, water). 49. Towel is to (dry, bath, wet) as flannel is to (face, wash, tap). Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C3 5 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, the word in the middle of the first group of words is created in a certain way using the letters of the other two words in the same group. Using the same relationship, work out the missing word in the second group. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: CURD [CODE] BONE BAIL [BOLD] CORD 50. SITE [STEW] RENEW BIAS [ ] PILOT 51. PROOF [FOAM] DATUM EPOCH [ ] LATEX 52. EAST [CARE] ACRE HALT [ ] ALSO 53. EACH [CAGE] GOALS TEST [ ] FLING 54. BEARD [BORN] NOOSE WRONG [ ] GUILD 55. PATCH [CAME] EMIT PORTS [ ] LIME 56. SPARE [POSE] RODEO EVENT [ ] SCARE 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 Using the alphabet above work out the missing letters in each sequence below and write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: AF, BH, CJ, DL, ( EN ), ( FP ) 57. CG, ED, IA, KX, OU, ( ) 58. LK, PO, TS, XW, ( ), ( ) 59. WD, EV, UF, GT, ( ) 60. MN, LP, KR, JT, ( ) 61. EH, HF, KD, NB, QZ, ( ) 62. YZ, AX, CU, EQ, ( ), ( ) 63. TT, QP, NL, KH, ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C3 6 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, three consecutive letters have been removed from the word in capitals. These missing three letters form a correctly spelt word without changing the order of the letters. Find the three-letter word and write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: He has the ABIY to achieve greatness. (LIT) 64. The shopping BET was too heavy. ( ) 65. His comments had no BING on the subject. ( ) 66. He checked the TIABLE for the next bus. ( ) 67. The book was TSLATED into ten languages. ( ) 68. White wallpaper would BHTEN the room. ( ) 69. She carefully TMED the edges. ( ) 70. Easter day is always on a Sunday. Below are the dates Easter fall on for the next nine years. 2009 – 12th April 2010 – 4th April 2011 – 24th April th st 2012 – 8 April 2013 – 31 March 2014 – 29th April th th 2015 – 5 April 2016 – 27 March 2017 – 16th April How many times in the next nine years does Easter come on the last Sunday of the month? Write your answer in the brackets provided. ( ) For each question below, find the two words that should change places to form a correct sentence. Underline these two words. Example: I must ink the replace cartridge. 71. The maths teacher was the popular amongst so students. 72. He was awesome by the impressed display of fireworks. 73. Celtic known were warriors as fierce fighters. 74. Pyramids were built and cranes without bulldozers. 75. Paper-making was in developed first China. 76. The large was too table to go through the door. 77. Were early middle ages the called the dark ages. Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C3 7 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  The number codes below represent three of the four words listed, but not necessarily in the same order. 1329 3825 5326 ONLY YARD MOLE YOLK Write your answers for the questions below in the brackets provided. 78. What is the number code for OMEN ( ) 79. What is the number code for LEEK ( ) 80. What is the number code for NEON ( ) 81. What word represents the number code 85238 ( ) 82. What word represents the number code 13895 ( ) 83. What word represents the number code 19238 ( ) For each question below, find one word from each group that are similar in meaning. Underline these two words. Example: (sports, game, contest) (rugby, competition, poker) 84. (resolve, entangle, purge) (rumble, unravel, surge) 85. (defend, deduct, reduce) (protect, found, deduce) 86. (genuine, genius, male) (false, brilliance, gender) 87. (whole, haul, hole) (burrow, tow, integrate) 88. (resound, firm, problem) (resolute, holding, solution) 89. (laps, jump, lapse) (race, decline, relay) 90. (lock, barge, flow) (canal, pull, latch) End of test Verbal Reasoning C3 8 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  Level Playing Field Publications Practice Papers Part of 11PlusMinus40 (Forty-Week Complete Revision Set) Verbal Reasoning C4 Standard Version Please fill in the following particulars Date: ------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ------------------------------------------------------------ Date of Birth: --------------------------------------------------- School: ----------------------------------------------------------- Please read the following carefully You are allowed 45 minutes to answer 90 questions. Work carefully, but as quickly as you can. Write or mark your answers clearly as instructed. If you make a mistake cross out your answer and write the new one next to it. If you do not know the answer circle the question number and go on to the next question. If you still have time when you come to the end of the test, go back and check your answers and try and complete unanswered questions. Copyright © LPF Publications, 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of LPF Publications. LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, find the word that should be positioned in the middle when the words are re-arranged in the order of size or sequence. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: (year, decade, millennium, century, leap year) ( decade ) 1. (meter, foot, inch, mile, kilometre) ( ) 2. (frequently, seldom, never, always, sometimes) ( ) 3. (word, sentence, article, paragraph, book) ( ) 4. (tome, leaflet, flyer, booklet, book) ( ) 5. (happy, sad, content, ecstatic, miserable) ( ) 6. (dim, bright, dazzling, dark, grey) ( ) 7. (boring, exciting, interesting, exhilarating, mediocre) ( ) For each question below, find the word that should be positioned in the middle when all the words are sorted alphabetically. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: (accelerate, accent, accession, acceptable, accident) 8. (activity, actuality, acupuncture, actually, acuteness) ( ) 9. (extortion, extreme, extinction, extraction, extinguish) ( ) 10. (financial, fireplace, finesse, finisher, firmware) ( ) 11. (cultivate, cryogenics, cryptography, crystallise, culminate) ( ) 12. (deceitful, debatable, decadence, debutant, debenture) ( ) 13. (barbecue, basement, baritone, baroness, barrister) ( ) 14. (abstention, absorbing, abstract, absolve, absurd) ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C4 2 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, by moving one letter from the first word to the second word you can make two new words without re-arranging the rest of the letters in the two words. Find this letter and write the newly formed words in the brackets provided. Example: Climb LOUD ( LIMB ) ( CLOUD ) 15. TROPIC HASH ( ) ( ) 16. COAX RID ( ) ( ) 17. FLIGHT BAD ( ) ( ) 18. FLIGHT BEE ( ) ( ) 19. TROUT BAG ( ) ( ) 20. GOAD BED ( ) ( ) 21. SNACK BID ( ) ( ) In each question below, re-arrange the letters of the word in capitals in the correct order, so that the sentence makes sense. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: The top of the AIMTNOUN was covered with ice. MOUNTAIN 22. A beautiful tune was coming out of the TINCLARE. ( ) 23. “Does anyone have a better GESTOUSING?” asked Jasmine. ( ) 24. He studied the TERICUP on the wall. ( ) 25. Fortunately, there was nothing BLAUVLEA missing. ( ) 26. The colour TRERPIN was beyond repair. ( ) 27. Jack dropped the POLETALES dispenser on nick’s foot. ( ) 28. The government FAILCOIF was questioned by the police. ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C4 3 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, work out the missing number(s) to complete the series. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, ( 23 ) 29. 10, 48, 20, 36, 30, ( ) 30. 26, 7, 22, 13, 18, 19, ( ) 31. 7, 17, 14, 12, 21, 7, 28, ( ) 32. 2, 3, 4, 9, 8, 27, 16, ( ) 33. 2, 64, 4, 32, 8, 16, ( ) 34. 144, 100, 64, 36, ( ) 35. 18, 21, 26, 33, 42, ( ) 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 In the first line of each question below, there is a word and a code representing that word. Using the same relationship work out the missing word or code in the second line. You can use the alphabet above to answer the questions. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: If code for MORE is OPUG, what is the code for LESS? ( NFVU ) 36. If code for REFER is SGIIW, ( ) What is the code for HATCH? 37. If code for MELON is TKQSQ, ( ) What is the code for BRUSH? 38. If code for GREY is KTIA, ( ) What does WVIY mean? 39. If code for FIERY is DLCUW, ( ) What does MVADP mean? 40. If HEXYQ means DATUM, ( ) What does FPEGO mean? 41. If VGPVJ means TENTH, ( ) What is the code for STEAM? 42. If IZXF means NECK, ( ) What is the code for IDEA? Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C4 4 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below same letter fits into the two blank brackets to complete the first word and start the second word for both group of words. Find this letter for each question and write it in both brackets provided. Example: FOR ( E ) DIT PAL ( E ) JECT 43. CAM ( ) CHO LAK ( ) XCEL 44. BRI ( ) INOR IDIO ( ) AP 45. BEE ( ) EFER CA ( ) EST 46. BA ( ) AFT JU ( ) AIN 47. BAN ( ) IRL HAN ( ) RILL 48. RAR ( ) QUAL JAD ( ) AGER 49. CA ( ) EACH HER ( ) OLD In each sentence below, a four-letter word is hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next word. Find the two consecutive words that contain the correctly spelled four-letter word and write this four-letter word in the brackets provided. Example: It was a glorious winter morning. ( term ) 50. This new method was more efficient. ( ) 51. His coach allowed him only a five minute break. ( ) 52. King introduced heavy taxes for estate owners. ( ) 53. The buildings were converted to create storage capacity. ( ) 54. She entered at the least opportune moment. ( ) 55. They made alliance with the district leaders. ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C4 5 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, choose one word from each of the two sections to form a correctly spelt compound word. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: (ash, cam, ape) (tree, club, era) camera 56. (hunt, shear, ant) (key, hem, tie) ( ) 57. (nut, any, sly) (thing, ivory, jug) ( ) 58. (some, robe, rob) (berry, thyme, how) ( ) 59. (dark, war, bay) (rant, sheep, leaf) ( ) 60. (blue, red, green) (print, sky, glass) ( ) 61. (long, bar, ball) (maid, tale, made) ( ) 62. (out, firm, dock) (rouge, cry, at) ( ) For each question below, find one word from each group that are similar in meaning. Underline these two words. Example: (sports, game, contest) (rugby, competition, poker) 63. (turned, radius, loop) (coil, round, faced) 64. (indian, major, senior) (minor, chef, chief) 65. (method, accept, algebra) (promise, procedure, calculate) 66. (game, match, fire) (spark, equal, football) 67. (support, stool, merge) (unite, bar, stand) 68. (numb, itch, damage) (scratchy, sensitive, dazed) 69. (alliance, strange, deter) (odd, alien, agree) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C4 6 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, there are two words that are different from the rest. Find these two words and underline them. Example: (price, purchase, cost, charge, buy). 70. (roof, fence, gutter, patio, chimney) 71. (sand, cement, gravel, brick, mortar) 72. (sweet, cake, desert, tart, crepe) 73. (loot, spoils, damages, booty, moody) 74. (large, go, shiny, hairy, speak) 75. (tiny, second, infinitesimal, minute, infinity) 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 For each question below, using the relationship between the first pairs of letters work out the missing pair of letters. You can use the alphabet above to answer the questions. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: DD is to FB as SS is to ( UQ ) 76. PR is to ZW as LM is to ( ) 77. CC is to YH as SA is to ( ) 78. RD is to NF as HO is to ( ) 79. ST is to TN as LJ is to ( ) 80. BA is to XC as RT is to ( ) 81. OB is to LZ as IM is to ( ) 82. XR is to WU as PJ is to ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C4 7 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, the word in the middle of the first group of words is created in a certain way using the letters of the other two words in the same group. Using the same relationship, work out the missing word in the second group. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: CURD [CODE] BONE BAIL [BOLD] CORD 83. ENVY [VALE] GALA DOWN [ ] ROLE 84. MIME [DOME] CLOD SOAK [ ] STUD 85. CRUMB [BEER] QUEUE BEACH [ ] CLINK 86. HEART [HERB] OBEYS JOINT [ ] AXIOM 87. SLEEP [FLEA] LEAF VIOLA [ ] JUNK 88. DIGIT [GLAD] VITAL ROLLS [ ] SEPIA 89. Clause is a section of a sentence which contains a verb. A verb is a word expressing action or occurrence. A clause in a sentence, which makes sense on its own when separated from the sentence, is called a main clause. Clauses in a sentence are joined together by connectives. Look at the statements above and decide which one of the statements below is true. Write the letter in front of the correct answer in the brackets