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Week 36
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Verbal Reasoning
Week 36
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Problem Solving Read the following questions and write your answers in the space provided.
1,
If I subtract 17 from this number and then add 31, I get 55. What was the original number?
2,
If 4 times a number is 8 more than the product of 8 and 2, what is twice the number?
3,
37 is 21 more than a quarter of this number. What is this number?
4,
52 divided by 13 is a quarter of this number. What is this number?
5,
If I subtract 19 and then add 5, I get 42. What was the original number?
6,
31 is 9 less than half this number. What is this number?
7,
24 less than 63 is half of which number?
8,
19 is a third of 11 less than this number. What is this number?
9,
A third of 27 is a quarter of which number?
10, If I subtract 14 from twice this number I get 52. What is this number? 11, If 19 was added to this number it would be half the number of weeks in a year. 12, 9 times this number is 18 less than 81. What is this number? 13, 4 plus 7 is 3 more than half of which number? 14, If I add 23 to this number I will get 12 more than a dozen. What is this number? 15, 6 times this number is 13 less than 49. What is this number?
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Verbal Reasoning
Week 36
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Connected To Put a ring round the two words in the brackets which are associated with (or part of) the noun on the left.
1.
CAR
( station
2.
GARDEN
( road
path
3.
ROCKET
( man
launch
4.
WATCH
( hand
see
5.
RIVER
( pond
bed
6.
BEACH
( elm
7.
COW
( udder
8.
FARM
( visit
9.
BODY
( mussel
10.
MOUNTAIN
( peak
plain
11.
SHOE
( sock
clap
12.
STATION
( symbol
13.
RADIATOR
( hole
14.
PALACE
( hovel
garage
15.
JACKET
( lapel
collar
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hold
exhaust route
vigilant
tube
mouth ) source )
dune
pebble )
bleat
paw
rural
prey
ridge
tongue
lip
platform
muscle
sole ) perform
chandelier
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summit )
sill )
warmth
potato
hoof )
factory )
sledge
fire
garage )
sauce
tanker
skeleton
lawn )
face
urban
clutch )
fuel
cushion
carnivore
park
lake
count
shoovel
field
tire
cool
barrier )
water ) servant
location )
wardrobe )
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Making Long Words Join each word in the left column to a word in the right column to make one long word. Write the long word on the line in the middle.
1.
alley
land
2.
flow
work
3.
marks
line
4.
paint
way
5.
sister
hold
6.
wet
piece
7.
strong
chart
8.
shore
man
9.
on
hood
10.
centre
going
1.
back
down
2.
counter
fork
3.
grand
case
4.
skate
sight
5.
show
lash
6.
run
part
7.
hind
stand
8.
pitch
board
9.
master
line
10.
border
piece
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Analogies Cirlce the correct answer by working out the relationship between the two words in each question and then finding the pair which are related in a similar way.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
highwayman
:
robber
A.
policeman
:
suspect
B.
judge
:
jury
C.
mechanic
:
garage
D.
conjuror
:
magician
conductor
:
baton
A.
cook
:
apron
B.
cyclist
:
helmet
C.
butcher
:
cleaver
D.
librarian
:
book
artist
:
studio
A.
scientist
:
laboratory
B.
pitch
:
bowler
C.
builder
:
crane
D.
horse
:
stable
cards
:
pack
A.
game
:
box
B.
sticks
:
bundle
C.
leaves
:
green
D.
cows
:
flock
Seine
:
Paris
A.
Thames
:
London
B.
Amazon
:
Egypt
C.
Atlantic
:
Ocean
D.
Germany
:
Danube
heartfelt
:
insincere
A.
brag
:
boast
B.
baffled
:
perplexed
C.
prosperous
:
wealthy
D.
loiter
:
hasten
tread
:
trod
A.
bite
:
bitten
B.
put
:
put
C.
lay
:
lie
D.
ring
:
rung
sheep
:
pen
A.
chicken
:
coup
B.
swan
:
lake
C.
snail
:
shell
D.
rabbit
:
warren
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Opposite Words Circle the two words, one from each group, that are the most opposite in meaning.
1.
arrogant
antidote
medium
:
modest
medicine
moderate
2.
cartoon
comical
comrade
:
friend
serious
character
3.
comment
correct
praise
:
criticise
amend
rude
4.
stand
ease
easel
:
pillar
difficulty
painting
5.
endow
entertain
enlarge
:
minute
damp
shrink
6.
float
enough
empower
:
strengthen
insufficient
surface
7.
limited
supple
sample
:
ample
restricted
level
8.
match
malicious
benefit
:
nasty
benevolent
assist
9.
strict
join
mild
:
severe
moderate
attach
10.
nutritious
unhealthy
partly
:
portion
wholesome
gruesome
11.
wild
socks
cramped
:
tight
savage
wide
12.
pity
rough
obstacle
:
hinder
cruelty
coarse
13.
curse
prey
canine
:
church
worship
predator
14.
primary
prim
primitive
proper
tidy
15.
region
rare
usual
:
seldom
commonplace
area
16.
lavish
guard
release
:
imprison
liberate
generous
17.
maintain
retain
detain
:
relinquish
hold
possess
18.
fixed
stick
lure
:
attract
attach
deter
19.
strength
relax
rotate
:
unwind
tighten
busy
20.
wary
gullible
energetic
:
refreshed
vibrant
trustful
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Verbal Reasoning
Missing Letters One of the words in each of the following sentences has three consecutive letters missing. Without changing the order of these three letters they spell another word. Write this word in the column on the right. 1.
