Common entrance exams - Verbal reasoning tests (2)

Common entrance exams - Verbal reasoning tests (2) In the following sentences, a four letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other. Find the word and write it in the brackets. Example: The child fell over the stone. (l o v e ) 15. The hot coffee tasted very good 16. Let's hide away from him! 17. He was happy on the farm. 18. Is the yellow shape the biggest? 19. Which old picture would you like? 20. The rabbit escaped from the run. Use the information below to find the answer to the question. Circle the correct letter. 22. There are 5 balls in a bag. There are three different colours of balls in the bag. Which of the following statements cannot be true? A One ball is green. B Three balls are blue. C Four balls are yellow. D Two balls are red and one is yellow. E There are blue and yellow balls in the bag. In the following sentences, one word written in capital letters has had three letter removed. These three letters together make a correctly spelt proper word without changing the letter order. Work out the three-letter word and write it in the brackets. Example: There was a strange CR by the pond. (OAK) 23. The old lady was DEDENT on her guide dog. 24. They enjoyed FIGN holidays. 25. The mosaic formed a beautiful TERN. 26. The famous LANDSE was bought by the gallery. 27. A CE was used to unload the ship. 28. The old lady collected her SION. 29. The professor had a strange ORY. In the following questions, there are two sets of words. Choose the two words, one from each set, that are closest in meaning and underline them. Example: (race, shop, start) (flag, end, begin) 30. (safari, jeep, rhinoceros) (binoculars, lion, expedition) 31. (dress, decorate, fashion) (model, outfit, millinery) 32. (avalanche, hurricane, earthquake) (tsunami, cyclone, flood) 33. (apprentice, apparition, novice) (invoice, experience, spectre) 34. (hero, medal, courage) (valour, conflict, campaign) 35. (sensible, sensitive, sensation) (reactor, recreation, responsive) 36. (microscope, medicine, microbe) (germ, antibiotic, stethoscope) Common entrance exams - Verbal reasoning tests (2) In the following sentences, a four letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other. Find the word and write it in the brackets. Example: The child fell over the stone. (l o v e ) 15. The hot coffee tasted very good 16. Let's hide away from him! 17. He was happy on the farm. 18. Is the yellow shape the biggest? 19. Which old picture would you like? 20. The rabbit escaped from the run. Use the information below to find the answer to the question. Circle the correct letter. 22. There are 5 balls in a bag. There are three different colours of balls in the bag. Which of the following statements cannot be true? A One ball is green. B Three balls are blue. C Four balls are yellow. D Two balls are red and one is yellow. E There are blue and yellow balls in the bag. In the following sentences, one word written in capital letters has had three letter removed. These three letters together make a correctly spelt proper word without changing the letter order. Work out the three-letter word and write it in the brackets. Example: There was a strange CR by the pond. (OAK) 23. The old lady was DEDENT on her guide dog. 24. They enjoyed FIGN holidays. 25. The mosaic formed a beautiful TERN. 26. The famous LANDSE was bought by the gallery. 27. A CE was used to unload the ship. 28. The old lady collected her SION. 29. The professor had a strange ORY. In the following questions, there are two sets of words. Choose the two words, one from each set, that are closest in meaning and underline them. Example: (race, shop, start) (flag, end, begin) 30. (safari, jeep, rhinoceros) (binoculars, lion, expedition) 31. (dress, decorate, fashion) (model, outfit, millinery) 32. (avalanche, hurricane, earthquake) (tsunami, cyclone, flood) 33. (apprentice, apparition, novice) (invoice, experience, spectre) 34. (hero, medal, courage) (valour, conflict, campaign) 35. (sensible, sensitive, sensation) (reactor, recreation, responsive) 36. (microscope, medicine, microbe) (germ, antibiotic, stethoscope)