provided. A Main clause is a section of a sentence which contains a verb. B A sentence cannot have more than two clauses. C Main clause always comes first in any sentence. D Clauses are joined together by verbs called connectives. E Clause is a word expressing action. ( ) 90. William had a very busy week on the earlier part of the Easter half term. He had the skin test for TB inoculation on Monday and the actual inoculation on Friday. He had to visit his dentist on Monday for a check up and went shopping on Thursday and Friday for clothes and a pair of school shoes with his mum. His mum took him and his sister Laura to Leeds Castle on Wednesday, to Natural History Museum on Tuesday and they went to see Chronicles of Narnia on Friday afternoon. William had his Clarinet lesson on Tuesday evening and drama class on Thursday evening. Which day of the week was the busiest? Write your answer in the brackets provided. ( ) End of test Verbal Reasoning C4 8 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  Level Playing Field Publications Practice Papers Part of 11PlusMinus40 (Forty-Week Complete Revision Set) Verbal Reasoning C5 Standard Version Please fill in the following particulars Date: ------------------------------------------------------------- Name: ------------------------------------------------------------ Date of Birth: --------------------------------------------------- School: ----------------------------------------------------------- Please read the following carefully You are allowed 45 minutes to answer 90 questions. Work carefully, but as quickly as you can. Write or mark your answers clearly as instructed. If you make a mistake cross out your answer and write the new one next to it. If you do not know the answer circle the question number and go on to the next question. If you still have time when you come to the end of the test, go back and check your answers and try and complete unanswered questions. Copyright © LPF Publications, 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of LPF Publications. LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  In each sentence below a four-letter word is hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next word. Find the two consecutive words that contain the correctly spelled four-letter word and write this four-letter word in the brackets provided. Example: It was a glorious winter morning. ( term ) 1. He was looking for moral support. ( ) 2. John was the only fit one left standing. ( ) 3. Teacher recognised Patrick standing over by the gate. ( ) 4. The joint in his knee ached. ( ) 5. The famine continued in the years of peace. ( ) 6. Both defendants had the same attorney. ( ) 7. “I have to go out tonight,” said Jack. ( ) For each question below, there are two words that are different from the rest. Find these two words and underline them. Example: (price, purchase, cost, charge, buy) 8. (pile, heap, stack, collection, abundance) 9. (soothe, painless, simple, relieve, ease) 10. (solid, sturdy, flow, gas, liquid) 11. (ban, tabular, taboo, inhibition, prohibition) 12. (seeing, feeling, thinking, hearing, touching) 13. (copper, gold, carbon, silver, calcium) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C5 2 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  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 In the first line of each question below, there is a word and a code representing that word. Using the same relationship work out the missing word or code in the second line. You can use the alphabet above to answer the questions. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: If code for MORE is OPUG, what is the code for LESS? ( NFVU ) 14. If AXTK means DAWN, ( ) What does ARXI mean? 15. If DYOPC means EARTH, ( ) What does KMDEX mean? 16. If code for FAST is ZUMN, ( ) What does TYLI mean? 17. If code for GRIP is PIRG, ( ) What does TNOF mean? 18. If ABTQ means AXLE, ( ) What is the code for BRAG? 19. If code for CLAIM is DJDER, ( ) What is the code for FETCH? 