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Verbal Reasoning Full-Length Practice Paper 5

Type 1 In each of the following questions, find the letters that best complete the series. The alphabet has been provided to assist you. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ EXAMPLE JW KS LO MK NG [ ___ ] Answer : OC 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. CX EU HS LR QR [ ______ ] AA BB CC DD EE [ ______ ] GG GF HE JD MC [ ______ ] 14. QF VZ AT FN KH [ ______ ] ZC AG CL FR JY [ ______ ] 13.

Time allowed : 50 minutes

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Type 5 In each of the following questions, the word in brackets in the second group must be made from the words outside the brackets in the same way as the word in brackets in the first group is made from the words outside the brackets in the first group. Find the missing word. EXAMPLE CLEAN [ SAFE ] FRESH ALTAR [ ____________ ] CUFFS

FRONT [ FIND ] FINDS FALSE [ ____________ ] BIRTH HELPS [ KEEPS ] TOKEN PATCH [ ____________ ] ACTED BREAK [ TRIAL ] STILL KILLS [ ____________ ] UTTER DEATH [ SHED ] STAGE SAVES [ ____________ ] UNCLE TRULY [ TRUE ] TIMED CARDS [ ____________ ] ABUSE ALONG [ WOMAN ] WOMEN BLOWS [ ____________ ] BOMBS

ST VV QR WV PP YV PN BV QL [ ______ ]

7. 8. 9.

What is the code for NEAR [ ______ ]

What is the code for EARNER [ ______ ] What is the code for NEON [ ______ ]

10. 11. 12.

What is the code for DULL [ ______ ] What does 3873 mean [ ______ ] What does 2477 mean [ ______ ]

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NOVA REAP OVEN LOAN 4853 3481 7516 PINK MILD PUNK KIND 3862 3462 5471

Type 3 You have been given four words and three codes. The codes are not necessarily written in the same order as the words and one code is missing. Once you have figured out which word belongs to each code, answer the questions that follow.

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Answer : FACT

Verbal Reasoning Full-Length Practice Paper 5

Type 7 In each of the following questions, you are given a sentence. One of the words is missing three consecutive letters, which on their own make a real word. You need to find the missing letters which will complete the word in capitals in the best way to ensure the sentence makes sense. EXAMPLE She said EWELL before she boarded the plane. Answer : FAR 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. But all to no AV Time FS in the holidays The lake was beautifully ST My ILE can't find a network What is he POING at? Read M slowly and clearly

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Type 9 In each of the following questions, you are given two words. Choose one letter that can be moved from the word on the left to the word on the right, making two new words. You cannot rearrange any letters, but the letter that you move can fit anywhere in the second word. EXAMPLE BLOCK RAIN

31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36.

FLASH RAYS RENDS MUCH FAKED BINS DEVIL RAFT

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EXAMPLE Roger paid over the asking price. Answer : paid over (dove) 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. Haggard feed entirely on raw meat

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Type 8 In each of the following questions, you are given a sentence in which a four letter word is hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next word. Find the pair of words that contain a real four letter word.

An unseen presence drew us together And Pete stumbled on the stairs That distresses me not at all Let me be very clear here Caterham sent a flag of truce

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USHER CUTE VOUCH DIES

Type 11 In each of the following questions, find the two words, one from each group, that together make a new, real word. The word from the group on the left always comes first. EXAMPLE (fresh habit mixed) (acted glass at) Answer : habitat 37. (break wine speaks) (black glass binary) 38. (born centre define) (piece fact notice) 39. (goods start try) (led stream source) 40. (lists work power) (then recent sheet) 41. (pure arise doors) (bad notice top) 42. (guest time power) (table prone credit)

_________ _________

_________ _________ _________ _________

_________ _________ _________ _________

Answer : B (LOCK BRAIN)

_________ _________

Verbal Reasoning Full-Length Practice Paper 5

Type 12 For each of the following questions, find two words, one from each group that are most opposite in meaning. EXAMPLE (low pump sell) (king high bottom) Answer : low high 43. (aggressive friendly calculate) (submarine submissive subtract) 55. 44. (release magic concur) (disagree eject wand) 45. (cheap conclusive costly) (charge liked expensive) 56. 46. (aloud question allow) (prevent audible ask) 47. (faithful stop depend) (fickle constant cap) EXAMPLE

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Type 16 In the questions below, there are two pairs of words. Choose the word from the five possible answers which goes equally well with both the pairs.

( leader, chief ) ( skull, cranium )

supervisor bones head president slave

48. (argue chaos matches) (agree acceptable speech)

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Type 13 For each of the following questions, find two words, one from each group, that are most similar in meaning. EXAMPLE

(save jump sell) (king keep hero) Answer : save keep

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49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54.

