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An Interactive Verbal Reasoning Test
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This test is suitable for nine to twelve-year-old children and a challenge for parents! There are 25 questions and the time limit is 13 minutes. When you have finished the test click the 'What's My Score' button. You are also given the correct answers for the questions you got wrong. There are more online tests on our customer site.

1.
 Three ships are berthed next to each other. A blue ship is to the right of a red ship and to the left of a green ship. If the blue ship and the green ship change places then -

  The red ship and the blue ship are next to each other.
  The green ship is between the red ship and the blue ship.
  The red ship is immediately to the left of the blue ship.
  The red ship is in the middle.
  Don't Know

The number codes 3152, 3455 and 5213 stand for three of the words MISS, SHAM, MASH and HAMS. Work out the code for each of the four words.
2.
 MISS
 3152    3455    5543    5213    Don't Know
3.
 SHAM
 5213    3455    3152    1255    Don't Know
4.
 MASH
 5213    3455    1345    3152    Don't Know
5.
 HAMS
 5312    3455    5213    2135    Don't Know

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

The alphabet above will help you with some of the following questions. Each question is a series of letters or numbers. What is the next letter or number in the series?
6.
 C , F , G , J , K , N , O , ?
 P    S    M    R    L    Q    Don't Know
7.
 A , Z , B , Y , C , X , D , ?
 E    U    F    Y    V    W    Don't Know
8.
 L , C , K , D , J , E , I , ?
 F    G    H    J    A    L    Don't Know
9.
 O , P , N , Q , M , R , L , S , ?
 T    K    I    U    J    P    Don't Know
10.
 116 , 58 , 56 , 28 , 26 , 13 , ?
 11    10    6    0    12    8    Don't Know
11.
 1 , 4 , 9 , 16 , 25 , 36 , ?
 42    72    49    55    47    50    Don't Know

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

If the words in the following questions were arranged in alphabetical order, then -
12.
 Which word would come first?
 sensation    seat    sense    set    sentry    Don't Know
13.
 Which word would come third?
 joint    jog    joke    jewel    joiner    Don't Know
14.
 Which word would come fourth?
 hang    gander    game    gang    fuss    Don't Know
15.
 Which word would come second?
 zero    zoom    your    zone    zigzag    Don't Know
16.
 Which word would come last?
 pillar    pile    pilot    pillow    pie    Don't Know

In each of the following questions choose one word which means EITHER the same as, or the opposite of, the word in capital letters.
17.
 SOILED
 garden    clean    plant    walk    lubricated    Don't Know
18.
 SOLID
 hard    shape    hollow    soft    cube    Don't Know
19.
 FLOWER
 rose    petals    propagate    ground    bloom    Don't Know
20.
 NEED
 dough    require    cook    deed    search    Don't Know
21.
 BRILLIANT
 colour    blue    bright    yellow    sun    Don't Know

22.
 In two years time my father will be exactly three times as old as I am now. My father is thirty-seven. How old am I?
 13    14    15    12    16    Don't Know
23.
 Which letter of the day of the week which starts with the letter nearest to the end of the alphabet is nearest to the letter C?
 A    B    D    E    F    Don't Know
24.
 Five boys took part in a fitness test. Tony scored higher than Sam who didn't have the lowest score. Jack had the highest score and Gerry scored more than Paul but less than Tony. Who had the lowest score?
 Tony    Sam    Jack    Gerry    Paul    Don't Know
25.
 My watch is 6 minutes fast and the train which should have arrived at my station at 11.30am was 5 minutes late. What time was it by my watch when the train arrived?
 11.41am    11.40am    11.38am    11.44am    11.39am    Don't Know
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