20. Elizabeth Smith helped her parents set the dinner table for 8 people, just enough for everyone present, including every member of her immediate family. They had invited her grandpa and grandma and the Robertsons, their next-door neighbours, for dinner. Robertsons were a family of four, but their elder son was away on a school trip. Look at the statements above and decide which one of the statements below is true. Write the letter in front of the correct answer in the brackets provided. A Robertsons had a son and a daughter. B Elizabeth’s grandparents were living with the family. C Elizabeth was the only child of the Smiths family. D Elizabeth had an elder brother, who was away on a school trip. E Elizabeth’s father was away on a business trip. ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C5 3 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, work out the missing number(s) to complete the series. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, ( 23 ) 21. 6, 9, 10, 16, 14, 25, 18, ( ) 22. 14, 22, 11, 25, 8, 28, 5, ( ) 23. 33, 25, 30, 30, 27, 35, ( ) 24. 1, 4, 10, 22, 46, ( ) 25. 12, 24, 36, 48, ( ) 26. 36, 16, 27, 12, 18, 8, ( ) 27. 2, 6, 14, 30, 62, ( ) For each question below, find the word that should be positioned in the middle when all the words are sorted alphabetically. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: (accelerate, accent, accession, acceptable, accident) 28. (adventure, advertise, advantage, advanced, advocate) ( ) 29. (bulkhead, bulwark, bulletin, building, bulldozer) ( ) 30. (sceptical, scenery, schedule, scavenger, scenario) ( ) 31. (enquire, engagement, engraving, enlargement, engineer) ( ) 32. (transcript, transaction, transgress, transistor, transform) ( ) 33. (catchphrase, catastrophe, caterpillar, categorical, cathode) ( ) 34. (battalion, bayonet, bauxite, basketball, baseline) ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C5 4 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, same letter fits into the two blank brackets to complete the first word and start the second word for both group of words. Find this letter for each question and write it in both brackets provided. Example: FOR ( E ) DIT PAL ( E ) JECT 35. GRAV ( ) ATCH COP ( ) ANK 36. DUS ( ) ID MUS ( ) EEL 37. TIM ( ) XCISE US ( ) AST 38. CRUM ( ) LOW THRO ( ) AT 39. HIK ( ) NACT ONC ( ) AR 40. QUAF ( ) LEA DEA ( ) OX 41. BEL ( ) AME PO ( ) RICK For each question below, find the two words that should change places to form a correct sentence. Underline these two words. Example: I must ink the replace cartridge. 42. Jenny stopped to shop at the look window. 43. Durham typical in England have a cathedral Gothic style. 44. Ivan III of the first ruler was all Russia. 45. Peter decided to rest the run of the way. 46. It had by far the best book he was ever read. 47. An detective insisted that it was the open and shut case. 48. Great Alfred was one of England’s King leaders. Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C5 5 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, the word in the middle of the first group of words is created in a certain way using the letters of the other two words in the same group. Using the same relationship, work out the missing word in the second group. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: CURD [CODE] BONE BAIL [BOLD] CORD 49. PROD [SORT] COTS GRAB [ ] STEM 50. LESS [HEEL] EACH YOGA [ ] SEEN 51. DEEP [CODE] ICON AIMS [ ] FROG 52. GLOBE [BOLT] MOST GROWL [ ] DOCK 53. NYLON [INTO] ITEMS HYDRO [ ] CAPER 54. JOLT [JULY] BUOY DUKE [ ] HYPE 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 Using the alphabet above work out the missing letters in each sequence below and write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: AF, BH, CJ, DL, ( EN ), ( FP ) 55. LE, MH, PK, UN, ( ) 56. RP, QO, PN, OM, NL, ( ) 57. DB, HE, LD, PG, ( ), ( ) 58. IF, NG, KI, PL, MP, ( ) 59. KG, MD, OA, QX, ( ) 60. FP, JP, IR, MR, LT, ( ) 61. EY, GW, IU, KS, MQ, ( ) Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C5 6 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, there is a common relationship between the three numbers in each of the three sets. Work out this relationship using the first 2 sets of numbers and calculate the missing number in the third set. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: 19 ( 10 ) 9 28 ( 17 ) 11 36 ( 19 ) 17 62. 5 (22) 17 7 (31) 24 11 ( ) 33 63. 27 (12) 15 39 (20) 19 47 ( ) 24 64. 96 (8) 12 72 (9) 8 48 ( ) 6 65. 9 (5) 3 56 (10) 7 81 ( ) 9 66. 5 (41) 9 9 (77) 9 6 ( ) 9 67. 12 (28) 8 11 (41) 15 9 ( ) 21 68. 