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PATES GRAMMAR SCHOOL

Cheltenham
VERBAL REASONING PAPER 4
Code Cracking

1 In the following, the three words in the second group should go together in the same way as those
in the first group. Discover the missing word in the second group and mark it on your answer
sheet.

A coat (tone) bone

Drab (?) tall bald, ball, drat, brat, rota

B pole (sole) user

Pail (?) asset pass, sail, sale, late, tail

C cribs (but) tunes

Knife (?) nail fan, fine, nil, ale, kin

D shiver (die) load

Hearty (?) claim art, aim, let, yet, mat

E humid (dive) serve

Nomad (?) fame damn, dome, dame, fade, mend

F wished (has) army

Mashed (?) intake his, aim, she, din, dim

G stream (area) relay

Fronts (?) meter mete, from, font, tone, stem

H several (rails) ills

Climate (?) tiles times, tames, attic, smile, tilts

I zebra (zoo) tool

Fools (?) warm far, for, sow, was, moo

J rode (Mar) palm

Trip (?) loin ton, pin, rip, tin, not

K claim (calm) mine

Boots (?) nail loot, soot, boon, tail, bait

L again (stag) fast

Into (?) match mint, coin, moat, chin, chat

M team (deer) read

King (?) damp kind, damn, ping, paid, gain

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N humus (human) sandy

Theme (?) wired weird, threw, their, tired, tried

2 The numbers 413,512 and 153 represent the words ROW, ORE and DOE but not necessarily in
that order

A Find the number code for the letter R 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

B Find the number code for the letter E 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

C What is the number code for the word ERROR 33515, 35525, 34414, 35515, 35545

3 The numbers 6231, 1234 and 4542 represent the words TEAM, MIME and FEAT but not
necessarily in that order.

A Find the number code for the letter F 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

B Find the letter number code for the letter M 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

C What is the number code for the word MITE 4212, 4312, 4512, 4612, 4623

D What word is represented by number code 6342 - FAME, TAME, MEAT, TIME MATE

4 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

The alphabet above will enable you to crack the codes in the following questions. Each time the
answer is a proper word, which you must mark on your answer sheet.

A If INJD = JOKE, KHLA = LAMB, LIMB, LIMP, MILE, PILE

B If JMAI = LOCK, SQCB = FUSE, MUSE, DEAF, USED, DUST

C If CLB = FOE, TEV = WHO, HOE, WHY, HOW, HOY

D If BKNS = CLOT, KHRS = LIST, TILL, SILT, TILE, STEM

E If CNJF = COLD, SKGO = SLIM, LIME, MILE, SLIP, SLOP

F If RPGN = TRIP, AMJB = FOLD, COLD, DOSE, DOES, SOAP

G If HEP = LIT, DEO = HER, SHE, SEA, FUR, HIS

H If MPRD = LOSE, UVMD = NEWT, NEAT, UNIT, TUNE, SUIT

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5 A If the code for TILE is RGJC, what is the code for COMB?
BNLA, DPNC, AMKZ, EQOD, ZKMA

B If the code for PANT is QBOU, what is the code for FILM?
GJMN, HKNO, NMJG, ONKH, EHKL

C If the code for MAP is ODT, what is the code for TIN?
WMS, VLR, UKQ, RLV, QKU
D If the code for FOIL is GPHK, what is the code for TAME?
ULBD, UBLD, DLBU, VMCE, ECMV

E If the code for DINE is GFQB, what is the code for MOAT?
QDLP, RESM, RNFS, SFNR, PLDQ

F If the code for JOT is OTY, what is the code for HIS?
PQZ, LMY, ZQP, MNX, XNM

6 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

The alphabet above will help you to answer the questions which follow. Find the next pairs of letters
in the sequence and mark both pairs on your answer sheet.

A LK MJ NI OH (?) (?) PG HQ QH GO QF OG

B EN FN GM HM (?) (?) LI IL LJ KM LK JL

C RQ SP TO UN (?) (?) MV LW NU VM UN WL

D FX GX HY IY (?) (?) ZJ XK JZ ZK KZ KX

E HI IH HJ JH (?) (?) GJ FI JG IF FH HF

7 Again using the alphabet to help you, complete the following sentences in the best possible way
and mark the correct answers on your answer sheet.

A GH is to KL as PQ is to (?) ST, TU, UV, UT, VU

B CK is to KS as MU is to (?) UC, CU, BT, TB, ZA

C YW is to VT as NL is to (?) IK, JH, KT, HJ, IG

D DH is to KO as RV is to (?) CY, BZ, ZB, YC, AC

E FG is to JK as NO is to (?) TU, UT, RT, SR, RS

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8 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

Using the alphabet, work out the next letters in the sequence and mark them on your answer
sheet.

a HP IR JT KV LX (?) LY MZ YL NZ ZN

b KU KT LS LR MQ (?) NP NQ QM MP PM

c AZ DX GV JT MR (?) OR OO PP RR RO

d FC HG JK LO NS (?) PW WP QX XQ PV

e ZA YD XH WN VW (?) UF UG UI UJ UH

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