11+ Practice (England) · Verbal Reasoning

Logic, Vocabulary and Word Relationships

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  1. Five children ran a race. Ali finished before Ben but after Cara. Dev finished last. Eve finished before Cara. Who finished third?
  2. Anna says, 'Ben is lying.' Ben says, 'Cal is lying.' Cal says, 'Anna and Ben are both lying.' Each person is either always truthful or always lying. Who is telling the truth?
  3. Priya is older than Raj. Sam is younger than Raj. Tia is older than Priya. Who is the second youngest of the four?
  4. All bakers get up early. Some early risers are runners. No runner is a night owl. Which statement must be true?
  5. Pia's brother Quin has a son called Omar. Omar's sister Zara has a daughter called Lily. How is Pia related to Lily?
  6. Maya's mother is Nina's sister. How is Maya related to Nina?
  7. The day before the day after tomorrow is Friday. What day is it today?
  8. Ella, Finn, Gus and Hana each own a different pet: a dog, a cat, a fish or a rabbit. Ella does not own a cat, a dog or a fish. Finn does not own the fish or the cat. Hana does not own the cat. Who own…
  9. Which word does not belong with the others? sonnet, haiku, limerick, novel
  10. Which instrument does not belong with the others? oboe, flute, trumpet, clarinet
  11. Leveret is to hare as cygnet is to ...
  12. Famine is to food as drought is to ...
  13. Which word is closest in meaning to CANDID?
  14. Which word is closest in meaning to EPHEMERAL?
  15. Which word is closest in meaning to TENACIOUS?
  16. Which word is the opposite of GREGARIOUS?
  17. Which word is the opposite of FRUGAL?
  18. Which word is the opposite of ABUNDANT?
  19. Which word can go in front of each of these: ___fall, ___proof, ___melon?
  20. Which word can go after each of these: black, cup, dash?
  21. Which direction is a girl facing if she starts facing north, turns 90 degrees clockwise, then 180 degrees anticlockwise, then 45 degrees clockwise?
  22. Ravi walks 8 km west and then 6 km north. How far is he from his starting point in a straight line?
  23. In a row of 20 pupils, Zoe is 7th from the left and Yusuf is 9th from the right. How many pupils stand between them?
  24. Ben is 12th from the front of a queue and 15th from the back. How many people are in the queue?
  25. In a made-up language, 'red blue' means 'ka mo', 'blue green' means 'mo li' and 'green yellow' means 'li su'. What does 'yellow' mean?
  26. If it rains, the match is cancelled. The match was not cancelled. What can you conclude?
  27. No cats are dogs. All kittens are cats. Which statement must be true?
  28. Five houses stand in a row, numbered 1 to 5 from the left. They are painted red, blue, green, yellow and white. The yellow house is number 1. The green house is number 3. The blue house is directly to…
  29. In a quiz, Hal scored 3 more than Ian. Ian scored twice as many as Jo. Jo scored 4. Kim scored 2 less than Hal. What did Kim score?

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