60 (7) 5 48 (8) 4 24 ( ) 4 69. In a football season in Italy, AC Milan, Inter, Juventus and Roma shared the top four places. All five teams gained equal number of point from their matches with teams ranked 5th or lower and what determined the championship was their head to head matches with each other. Juventus beat Roma both times, drew one and lost one against Inter Milan and drew at home and lost away to AC Milan, while Roma beat Inter Milan ones and lost the other and lost one and drew one against AC Milan. AC Milan drew at home against Inter Milan and lost the away game. Key: Win = 3 points, draw = 1 point, Loose = no points Which team became the champion in that year? Write your answer in the brackets provided. ( ) In each question below, using the two words on the right as clue, change round the letters of the word in capitals to make a new word. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: TAXER more ( EXTRA ) bonus 70. TACIT roof ( ) room 71. COMICS universe ( ) space 72. OPTIC subject ( ) theme 73. SLICER souvenirs ( ) customs 74. RUSTIC lemon ( ) lime 75. TOPIC vision ( ) eye 76. MAID during ( ) middle Please continue on the next page Verbal Reasoning C5 7 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  For each question below, choose one word from each of the two sections to form a correctly spelt compound word. Write your answers in the brackets provided. Example: (ash, cam, ape) (tree, club, era) camera 77. (some, at, bull) (tempt, rest, eye) ( ) 78. (law, bolt, be) (cause, live, firm) ( ) 79. (be, wall, hop) (jump, for, come) ( ) 80. (ham, pan, law) (stir, sweet, per) ( ) 81. (fur, brake, peace) (fast, ore, work) ( ) 82. (fat, oust, out) (site, her, rich) ( ) 83. (this, roam, eat) (able, antique, an) ( ) For each question below, find one word from each group that are opposite in meaning. Underline these two words. Example: (add, extra, total) (plus, subtract, sum) 84. (abroad, broad, road) (arrow, sparrow, narrow) 85. (open, hectic, full) (quiet, space, calm) 86. (hefty, alight, grate) (massive, light, tiny) 87. (rapid, waterfall, speed) (fountain, slow, lazy) 88. (unique, diverse, loathe) (similar, like, indifferent) 89. (less, some, few) (numerous, numerical, much) 90. (destitute, fail, weak) (succeed, prosper, enhance) End of test Verbal Reasoning C5 8 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  Level Playing Field Publications Practice Papers Part of 11PlusMinus40 (Forty-Week Complete Revision Set) Verbal Reasoning Set C Answers and Revision Tips Copyright © LPF Publications, 2008 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of LPF Publications. LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  Practice Paper C1 1. 33 32. newt 63. rest, remainder 2. 11 33. soft 64. surge, gush 3. 100 34. reef 65. trauma, shock 4. 128 66. wield, brandish 5. 71 35. CONE 67. network, web 6. 6 36. ZEST 7. 120 37. QUAY 68. B 38. OPUS 8. airbag 39. MIRE 69. 67 9. uproar 40. YARD 70. 12 10. gateway 71. 9 11. forget 41. grizzly, carry 72. 30 12. barrow 42. bed, sleep 73. 13 13. upset 43. actor, music 74. 6 14. kindred 44. food, eat 75. 32 45. wardrobe, table 15. A 46. feet, walk 76. grey 16. M 17. N 47. EMBARRASSED 77. litre 18. R 48. ARGUMENT 78. recent 19. Y 49. ASCENDING 79. good 20. P 50. PASSWORD 80. prompt 21. H 51. DISCUSSION 81. eagle 52. DRAWBRIDGE 82. star 22. ten, this 53. INSTRUMENTS 83. august 23. fossil, electricity 24. years, humans 54. WAR 84. BHFWG 25. be, was 55. AND 85. QCHBT 56. TIP 26. by, surrounded 86. STAND 57. MEN 27. builders, Romans 87. TRIM 58. CON 28. quarter, watch 88. OATH 59. HIP 89. ARNY 29. meal 60. GET 90. TYJR 30. rein 61. lapsed, expired 31. vest 62. fuzzy, unclear Verbal Reasoning C1 - Answers 2 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  Practice Paper C2 1. benign, unkindly 33. data 64. LET 2. barren, fertile 34. rear 65. RIP 3. coherent, muddled 66. RAW 35. BUCK 67. OUT 4. gallant, rude 36. CAST 5. fiction, fact 37. VEIN 68. C 6. harsh, lenient 38. SLAB 7. dry, wet 69. REED, CUBE 39. SKIM 40. ISLE 70. FEND, HOIST 8. fabric, leather 41. LOIN 71. SCAR, SPEAR 9. flower, liquid 72. LAME, SCARF 10. shovel, dig 42. ton, litre 73. STALE, GARBAGE 11. length, angle 43. watt, metre 74. EATER, SHEAR 12. empty, shut 44. texture, refined 75. TROW, GASH 13. swarm, sloth 45. glass, ordinary 14. answer, reply 76. squash 46. wages, money 47. stumble, conclusion 15. D 77. cut 48. hurry, anxious 16. H 78. dash 17. W 79. deal 49. 18 18. P 80. dear 50. 27 19. P 81. decline 51. 23 20. L 82. depress 52. 