EduTest Verbal Reasoning Practice Tests

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10 timed practice papers (60 questions, 30 minutes) matching the EduTest Verbal Reasoning format used for Year 9 entry and scholarship testing.

Five options A–E on every question, a hard vocabulary band, and the formal-logic strand most prep material leaves out.

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What Verbal Reasoning tests

Vocabulary — synonyms, antonyms and fine shades of meaning
Word relationships and analogies
Category boundaries — which word belongs and which does not
Formal logic and deduction from given statements
Coding and constructed-language decoding
Ordering and constraint puzzles

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Start with Standard papers to build confidence and foundations. Progress to Challenge for multi-step reasoning. Then tackle Advanced papers for the toughest questions under real time pressure.

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Question types you'll encounter

Our practice papers cover every question type in the verbal reasoning section of selective entry and scholarship exams.

Synonyms and Antonyms

Choose the closest or most opposite word, discriminating between near-synonyms that differ only in register or connotation.

Analogies

Identify the relationship in one pair and apply it to another — part-to-whole, cause-effect, worker-to-tool, or degree of intensity.

Box Items

Four related words are given; decide which word could also belong, or which could not. Tests the boundary of a category, not loose association.

Logical Deduction

Statements about invented categories ("all mils are hils") from which exactly one conclusion follows necessarily.

Two-Statement Proofs

Five numbered statements are given; find the pair that together proves the conclusion, avoiding the pairs that only half-prove it.

Coding and Ordering

Decode an invented language from overlapping phrases, or work out an order from relational clues.

Preparation tips for verbal reasoning

1
You lose no marks for a wrong answer, so never leave a question blank.
2
On synonym questions, read all five options before choosing — two are often close and only one is exact.
3
For "all" and "some" statements, remember that "some A are B" never lets you conclude "all B are A".
4
On box items, work out the rule that covers all four given words before looking at the options.
5
It is normal not to finish. Move on quickly rather than losing two minutes on one puzzle.

In-depth guides and strategies for verbal reasoning preparation.

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