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Free 11+ Mixed Verbal Reasoning worksheet
A mixed set of Verbal Reasoning questions covering codes, sequences, hidden words, word meanings and number puzzles, like a short practice paper.
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Medium · Set 944882
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Verbal Reasoning · Medium
Mixed Verbal Reasoning
Set 944882ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Which two words do not belong with the other three?
cooker lamb microwave toaster cub
Find two words, one from each group, that are most opposite in meaning.
(amazed tricky snooze) (difficult straightforward portion)
Find the next number in the series.
10 16 14 20 18 24 ?
If A = 3, B = 16, C = 17, D = 14 and E = 2, what is the answer to this sum? Give your answer as a letter.
B − E + A
Find two words, one from each group, that are closest in meaning.
(generous asleep straightforward) (ocean remember charitable)
What it practises
A mixed set of Verbal Reasoning questions covering codes, sequences, hidden words, word meanings and number puzzles, like a short practice paper.
How to solve them
Read each question's instructions carefully, because the question type changes every time. If one is taking too long, move on and come back to it at the end.
How to use it
Print the questions and keep the answers page to one side. Allow about 15 minutes, then mark it together and talk through anything that went wrong using the explanations. Move up a level once your child gets most of them right.
More free Verbal Reasoning worksheets
- Letter CodesCrack how a word is coded, then code or decode another word.
- Letter SequencesFind the next letter or pair of letters in a series.
- Number SequencesFind the rule in a series of numbers and work out the next one.
- Missing LettersFind the one letter that ends one word and starts the next.
- Compound WordsJoin one word from each group to make a longer word.
- Missing NumbersWork out how the middle number is made from the outside two.
- Hidden WordsFind a four-letter word hidden across two neighbouring words.
- Missing Three LettersFind the three-letter word taken out of a word in capitals.
- Closest MeaningPick two words, one from each group, that mean nearly the same.
- Opposite MeaningPick two words, one from each group, that are most opposite.
- Odd Two OutFind the two words that don't belong with the other three.
- Word AnalogiesComplete 'A is to B as C is to ?'.
- Letter SumsEach letter stands for a number: work out the sum as a letter.
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