25 21. A 83. direct 53. 11 54. 9 22. 8526 84. MYSTERIOUS 55. 24 23. 2473 85. CIRCUMFERENCE 24. 6458 86. COLLECTION 56. FABPQOFV 25. GONG 87. REFLECTION 57. QRNA 26. STRONG 88. MASTERPIECES 58. SKIN 27. GUST 89. SPEEDOMETER 59. FORK 60. GAIN 90. SUPERINTENDENT 28. tout 61. CEQG 29. oust 30. hand 62. MEN 31. land 63. MUG 32. hint Verbal Reasoning C2 - Answers 3 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  Practice Paper C3 1. tore 32. dock 63. HD 2. fort 33. drag 3. aces 34. draw 64. ASK 4. fall 35. drive 65. EAR 5. hare 36. dull 66. MET 6. dean 67. RAN 7. mean 37. W 68. RIG 38. O 69. RIM 8. meteor, comet 39. G 9. sodium, iron 70. 4 40. L 10. letter, word 41. A 11. liquid, solid 71. the, so 42. A 12. location, policy 72. awesome, impressed 43. E 13. clean, sweep 73. known, warriors 14. inherit, assist 74. and, without 44. glass, metal 45. warmth, illumination 75. in, first 15. CLQF 46. tea, coffee 76. large, table 16. GBIC 77. Were, the 47. whale, sheep 17. IMPLY 48. air, water 18. FLESH 78. 3198 49. dry, wash 19. CRANK 79. 2996 20. WZDJ 50. BAIT 80. 8938 21. GRQR 51. HOAX 81. NYLON 52. LASH 82. MONEY 22. D 83. MELON 53. SIFT 54. WING 23. 17 84. resolve, unravel 55. TOIL 24. 24 85. defend, protect 56. VEER 25. 127 86. genius, brilliance 26. 4 57. QR 87. hole, burrow 27. 35 58. BA, FE 88. firm, resolute 28. 16 59. SH 89. lapse, decline 29. 36 60. IV 90. lock, latch 61. TX 30. dish 62. GL, IF 31. distress Verbal Reasoning C3 - Answers 4 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  Practice Paper C4 1. meter 33. 16 65. method, procedure 2. sometimes 34. 16 66. match, equal 3. paragraph 35. 53 67. merge, unite 4. booklet 68. numb, dazed 36. ICWGM 5. content 69. strange, odd 37. IXZWK 6. dim 38. STEW 70. fence, patio 7. interesting 39. OSCAR 71. gravel, brick 40. BLACK 72. sweet, desert 8. actually 41. UVGCO 73. damages, moody 9. extortion 42. DYZV 74. go, speak 10. finisher 11. crystallise 75. second, infinity 43. E 12. debutant 44. M 76. VR 13. baroness 45. R 77. OF 14. abstention 46. R 78. DQ 47. G 79. MD 15. TOPIC, HARSH 48. E 80. NV 16. COX, ARID 49. B 81. FK 17. FIGHT, BALD 82. OM 18. LIGHT, BEEF 50. reef 19. TOUT, BRAG 51. hall 83. WELD 20. GOD, BEAD 52. fore 84. DUSK 21. SACK, BIND 53. test 85. HIKE 54. stop 86. JINX 22. CLARINET 55. deal 87. KILN 23. SUGGESTION 88. LAIR 24. PICTURE 56. anthem 25. VALUABLE 57. anything 89. A 26. PRINTER 58. somehow 27. SELLOTAPE 59. warrant 90. Friday 28. OFFICIAL 60. blueprint 61. barmaid 29. 24 62. outcry 30. 14 31. 2 63. loop, coil 32. 81 64. major, chief Verbal Reasoning C4 - Answers 5 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  Practice Paper C5 1. form 33. categorical 64. 8 2. tone 34. battalion 65. 11 3. verb 66. 50 4. each 35. Y 67. 51 5. they 36. K 68. 2 6. meat 37. E 7. veto 69. Inter 38. B 39. E 8. collection, abundance 70. attic 40. F 9. painless, simple 71. cosmic 41. T 72. topic 10. sturdy, flow 11. tabular, inhibition 73. relics 42. shop, look 12. feeling, thinking 74. citrus 43. typical, cathedral 13. carbon, calcium 75. optic 44. of, was 76. amid 14. DUAL 45. rest, run 15. LOGIC 46. had, was 77. attempt 16. ZERO 47. An, the 78. because 17. FONT 48. Great, King 79. become 18. BVIS 80. hamper 19. GCWYM 49. MARE 81. furore 50. NOSY 82. father 20. C 51. ROAM 83. eatable 52. WORK 21. 36 53. CHAR 84. broad, narrow 22. 31 54. DYKE 85. hectic, calm 23. 24 86. hefty, light 24. 94 55. BQ 87. rapid, slow 25. 60 56. MK 88. loathe, like 26. 9 57. TF, XI 89. few, numerous 27. 128 58. RU 90. fail, succeed 59. SU 28. adventure 60. PT 29. bulldozer 61. OO 30. scenery 31. engraving 62. 44 32. transform 63. 23 Verbal Reasoning C5 - Answers 6 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager  Verbal Reasoning Revision Tips General Tips Verbal Reasoning has about 27 categories of questions in total. You need to make sure that all these question types are covered in your child's revision process. Start with repetitive practise questions for each category. Let them do one type of question for a day or two. Then introduce another category and so on. Then, combine few categories together eventually going onto doing the full practice papers in the time allowed. Let them do as many full practice papers as possible, without actually overworking them to an extent that they loose interest. Make sure you give them at least 4-5 full mock tests under exam