verbal reasoning · verbal reasoning chris pearse practice papers 1 9781471849299.indd 3 07/01/16...

Name: _________________________________________________

AN HACHETTE UK COMPANY

Verbal Reasoning

Chris Pearse

Practice Papers

1

9781471849299.indd 3 07/01/16 9:54 AM

Sample

Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been inadvertently overlooked, the Publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.

Although every effort has been made to ensure that website addresses are correct at time of going to press, Galore Park cannot be held responsible for the content of any website mentioned in this book. It is sometimes possible to find a relocated web page by typing in the address of the home page for a website in the URL window of your browser.

Hachette UK’s policy is to use papers that are natural, renewable and recyclable products and made from wood grown in sustainable forests. The logging and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin.

Orders: please contact Bookpoint Ltd, 130 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4SB. Telephone: (44) 01235 827720. Fax: (44) 01235 400454. Email [email protected] Lines are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Saturday, with a 24-hour message answering service. Visit our website at www.galorepark.co.uk for details of other revision guides for Common Entrance, examination papers and Galore Park publications.

ISBN: 978 1 4718 4929 9

© Chris Pearse 2016First published in 2016 by Galore Park Publishing Ltd,An Hachette UK Company Carmelite House50 Victoria EmbankmentLondon EC4Y 0DZwww.galorepark.co.ukImpression number 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1Year 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

All rights reserved. Apart from any use permitted under UK copyright law, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or held within any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher or under licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited. Further details of such licences (for reprographic reproduction) may be obtained from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS.

Typeset in India

Printed in the UK

A catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.

9781471849299.indd 2 07/01/16 9:54 AM

Sample

Contents and progress record

Ideal for... Paper Page Length (no. Qs) Timing (mins) Speed Question type

General training for all 11+ and pre-tests, good for familiarisation of test conditions.

1 9 40 33:00 Slow Multiple-choice

2 13 20 17:00 Slow Multiple-choice cloze exercises

3 16 40 27:00 Average Standard

4 19 20 14:00 Average Standard cloze exercises

Short-style tests, designed to increase speed. Good practice for pre-test and CEM 11+.

5 21 40 27:00 Average Multiple-choice

6 25 20 13:00 Average Multiple-choice cloze exercises

7 27 40 20:00 Fast Standard

8 30 20 10:00 Fast Standard cloze exercises

Long-style tests, good practice for GL.



Varied length tests building in difficulty. Good practice for pre-test, CEM, GL or any independent school exam.





Varied length tests with challenging content. Good practice for CEM, GL or any independent school exam.

15 24 60 30:00 Fast Multiple-choice

16 31 20 10:00 Fast Multiple-choice cloze exercises



Practice Papers 1 contains papers 1–10 and should be attempted first

How to use this book 6

Answers 47

Practice Papers 2 contains papers 11–18 and should be attempted after Practice Papers 1

9781471849299.indd 4 07/01/16 9:54 AM

Sample

Ideal for... Paper Page Length (no. Qs) Timing (mins) Speed Question type

General training for all 11+ and pre-tests, good for familiarisation of test conditions.

1 9 40 33:00 Slow Multiple-choice

2 13 20 17:00 Slow Multiple-choice cloze exercises



Short-style tests, designed to increase speed. Good practice for pre-test and CEM 11+.




8 30 20 10:00 Fast Standard cloze exercises

Long-style tests, good practice for GL.



Varied length tests building in difficulty. Good practice for pre-test, CEM, GL or any independent school exam.





Varied length tests with challenging content. Good practice for CEM, GL or any independent school exam.

15 24 60 30:00 Fast Multiple-choice

16 31 20 10:00 Fast Multiple-choice cloze exercises



Score Time

/ 20

/ 60

/ 20

/ 60

/ 60

/ 20

/ 60

/ 20

/ 80

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

/ 20

/ 40

/ 20

/ 40

/ 20

/ 40

/ 20

/ 40

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

:

/ 80

/ 80

:

:

9781471849299.indd 5 07/01/16 9:54 AM

Sample

Paper 9

31

Paper 9Find a word made up of four letters that crosses two other words. Follow the example to answer the questions, then circle the letter beneath the correct answer.

