ST. BEDE'S COLLEGE
VERBAL REASONING TEST
Name: ______________________________
Date of Birth:
Present School:
Number of Desk in Examination Room
1.
When you are told to begin, answer the questions as quickly and as carefully as
you can.
2.
Begin at the beginning and go straight through.
3.
If you try a question and you find you cannot answer it, leave it and go onto the
next.
4.
When you have to write an answer, do so in your ordinary handwriting. Be sure
to spell correctly.
5.
You may do any rough working at the side of the paper if you wish.
6.
Make any changes in your answers clearly.
7.
You will have 45 minutes and you will be told the time every 15 minutes.
8.
ASK NO QUESTIONS AT ALL.
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In the following, if the first two words have the same meaning underline the word "same".
If they are opposite in meaning underline the word "opposite". If they are neither underline
the word "neither".
1.
expand
enlarge
(same
opposite
neither)
2.
artificial
natural
(same
opposite
neither)
3.
bless
curse
(same
opposite
neither)
4.
scene
seen
(same
opposite
neither)
uncommon rare
(same
opposite
neither)
(same
opposite
neither)
5.
6.
convenient
useful
In a code the following numbers stand for the words LATE, CARROT AND LOAD,
but not in that order.
635571
9738
9314
If you compare the numbers and the words carefully you can find which numbers represent
which words and so find which figures stand for which letters. Do this, then give the numbers
that stand for:
7.
ladder
_________
8.
carter
_________
9.
clotted
_________
Five women go shopping. They are V,W,X,Y and Z. V buys shoes; X and Y buy groceries;
X buys dresses for her two children; Z buys socks for her husband; V,X and Z also buy tights;
W and Z buy fruit; X and Y buy cakes. Now answer these questions.
10.
Who buys groceries and cakes?
____________
11.
Who buys tights and fruit?
__________
12.
Who buys tights and cakes?
__________
13.
Who buys shoes and tights?
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In each of the following lines underline the word which is different from the others.
14.
highway
road
avenue
street
villa
path
15.
silk
dress
cotton
satin
muslin
nylon
16.
saucepan
glass
tumbler
beaker
jug
tankard
17.
wind
rain
sleet
winter
snow
hail
Complete the series in each of the following lines by filling in the spaces
18.
7350
735
73.5
19.
72
3
5
20.
48
36
21.
8
14
19
25
12
24
48
/4
7.35
7
/s
/6
24
22.
Look at the diagram given here, and then answer the questions.
23.
What number is in the circle but not in any triangle?
Answer:
24.
What number is in the top triangle but not in a circle?
Answer: ______________
25.
What number is in the bottom triangle but not in the circle?
Answer: ______________
26.
What number is in both triangles and in the circle?
Answer: ______________
27.
What numbers are in the bottom triangle and in the circle?
Answer: ______________
28.
What numbers are in both a triangle and the circle?
Answer: ______________
29.
What number is in both triangles? Answer:
•
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In each of the following sentences underline the correct word in brackets to complete the
sentence.
30.
A car always has
(a driver, fog lamps, a petrol tank, good brakes)
31.
A house always has
(afire, three bedrooms, a bathroom, an occupier, doors)
32.
A fish always has
(a long tail, fins, a mate, big eyes) Put
similar things together in the following group of four words:
iron
steal
steel
3 3.
Iron and ___________ go together
34.
Take and ___________ go together
cake
There are 5 girls in a class: A, B, C, D and E
A, B and D are tall, the rest are short.
B, D and E wear glasses.
A and C do not like each other, but A is friendly with B and E, and C is friendly with D.
35/36 I saw a short girl wearing glasses playing with a tall girl without glass.
Which were these girls?
37.
Presently a tall girl with glasses joined them.
Who is it?
38.
Answer: _______________________
Answer: _______________________
I noticed girl A pass a short girl without glasses. She did not speak to her.
Who was this girl?
Answer: _______________________
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
39.
Write down the nineteenth letter of the alphabet. Answer: _________
40.
If you count A as 1, B as 2, C as 3 etc. What would H +1 + J come to:
Answer:
41. One day of the week begins with the letter that comes immediately after the twentysecond
letter in the alphabet. Write down the fourth letter of this day.
Answer:
' ___________
In a code XRHOMTVR stands for the word STRAIGHT
42.
For what must V M T V stand?
Answer: __________________
43.
For what mustROHRX stand?
Answer: ___________________
44.
For what must R V O R stand?
Answer: ___________________
Put the next three words into this code:
45.
THIRST
Answer: ___________________
46.
GRITS
Answer: ___________________
47.
TIGHT
Answer: ___________________
In a line ready to come into school, Tom, Bill, Jim, Fred and John stood one behind another
but not in this order. They all stood behind Bert who was first in the line, because he was the
tallest. They stood in order of height, and as Tom was the shortest he was last. Fred stood
behind John but in front of Bill. Jim was shorted than Fred and Bill.