conditions, involving the tests for all subjects. If you can, doing one of the mocks in a non-local library may be useful. Try to find the best corner that simulates exam conditions. Device different ways of enhancing their vocabulary - vocabulary is the most important single area that will have a great bearing not only for the Verbal Reasoning test, but also for the English. Remember that you are dealing with a 10-year-old child. Don't expect their concentration span to be anywhere close to an adult's. So, make sure your revision sessions do not go beyond an hour. Do it regularly without fail but limit it to an hour each time. (Only the mock tests should go beyond this) Try to work out at what part of the day your child's comprehensive faculties are at their best. Some do extremely well after playing with friends for an hour or so, others may be sharper and more attentive early in the morning before school. Plan the practice sessions at least a day in advance. Make sure not only you know the answers to each question, but the methods of working them out which best suits your child as well. Methodology Going through hundreds of practice papers alone does not get your child to one of those top-notch schools, unless your child is taught methodically and progressively. The actual exam will feel nothing like the practice sessions done in the familiar circumstances and comfort of your home. There are two sides to the methodology question. First one is of a strategic nature and concerns the general approach to the whole exam process. The other is to do with the actual ways of working out the answers for individual question groups. It is very important to get your child into the habit of reading the question carefully to ensure what is actually asked is understood correctly. Most mistakes are made by rushing into working out the answers without fully reading the question. Having repetitively solved so many questions of similar wording, the child may fall into the habit of jumping to conclusion after the first few words and skip reading the rest of the question. You must teach your child to guard against this tendency. It is very easy to fall into the trap of giving the right answers, but to a wrong question. Here is a simple example: You have 3 red, 5 blue, 4 yellow, 7 black and 2 white marbles in a bag. To win a price you need to pick a red ball. What is the probability of not winning a price? The answer is 1/7. Or is it? Verbal Reasoning Revision Tips 7 LPF Publications Æquus Fabula Ager You must not loose sight of the uncultivated characteristics of a 10-year-old child's cognitive faculties. While you have a virtually unlimited capacity of fresh memory bank to work with, how you input into this highly receptive, yet analytically naive pool, will have a great bearing on how the child will perform. Never underestimate child's ability to learn, but keep it structured and simple. Be patient until they are comfortable with the method. Release the information progressively; making sure each step is digested before going on to the next. Sometimes a child may have a mental block on a category or two and no matter how hard you try you may not resolve the problem. Do not dwell upon it as if it is a life and death issue. Do not avoid those question categories, but just repeat the method in a matter of fact manner and pass on to the next. It may very well be the method that is lacking, try changing it. You know your child best, so modify the method to suit his/her strengths. Time management Don't leave it to the last few weeks. Give them at least 2-3 months or more to practice their time management skills. This is one area you should not compromise on. This might make all the difference. In the last few months of preparation do not be generous on time to encourage your child. Find other ways of building their self-confidence. Praise them for correct answers, especially in their weak areas. First, establish a list of weak and strong question categories for your child, not forgetting to include time as another determining dimension in your analysis. A very important factor to consider here is that each category would merit varying amount of time. Some question categories are designed to be answered quicker than others. While more than the average time allowed (total time for the test divided by total number of questions) may be needed for