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Better Tuition Verbal Reasoning Practice Paper

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In the following questions, one letter can be moved from the first word to the second word, to make two new words. The letters must not be otherwise rearranged and both new words must make sense. Find the letter that moves and mark it on the answer sheet.

Example

plane

our

Answer

p (the two new words are lane and pour)

1.

unite

2.

breath

horse

gain

3.

slack

hard

4.

swing

rite

5.

please

rays

6.

tirade

bran

7.

stream

late

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In the following questions You must find the two words that do not belong in thelist: Example

nails, drill, pliers, saw, glue

Answer

nails, glue (the others are all tools)

8.

back, then, toe, head, over

9.

wool, linen, silk, wood, sew

10.

jacket, hat, slippers, coat, pyjamas, scarf

11.

dinghy, barge, train, yacht, plane, ferry

12.

man, boy, baby, lord, girl

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If A = 2, B = 3, C = 4, D = 5 and E = 7, What is the answer to this sum written as a letter?

A + B + C = (?)

Answer

D

13.

If A = 6, B = 13, C = 7, D =11 and E = 26, What is the answer to this sum written as a letter?

A + B + C = (?)

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14.

If A = 8, B = 16, C = 24, D = 48 and E =40, What is the answer to this sum written as a letter?

E - B + C = (?)

15.

If A = 6, B = 4, C = 22, D = 8 and E = 12, What is the answer to this sum written as a letter?

D divided by B then multiplied by A = (?)

16.

If A = 15, B = 8, C = 20, D = 115 and E = 5, What is the answer to this sum written as a letter?

A x B ? E = (?)

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In the following questions find two words, one from each group, that will complete the sentence in the best way. Mark both words on the answer sheet.

Example

bird is to (kennel, nest, tree) as rabbit is to (warren, pen, hole)

Answer

17.

nest, warren

knife is to (fork, cut, life) as spoon is to (stir, pot, tea)

18.

milk is to (bull, cow, chicken) as honey is to (bee, eggs, mead)

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19. 20.

worried is to (angry, unconcerned, happy) as ecstatic is to (thrilled, dismayed, bored)

Nail is to (finger, hammer, clip) as paint is to (picture, brush, faint)

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21.

Ruby, Maisie and Daisy go to the fair.

There is a roller coaster, a carousel and a hoop-la stall.

Ruby likes roller coasters best, but Maisie prefers the carousel and hoop-la.

If these statements are true, only one of the sentences below must be true. Which one?

A) Daisy likes roller coaster best. B) Daisy likes the roller coaster least.. C) Ruby went on the roller coaster last week. D) Daisy and Maisie never go on roller coasters. E) Ruby likes the carousel less than the roller coaster.

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In these questions find two words, one from each group, that together make one correctly spelt word,

without changing the order of the letters.

The word from the first group always comes first.

Mark both words on the answer sheet.

Example

(foot feel hold) (card toe ball) Answer

foot ball (The word is football.)

22.

(eye

pan

(boy

lid

23.

(rail

air

(tank

fall

tin) can)

baby) way)

24.

(hand (glass

drink brick

wall) shake)

25.

(red (bottle

blue house

yellow) dog)

26.

(straw

sand

sea)

(box

hat

sail)

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