Hannah tipped the contents of her pur se al l around the desk.

that pied harp seal desk a b c d e

1 She’d abandoned the attempt to parachute jump.

heat kiln tiny yolk near a b c d e

2 They arrived early for their morning fl ight.

rest dear roar sick kill a b c d e

3 The removal van left with the furniture packed safely inside.

sick list tall here luck a b c d e

4 They visited the same holiday destination for over forty years.

rove kiss song gift tune a b c d e

5 The dead animals were in fact diseased.

also head male song rein a b c d e

6 Dad is not allowed to watch television all night!

went tall ends once note a b c d e

Find what links the pairs of letters in the pattern below. Then identify from the available answers the two letters that complete the second pair. Use the alphabet to help you. Follow the example to answer the questions, then circle the letter beneath the correct answer.

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 ZDW is to EV as JQ is to .

LM KM KL KP LP a b c d e

7 DL is to HN as KW is to .

OD OZ OY AM OX a b c d e

Test time: 55 minutes

Turn over to the next page.

9781471849299.indd 31 07/01/16 9:54 AM

Sample

32

8 JD is to FG as RD is to .

NF NO NH NG GN a b c d e

9 HS is to IR as JQ is to .

KP MN LO GT FU a b c d e

10 IA is to LB as ZZ is to .

CB CA CD DA EA a b c d e

11 QN is to WH as YE is to .

EW EZ EX EY YE a b c d e

Find one letter that will complete the first word and begin the second word in both pairs. The same letter must be added to both pairs of words. Follow the example to answer the questions, then circle the letter beneath the correct answer.

ho op pa ame

p d t g n a b c d e

12 pra awn dra ard

b d y m f a b c d e

13 lan ilt rin now

e s t k d a b c d e

14 bal ast ro nds

l m t k e a b c d e

15 cra ale fi ulge

m b d g n a b c d e

16 rob ight pan ach

y s e d a a b c d e

9781471849299.indd 32 07/01/16 9:54 AM

Sample

Paper 9

33

From the first two pairs of words, identify how the first word is changed to give the second word. Apply the same change to complete the third pair in the same way. Follow the example to answer the questions, then circle the letter beneath the correct answer.

lead, deal sent, tens peek,

leek leak seek keep seal a b c d e

17 mate, team pale, leap pare,

rope leap peal reap peer a b c d e

18 yard, dray stab, bats part,

rapt rats trap pats rasp a b c d e

19 neither, tin teacher, cat praline,

lip ran pal rap lap a b c d e

20 trusted, dust planets, sane steamer,

seam ream mate team mere a b c d e

21 ladle, deal boson, snob stain,

ants stan tans tain tins a b c d e

The three numbers in each set of brackets in each question are all related in the same way. Work out how they are related, from the first two sets of brackets, then apply the same pattern to complete the third set. Follow the example to answer the questions, then circle the letter beneath the correct answer.

(3 [ 21 ] 7) (5 [ 20 ] 4) ( 4 [ ] 6)

4 6 10 24 22 a b c d e

22 (24 [ 4 ] 6) (27 [ 3 ] 9) (28 [ ] 7)

21 5 35 3 4 a b c d e

23 (20 [ 6 ] 5) (24 [ 8 ] 4) (55 [ ] 11)

65 7 10 66 12 a b c d e

24 (4 [ 18 ] 2) (5 [ 28 ] 3) (7 [ ] 5)

54 48 56 35 40 a b c d e


9781471849299.indd 33 07/01/16 9:54 AM

Sample

34

25 (4 [ 12 ] 15) (9 [ 17 ] 20) (6 [ ] 17)

12 13 14 15 16 a b c d e

26 (6 [ 5 ] 7) (9 [ 15 ] 3) (8 [ ] 4)

32 14 20 8 12 a b c d e

27 (13 [ 11 ] 8) (14 [ 23 ] 3) (6 [ ] 2)

7 17 12 9 14 a b c d e

28 (18 [ 42 ] 4) (14 [ 38 ] 6) (9 [ ] 7)

32 30 63 35 49 a b c d e

Make a new word, spelt correctly, by combining two words, one from each group. The word from the left always comes first and there is no change in letter order. Follow the example to answer the questions, then circle the letter beneath the correct word.

