Practice Paper: Verbal Reasoning 2

This is your second GL 11+ Verbal Reasoning practice paper. It focuses on different question types: synonyms and antonyms, word rearrangement, number-letter codes, and missing letters.

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Instructions

• Time allowed: 45 minutes
• Total marks: 40
• Answer every question — there is no penalty for guessing
• Work systematically through each question
• Answers are at the end of this paper — do not look until you have finished!

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Section A: Synonyms and Antonyms (10 marks)

Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the word in capitals.

Q1. BRAVE: (a) Frightened (b) Courageous (c) Angry (d) Careful (1 mark)

Q2. ENORMOUS: (a) Tiny (b) Average (c) Huge (d) Fast (1 mark)

Q3. WEARY: (a) Tired (b) Angry (c) Worried (d) Excited (1 mark)

Q4. CONCEAL: (a) Reveal (b) Steal (c) Hide (d) Break (1 mark)

Q5. ANCIENT: (a) Modern (b) Beautiful (c) Old (d) Tall (1 mark)

Now choose the word that is most opposite in meaning to the word in capitals.

Q6. GENEROUS: (a) Kind (b) Wealthy (c) Selfish (d) Happy (1 mark)

Q7. EXPAND: (a) Grow (b) Shrink (c) Burst (d) Flatten (1 mark)

Q8. TIMID: (a) Shy (b) Quiet (c) Bold (d) Small (1 mark)

Q9. ARTIFICIAL: (a) Plastic (b) Beautiful (c) Natural (d) Expensive (1 mark)

Q10. TRIUMPH: (a) Victory (b) Battle (c) Defeat (d) Prize (1 mark)

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Section B: Word Rearrangement (10 marks)

Rearrange the letters to make a real word. A clue is given in brackets.

Q	Jumbled letters	Clue
Q11	SUHOE	(where you live)
Q12	LCOKO	(tells the time)
Q13	RETAW	(you drink it)
Q14	NIGTH	(after the day)
Q15	PLAEP	(a fruit)
Q16	CARHI	(you sit on it)
Q17	BLEAT	(a piece of furniture)
Q18	NRGDAE	(flowers grow here)
Q19	HSOCOL	(where you learn)
Q20	TICHKEN	(where you cook)

(1 mark each)

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Section C: Number-Letter Codes (10 marks)

In this section, letters are replaced by numbers using this code grid:

A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13

N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26

Q21. What word is 3, 1, 20? (1 mark)

Q22. What word is 4, 15, 7? (1 mark)

Q23. Encode the word FISH. (1 mark)

Q24. Encode the word STAR. (1 mark)

Q25. What word is 8, 15, 21, 19, 5? (1 mark)

Q26. What word is 2, 15, 15, 11? (1 mark)

Q27. What word is 13, 21, 19, 9, 3? (1 mark)

Q28. What is the code for PLANE? (1 mark)

Q29. Add the code values for the word SUN. What total do you get? (1 mark)

Q30. Which word has a higher code total: FIRE or LAKE? (1 mark)

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Section D: Missing Letters (10 marks)

Find the missing letter(s) to complete each word.

Q31. B _ _ K (a thing you read) (1 mark)

Q32. _ I N D O W (you look through it) (1 mark)

Q33. S _ _ O O L (where you learn) (1 mark)