(gallant rude mice) (teach squeak polite)

(like acting working) (dislike performing yachting) (sicken please thanks) (giving pleas disgust) (lure repel cooperate) (attract both regret) (insects badge fad) (ant fashion badger) (hopeful switch opponents) (board team optimistic)

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57. 58.

razor cabin defend accommodation shelter ( throw, chuck ) ( mix, stir )

( darkness, shadow ) ( tint, colour ) gloom shade trace dye paint

( protect, shield ) ( lodging, housing )

hurl toss fry blanket music ( brain, intellect ) ( beware, heed ) head mind careful skull clever ( rare, uncooked ) ( sore, painful ) unusual cross raw upset fruit

(relax, sleep) (remainder, others) Answer : rest

Verbal Reasoning Full-Length Practice Paper 5

Type 17 For each of the following questions, numbers have been allocated to letters. Work out the answer to the sum and mark the appropriate letter on the answer sheet or in the space provided. EXAMPLE A = 3, B = 6, C = 23, D = 9, E = 31 B x D - C = [ ___ ] Answer : E 74. 61. A = 12, B = 1, C = 8, D = 17, E = 4 D - E + A - C = [ ____ ] A = 4, B = 7, C = 14, D = 8, E = 15 E - A - B = [ ____ ] A = 6, B = 12, C = 4, D = 11, E = 13 B - A + D - E = [ ____ ] A = 6, B = 16, C = 5, D = 1, E = 30 B + A - D - C = [ ____ ] A = 11, B = 19, C = 10, D = 8, E = 1 A + D - C - E = [ ____ ] 75. 76. 77. 78. 73.

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Type 20 For each of the following questions, find the number that best completes the sum. EXAMPLE 12 x 3 4 = 20 + 7 - [ ___ ] Answer : 18 33 + 43 + 39 = 8 + 23 + [ ____ ]

28 + 18 + 47 = 33 - 40 + [ ____ ] 14 + 16 - 21 = 41 + 46 - [ ____ ]

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63.

64.

65.

66.

A = 48, B = 32, C = 37, D = 27, E = 8 D + C - A + B = [ ____ ]

Type 19 In each of the following questions, the numbers in the third group must be related to each other in the same way as the numbers in each of the other two groups. Find the missing number. EXAMPLE ( 3 [ 12 ] 4 ) ( 7 [ 35 ] 5 ) ( 9 [ ____ ] 2 ) Answer : 18 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. ( 18 [ 17 ] 16 ) ( 11 [ 7 ] 3 ) ( 4 [ ___ ] 18 ) ( 13 [ 37 ] 15 ) ( 28 [ 46 ] 9 ) ( 1 [ ___ ] 7 ) ( 5 [ 120 ] 25 ) ( 10 [ 140 ] 15 ) ( 10 [ ___ ] 8 ) ( 11 [ 154 ] 15 ) ( 14 [ 56 ] 5 ) ( 11 [ ___ ] 7 ) ( 28 [ 28 ] 2 ) ( 6 [ 4 ] 3 ) ( 24 [ ___ ] 4 ) ( 20 [ 149 ] 7 ) ( 5 [ 29 ] 4 ) ( 11 [ ___ ] 13 )

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Type 21 For each question, read the information provided and then answer the question that follows.

79. You are facing SOUTH. If the sun is on your right, which direction will your shadow fall?

80. Sarjit, Nuran and Brandy had to be at Susies party by 14:30 on Saturday. Sarjit was late. Nuran arrived half an hour early. Brandy arrived later than Nuran. If these statements are true, which one of the sentences below MUST be true? A)Sarjit arrived 20 minutes after Nuran. B)Brandy left before Sarjit. C)Nuran arrived before Sarjit. D)Sarjit arrived after Brandy. E)Nuran was the only one to bring a present.

4 x 18 1 = 46 - 39 + [ ____ ] 6 - 5 - 19 = 49 + 15 - [ ____ ]

2 + 15 - 21 = 41 + 32 - [ ____ ]

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Multiple Choice Answer Sheet for Verbal Reasoning Full-Length Practice Paper 5

T1 Ex.

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q5

Q6

T3 Ex.

Q7

Q8

Q9

Q10

Q11

Q12

T5 Ex.

Q13

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Q17

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T7 Ex.

Q19

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Q20 Q21 Q22

3508 0839 0483 3543 3548

1890 9818 9046 1881 1877

PUNK PUMP PULL PULP MIND

MILD PILL KILL KIND PINK

FACT DOGS MAKE FACE DIGS

FILE DUTY HITS FIRE FIST

CRUDE TEXTS TESTS TENTH TEACH

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WOW MOB ROW DEW WOE
Q27

T8 Ex.