(cab, man, call) (over, in, end) a b c d e f

29 (for, car, key) (might, mat, ground) a b c d e f

30 (save, life, secure) (coast, safe, guard) a b c d e f

31 (too, do, rea) (the, me, duce) a b c d e f

32 (for, let, car) (go, man, ship) a b c d e f

33 (rain, rein, big) (snow, drop, dear) a b c d e f

These questions ask you to read a series of statements and pick one true statement from a list.

34 Mike, Michael, Mark and Morris did a spelling test. Mark scored more than Michael but less than Mike. The test had twenty words and Morris was the only one who scored in the ‘teens’. Mike correctly spelt double the score Michael achieved. Michael was pleased with half marks.

If the above statements are true, this must mean that only one of the following statements can be true. Which one? Circle the letter next to the one true statement.A Mark scored more than Morris in the spelling test.B Mike answered all the spellings correctly.C Michael did not come last in the test.D Morris scored twelve out of twenty.E Morris and Mark have the same score.

9781471849299.indd 34 07/01/16 9:54 AM

Sample

Paper 9

35

35 Audrey, Alex and Arthur love doing crossword puzzles. All the puzzles are the same level of difficulty. Audrey is the quickest. Alex does four every day. It takes Arthur two days to do the same number of crossword puzzles as Alex does in one day. Audrey does three more crossword puzzles per day than Alex.

If the above statements are true, this must mean that only one of the following statements can be true. Which one? Circle the letter next to the one true statement.A Alex completes twelve crosswords in two days.B Arthur does nine crossword puzzles in three days.C Audrey does fourteen puzzles in two days.D Alex is the slowest at completing the crossword puzzles.E Audrey is twice as fast as Arthur at completing the puzzles.

These words can be written as number codes and three of the codes are below. The words and codes are not in the same order. Circle the letter beneath the correct answer.

36 Find the code for the word NEXT.

2145 2651 2631 6512 5421 a b c d e

37 Find the word that has the number code 2135.

NEXT NOSE NEST NOTE TENS a b c d e

38 What is the word that has the code 5621?

TEXT NOTE NEST NOSE TONE a b c d e

39 Find the code for the word NOSE.

6512 2631 2651 2145 5421 a b c d e

40 Find the word that has the number code 2651.

NEXT TENT NOSE NOTE NEST a b c d e

Make two new words by moving one letter from the first word and adding it to the second, without moving any other letters. Follow the example to answer the questions, then circle the letter beneath the correct answer.

crave pea

c r a v e a b c d e

41 merge rave

m e r g e a b c d e


9781471849299.indd 35 07/01/16 9:54 AM

Sample

36

42 lofts rat

l o f t s a b c d e

43 chore sown

c h o r e a b c d e

44 steal peal

s t e a l a b c d e

45 acute light

a c u t e a b c d e

46 yokel sat

y o k e l a b c d e

47 paint gate

p a i n t a b c d e

Find two words, one from each set, that are most similar in meaning. Follow the example to answer the questions, then circle the letter beneath the correct answer.

(slip, jump, leap) (skip, slide, step)

leap, step jump, leap leap, skip jump, skip slip, slide a b c d e

48 (dart, dawdle, walk) (shoot, board, raise)

dart, raise dawdle, board dart, shoot walk, raise dawdle, raise a b c d e

49 (particle, dust, dirt) (immense, peck, speck)

particle, dirt, speck dust, peck particle, speck dirt, peck immense a b c d e

50 (lost, parcel, collect) (show, gather, give)

lost, give parcel, give collect, show parcel, gather collect, gather a b c d e

51 (venomous, snake, poison) (noxious, voluptuous, dead)

venomous, snake, dead poison, venomous, poison, voluptuous noxious noxious voluptuous a b c d e

9781471849299.indd 36 07/01/16 9:54 AM

Sample

verbal reasoning · verbal reasoning chris pearse practice papers 1 9781471849299.indd 3 07/01/16...

Documents