GL-Style Verbal Reasoning Mock 2
The GL-Style Verbal Reasoning Mock 2 is a second full 11+ verbal reasoning paper built from eleven shorter sub-sections of two to five questions each, including letter series, related words, hidden words, compound words, word codes, number series, move-a-letter, odd-one-out, opposites, double meanings and number codes. Packing in more distinct question types than an eight-type paper, it is suited to checking whether every reasoning type has been practised, not just the most familiar ones.
Method
- Because each sub-section here is very short (often just two to five minutes), read the instruction line for every new type carefully - misreading the rule wastes a larger share of a short sub-section than it would on a longer one.
- Move quickly between sub-sections; do not linger reviewing a completed section when the next one is starting, since the time per type is tight.
- For move-a-letter questions, try removing one letter from the first word at a time and check whether the remaining letters, plus that letter added to the second word, both make real words.
- For double-meanings questions, think of the two given clues as two separate short definitions and look for one word that fits both.
- For number codes, write out the alphabet with each letter's position number (A=1, B=2, and so on) if the paper allows working space, so you are not recalculating positions from memory each time.
- In odd-one-out and related-words questions, check the connection between all the other words first (their shared category) before deciding which one breaks it.
- With such short sub-sections, a single guessed question rarely costs much time; if you cannot see the pattern within about 20 to 30 seconds, guess and move to the next type.
Worked example
Number codes question: If A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on through the alphabet, and each letter's code is doubled, what is the code for the word CAB?
- Find the alphabet position of each letter: C is the 3rd letter, A is the 1st letter, B is the 2nd letter.
- Double each position as the rule states: C becomes 3 x 2 = 6, A becomes 1 x 2 = 2, B becomes 2 x 2 = 4.
- Combine the doubled values in the order of the letters in CAB: 6, 2, 4.
- Check the working by reversing it: halving 6 gives 3 (C), halving 2 gives 1 (A), halving 4 gives 2 (B), which correctly spells CAB.
- Final answer: the code for CAB is 6, 2, 4.
Practice questions
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Q1Move one letter from the first word to the second word to make two new words: CARE and OT.Show answer
Answer: Move C from CARE to the front of OT: CARE becomes ARE, and OT becomes COT.
Q2Find the hidden four-letter word made from the end of one word and the start of the next: 'You are the best army cadet in the troop.'Show answer
Answer: STAR (the last two letters of 'best', ST, plus the first two letters of 'army', AR, spell STAR)
Q3Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to TIMID: shy, bold, quiet, gentle.Show answer
Answer: bold
Q4What word means the same as both 'a request for money owed' and 'the beak of a bird'?Show answer
Answer: bill
Q5Continue the number series: 2, 5, 11, 23, 47, ...Show answer
Answer: 95 (each term doubles the previous term and adds 1: 2x2+1=5, 5x2+1=11, 11x2+1=23, 23x2+1=47, 47x2+1=95)
Q6Four of these five words belong together: sparrow, robin, salmon, eagle, owl. Which is the odd one out?Show answer
Answer: salmon (the others are all birds; a salmon is a fish)
Exam-style questions
Written in the style of a 11+ exam paper, with a full mark scheme.
Move one letter from the first word to the second word to make two new words: STAR and ILL. Give both new words and explain how you found them. (3 marks)
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If A=1, B=2, C=3, and so on, and each letter's code is its alphabet position plus 3, decode the number sequence 11, 8, 15, 15, 18 back into a word (subtract 3 from each number, then convert to a letter). Show your working. (4 marks)
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