Q25

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Q26

CANT CARE CARS CAST LOTS

BOMBS ROYAL BOOTS MATCH BOXES

AND TOP TIN FAR EWE

AIR AID CAB AIM AIL

LIE AGE BUT FOG HEY

ILK NIL MUG FEE ILL

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Q30

Roger paid paid over over the the asking asking price

Haggard feed feed entirely entirely on on raw raw meat

An unseen unseen presence presence drew drew us us together

Q31

And Pete Pete stumbled stumbled on on the the stairs

Q33 Q34

T9 Ex.

Q32

Q15

OV OC CO VC CB

WS WB DE WD BC

FS LE XQ FM FF

QB QH QP PG QY

PB PM PZ PL FY

OZ LR OG XD OL

FP FV FH HL PT

No example for this type

3517 7959 3558 3595 9855

517357 933023 516493 957576 510233

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HOPES CROSS TIMED TITLE TIGHT

Q23

LAWS TIDY CAKE USER USES

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TIN TIC TAP TIE TIP

Q28

VET THY ART NIP THE

That distresses distresses me me not not at at all

Q35 Q36

Let me me be be very very clear clear here

T11 Ex.

Caterham sent sent a a flag flag of of truce

Q37

B L O C K
Q38

F L A S H

R E N D S
Q39

F A K E D

D E V I L
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U S H E R

V O U C H

fresh habit mixed

Q41

acted glass at

break wine speaks

Q42

black glass binary

born centre define

piece fact notice

T12 Ex.

goods start try

led stream source

Q43

lists work power

then recent sheet

pure arise doors

bad notice top

guest time power

table prone credit

low pump sell

king high bottom

aggressive friendly calculate

submarine submissive subtract

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Q44 Q45 Q46

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release magic concur

Q48

disagree eject wand

cheap conclusive costly

T13 Ex.

charge liked expensive

aloud question allow

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prevent audible ask

faithful stop depend

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fickle constant cap

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Q58 Q59

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Q60

sicken please thanks

giving pleas disgust

lure repel cooperate

attract both regret

insects badge fad

ant fashion badger

hopeful switch opponents

board team optimistic

T17 Ex.

argue chaos matches

agree acceptable speech

save jump sell

king keep hero

gallant rude mice

teach squeak polite

like acting working

dislike performing yachting

T16 Ex.

divide bed rest dream stay

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Q66 T19 Ex. Q67

supervisor bones head president slave

gloom shade trace dye paint

razor cabin defend accommodation shelter

hurl toss fry blanket music

head mind careful skull clever

unusual cross raw upset fruit

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A B C D E
Q71

A B C D E
Q72

Q68

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T20 Ex.

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A B C D E

A B C D E

A B C D E

A B C D E

A B C D E

3 18 19 22 26

24 10 11 34 12

22 36 17 14 39

119 81 74 70 67
T21 Ex.

91 66 65 70 80
Q79

59 15 31 11 12

152 175 151 163 157

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Q73

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Q75

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Q77

Q78

16 18 19 27 7

133 85 81 96 84

119 100 127 96 108

97 125 76 78 81

62 91 80 74 65

82 97 80 116 88

107 77 88 75 79

No example for this type

NORTH EAST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST

A B C D E

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Answers to Verbal Reasoning Full-Length Practice Paper 5

TYPE 1: 1) WS 2) FF 3) QB 4) PB 9) 3543 5) OG 6) FV 11) PULP 12) KILL 18) BOMBS TYPE 3: 7) 3517 8) 517357 TYPE 5: 13) FIST 14) TEACH

10) 1877

15) TITLE

16) USES 23) TIN

17) CARS 24) THE

TYPE 7: 19) AIL 20) LIE TYPE 8: 25) feed entirely TYPE 9: 31) F 32) N TYPE 11: 37) wine glass

21) ILL

22) MOB

26) An unseen 34) D

27) Pete stumbled 36) V

28) at all

29) be very

30) Caterham sent

33) D

35) H

38) centre piece

39) start led

40) work sheet

41) doors top

42) time table

TYPE 12: 43) aggressive submissive TYPE 13: 49) gallant polite

44) concur disagree

45) cheap expensive

46) allow prevent

50) acting performing 57) shelter 64) B

51) sicken disgust 59) mind

52) lure attract

TYPE 16: 55) head 56) shade TYPE 17: 61) D 62) A TYPE 19: 67) 11 68) 17 TYPE 20: 73) 84 74) 100 TYPE 21: 79) EAST 80) C 63) C

58) toss 66) A

60) raw

65) D

69) 70 75) 78

70) 66 76) 65

71) 12

77) 82

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72) 152 78) 77

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53) fad fashion

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47) faithful fickle

54) hopeful optimistic

48) argue agree