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11+ Verbal Reasoning and English Skills

30 flashcards on verbal reasoning methods, vocabulary, grammar and comprehension tips for 11+ style practice. Study material written for practice.

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Synonym
A word with the same or nearly the same meaning, e.g. big and large.
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Antonym
A word with the opposite meaning, e.g. generous and mean.
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Homophone
Words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings, e.g. whether and weather.
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Anagram
A word made by rearranging the letters of another word, e.g. listen and silent.
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Odd one out
Find what three words share (a category, a part of speech or a property) and choose the one that does not fit.
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Letter codes: shifting
Count the same number of places forward or backward for every letter, and check the rule on the example given.
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Mirror alphabet code
A swaps with Z, B with Y, C with X. A letter in position p swaps with the letter in position 27 - p.
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Letter positions
A=1, E=5, J=10, M=13, N=14, T=20, Z=26. Halfway through the alphabet is between M and N.
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Letter series with growing gaps
Write the letter positions as numbers, find the gaps and see whether they grow or repeat.
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Hidden words
Join the end of one word to the start of the next and look for the target word across the join.
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Compound words
Two words joined, e.g. water + fall. Test each answer option against every given word.
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Word ladder
Change one letter at a time to make a real word each step. Letters in the same place that differ need a step each.
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Analogy method
Say the link in a sentence, e.g. 'a leveret is a young hare', then use the same sentence for the second pair.
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Young animals
Cygnet (swan), leveret (hare), joey (kangaroo), cub (lion), kid (goat), fawn (deer), calf (cow).
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Collective nouns
A pride of lions, a flock of sheep or birds, a herd of cattle, a swarm of bees, a pack of wolves.
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Syllogism
If all A are B and all B are C, then all A are C. 'Some' statements do not allow 'all' conclusions.
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Reading logic puzzles
Draw a table or a row of positions and fill in the certain facts before the uncertain ones.
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Truth-teller and liar puzzles
Assume one statement is true, follow the results, and reject it if it leads to a contradiction.
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Direction puzzles
Turn the compass step by step: 90 degrees clockwise from north is east, 180 is south, 270 is west.
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Position in a line
Total people = position from front + position from back - 1.
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Days and dates
Divide by 7 and use the remainder to count forward from the starting day.
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Prefixes that mean 'not' or 'opposite'
un-, dis-, in-, im-, il-, ir-, non-, mis-. Examples: unhappy, disappear, impossible.
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Active and passive voice
Active: the dog ate the cake. Passive: the cake was eaten by the dog.
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Subordinate clause
A clause that depends on a main clause and starts with words such as although, because, if or when.
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Semi-colon
Joins two closely linked complete sentences, e.g. 'I like tea; my brother prefers coffee.'
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Who and whom
Who is the subject. Whom is the object, often after a preposition: 'to whom'.
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Simile, metaphor, personification
Simile uses like or as. A metaphor says one thing is another. Personification gives human actions to non-human things.
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Commonly misspelt words
necessary, accommodate, separate, definitely, receive, occurred, embarrass, rhythm.
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Inference questions
Look for clues in the text and ask what they suggest. The answer is not stated directly but is supported by the passage.

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