The teacher said he would not TOLTE such behaviour.
2.
The diver brushed against the wiggling TACLE of the squid.
3.
I took my duvet to the LAUN to get it cleaned.
4.
Sharmee had a very GOING personality; she was always so friendly.
5.
The family decided to REBISH their house to make it more modern.
6.
The irate mother told her son to stop being such a HINDCE.
7.
I’m sure I put my water-pistol in the bottom DER!
8.
I read an interesting ICLE in the newspaper the other day.
9.
I had to blow hard to INFL the balloon.
10. It seems that trains in this country are not very CTUAL. 11. My parents took in a ST cat and gave it to me for my birthday. 12. We took our afternoon tea out on the sunny TERR 13. I had to LUBRIE my bike brakes when they became stiff. 14. We had to wait a long time, but EVENTUY the builders turned up. 15. The excited boys played an ENERIC game of football. 16.
With five of us in the car, it was rather CPED!
17.
The helpful parking ATDANT guided us to a free space.
18.
It’s a hard concept to grasp that space is INITE.
19.
Clever-clogs Jim got a ICULOUSLY high score in his English test.
20.
The manager sought to STRENGN the defence by buying another player.
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Clothes - Different Types, Making, Mending and Fitting them! Add one letter to the beginning and end of the following to make a word in the above-mentioned category. It’s basically words associated with clothes!
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_ titc _
2.
_ ocke _
3.
_ easur _
4.
_ uxed _
5.
_inin _
6.
_ hrea _
7.
_ oo _
8.
_ leev _
9.
_ uf _
10.
_ ape _
11.
_ nora _
12.
_ ui _
13.
_ tockin _
14.
_ ar _
15.
_ ea _
16.
_ ailo _
17.
_ cryli _
18.
_ itte _
19.
_ res _
20.
_ olla _
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Verbal Reasoning
Vocabulary Cut these vocabulary cards out and learn them for a short vocabulary test next week. If you can’t learn them all, try to learn the words in the coloured boxes first.
basin
spendthrift
draper
milliner
osprey
shin
hacksaw
dispute
snare
donate (verb)
(verb)
sober (adj.)
seam
novice
concrete
swig
repel
dense
unfurl
hearth
grudge
(verb)
(verb)
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(adj.)
(verb)
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Vocabulary Cut these vocabulary cards out and learn them for a short vocabulary test next week. If you can’t learn them all, try to learn the words in the coloured boxes first.
someone who sells cloth, curtains etc.
someone who spends money carelessly
a round container attached to the wall in a bathroom, where you wash your hands and face
the front part of your leg between your knee and your foot
a type of large bird that kills and eats fish
someone who makes and sells women's hats
a trap for catching an animal
to say that something such as a fact or idea is not correct or true
a cutting tool with small teeth on its blade
not drunk
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to give something, especially money, to a person or an organization in order to help them
definite and specific
someone who has no experience in a skill
a line where two pieces of cloth, leather etc. have been stitched together
made of or containing a lot of things that are very close together
to make someone who is attacking you go away, by fighting them
to drink something in large mouthfuls, especially from a bottle
to allow or give something very reluctantly
the area of floor around a fireplace in a house
if someone does this, a sail or flag unrolls and opens
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Unscramble the words Unscramble the letters in the flower to form a word that is defined by the description in the centre of flower.
I E
F
the hair over your forehead
L
G
E
W
sword, gun, knife
G P
A
E
a brief look
N
R
N
A
C
L
E
L
H
E
P
E
H
T
O
W
riches
a small church
L
C
B
a small round stone
T
A
A
P
E
B
E
P
G
P
I
B
a church officer
I
E
teaching of Jesus
O
E
a small, quick bite
R
S
S
L
L
B
W
T
I
B
R
O
garden tool
R
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O
S
blue-black mark on skin
R
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W
handcart
R
N
L
N
B
A
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Secret Codes The number codes stand for the words below but not in order. Match the letters to the numbers and find the code for each of the following words:
TEAR CARE PACE TRAP
ROAD LORD ALSO ROAR
REST PREP SPIT STEP
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5728
A
C
E
P
R
T
ACCEPT
3675 2768
5619
CAREER 2
3
5
6
7
8
PREPARE
A
D
L
O
R
S
SOLAR DOLLAR
1621 2586
1896
DROLL 1
2
5
6
8
9
SALAD
E
I
P
R
S
T
RESPIRE REPRESS
8528 5216
RETREAT
PRIEST 1
2
5
6
8
9
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