48.
How many boys were shorter than Bert?
Answer: _______________
49.
How many boys stood between Jim and John?
Answer: _______________
50.
How many boys were taller than Bill?
Answer: _______________
51.
Who stood immediately in front of Fred?
Answer: _______________
Look at this example:
Sympathy/Love/Kindness/Virtue/Honesty/Courage
"Virtue" has been underlined because it includes all the others, it is a general word. Now do
these in the same way. Underline the general word.
52.
Lorry / bus / coach / car / taxi / vehicle
53.
Liquid / water / beer / oil / ale / vinegar
-6Re-arrange the following words and write in the correct word in the space:
54.
GROPRIDE is a food eaten mostly in Scotland. Answer: ____
55.
Most schools have a YORUNDGALP.
56.
SAMELES is a disease.
Answer:
Answer:
Answer:
57.
TEEETS is a piece of furniture.
Answer:
58.
TOAST is an animal.
In each of the next questions, the first two words go together in some way. The third word
will go with some other word in the same way.
Find that other word and write it in the space. The number of crosses tells you how many
letters the correct word should have.
59.
Bear, fur;
sheep,
(XXXXXX)
'
60.
Good, reward; bad,(XXXXXXXXXX) Answer:______
61.
Here, where;
now,
(XXXX)
Answer:
62.
Soot, black;
snow,
(XXXXX))
Answer:
63.
Bird, feathers; fish,
(XXXXXX)
Answer:
Answer:
Look at this diagram. It has 5 lines: l,2,3,4,and 5
There are letters in each of these lines. For example, the letters in line 1 are E N T E R
It also has give columns marked I, II, HI, IV and V in Roman figures.
There are letters in each column. For example the letters in column IV are E L P E D
1
I
E
U
N
III
T
2
V
I
3
E
4
5
IV
E
V
R
0
L
A
C
0
P
S
N
E
V
E
R
T
R
A
D
E
Now answer the questions on the next page:
T
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64.
One letter V is in line 2, column I. The other V is in line
65.
Which letter occurs most often in the squares?
Answer:
66.
What letter is in line 3, column IV?
Answer:
67,
How many columns form words?
Answer:
68.
What line does not form a word?
Answer:
69.
What column does not contain the letter E?
70.
The letter D is in line
• column
Answer:
.column
Here are five words:
FAST
TASTE
FEAST
STAFF
SEAT
Below, the same words are written in code, but in a different order. Write in the space the
right word for each coded word.
71.
=/X = \
Answer:
72.
II/X\
Answer:
73. =xn\
Answer:
74.
II\X = =
Answer:
75.
\ X II \ /
Answer:
My father is 28 years older that I am, and I am twice as old as I was 5 years before my 13th
birthday.
76.
How old is my father now?
77.
In how many years time will my age be exactly half my father' age?
Answer:
Answer:
-8ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Write two letters, one in each set of brackets, to continue the series in each of the following:
78.
ZBYCXDWEVFUG
( _____ )
( ____ )
79.
ALMBNOCPQDR
( _____ )
( ____ )
80.
ABCZYXDEFWVUGH
( __________ )
( ____ )
If A = 5, B = 4, C = 3, D = 7, E = 2 give the values of these examples.
81.
BxD
=
Answer:_________
E
82.
A + B + C-E
=
Answer: _________
■
E
83.
AxBxC
=
In each of these questions a different code is used.
85.
If T X N P V
Work out what the last code stands for and write it in the brackets. means SCARE then P N
X V T means (
84.
IfZGUD means GEAR then D U Z G means
( ____
86.
If H X V S means CARE then X V H means
( ___
The following lists show how far these towns are from London
Richmond
13 km
Birmingham 174 km
Guildford
45 km
Manchester
293 km
Maidstone
54 km
York
310 km
Oxford
87 km
Beaumaris
384 km
Cheltenham
155 km
Edinburgh
594 km
87.
Which town is exactly twice as far from London as Oxford? ____
88.
How much further is Manchester from London than Cheltenham?
89.
What town is half as far from London as York?
Answer:
-990.
If York is on the line between London and Edinburgh, how far is York from
Edinburgh?
91.
If the train fare is at the rate of 1 lAp per kilometre, how much should the single
fare be from London to Birmingham?
92.
To which of these towns should the single fare be 67Yip? ___________
93.
How much more should the single fare from London to Oxford be than the single
fare from London to Maidstone?
94.
What should the single fare from London to Edinburgh be? ___________
In each of the following write ONE letter in the bracket to finish the first word and
start the last.
95.
GIR()ILY
96.
RES()EA
97.
TRA()OISE
Complete the series by filling in the blanks
98.
A90 B81
99.
Ab2 Be 5 Cd 8 Dell
100. 39
36
C72
32
D63
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