Verbal Reasoning Mixed Practice Set S

Method

1. Skim each question's format first (a series, a code, a pair of words, a statement) before reading the detail, since the format tells you immediately which of the four skills in this set to apply.
2. Budget roughly 40 to 45 seconds per question on your first pass through the set; if a question is not falling into place within that time, mark your best guess and move on rather than losing time you need elsewhere.
3. For the number series and balance-equation questions in this set, write your workings step by step on scrap paper rather than in your head, since a single arithmetic slip early on will make every later step wrong too.
4. For the compound-word and double-meaning questions, try your candidate word against each given word separately, checking it forms a genuine word or compound both times before settling on your answer.
5. Keep a mental note of which question types in this set you find slowest, and on a second pass through anything you skipped, attempt those types first while time remains.
6. Before handing in, check your answers line up with the correct question numbers, since mixed sets change format often and a transcription slip is the most common way to lose a mark that had nothing to do with reasoning.

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