Bond Starter papers in Verbal Reasoning 6–7 years

– Sample test

Find the letter which will end the first word and start the second word.
Example peach (h) ome
1 bac ( ) ing
2 dru ( ) eat 2

Underline the pair of words most similar in meaning.

Example come, go roam, wander fear, fare

3 spin, twirl hill, sea bat, ball

4 fast, quick speedy, car wolf, dark
5 hair, eye shoe, trainer walk, balloon
6 chew, munch chocolate, cup brown, blind
7 stand, move run, river spring, stream 5

Rearrange the muddled letters so that the sentences make sense.

Example My UMM MUM drinks ETA TEA.
8 The AMN drove the ANV .
9 It was THO so we TAS in the shade.
10 She drank a NAC of OPP . 3

Change the first word of the third pair in the same way as the other pairs
to give a new word.
Example DIG, DOG FIG, FOG BIG, BOG
11 PAT, PIT BAT, BIT SAT,
12 TIP, TAP SIP, SAP RIP,
13 CUB, COB RUB, ROB HUB,
14 RIB, ROB BIB, BOB JIB,
15 FIE, FOE DIE, DOE TIE, 5
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Underline one word from the brackets so that the sentences make
sense.
Example The (car, cow, table) was eating grass.
16 A (breeze, sail, badger) blew the paper cup over.

17 The (snail, brick, puppy) bounded over the lawn.

18 His (mother, balloon, pencil) exploded with a bang!

19 He worked hard in the (office, bath, sky).

20 The elephant was busy (laughing, eating, flying). 5

In a code MARCH is written as 0 2 4 6 8. Write these words using the

same code.
21 CAR

22 HAM

23 ARM 3

Write these words in alphabetical order.

Example TRUCK CAR BUS BUS CAR TRUCK
24 LAP TAP NAP
(1) (2) (3)
25 DOT NOT COT
(1) (2) (3) 2

Now go to the Progress Chart to record your score! Total 25

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 Bond Starter papers in Verbal Reasoning 6–7 years – Answers to sample test

ANSWERS
1k 14 JOB
2m 15 TOE
3 spin, twirl 16 breeze
4 fast, quick 17 puppy
5 shoe, trainer 18 balloon
6 chew, munch 19 office
7 spring, stream 20 eating
8 MAN, VAN 21 624
9 HOT, SAT 22 820
10 CAN, POP 23 240
11 SIT 24 LAP NAP TAP
12 RAP 25 COT DOT NOT
13 HOB

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 Progress Chart Starter papers in Verbal Reasoning
Total Sample test Percentage
marks paper
▼
▼ ▼
25 100%

90%

20 80%

70%

15 60%

50%

10 40%

30%

5 20%

10%

0 0%

When you’ve filled in the progress chart read the Next Steps
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Next Steps…
Now that you’ve finished this sample test paper, it’s a good time to see how
you did.
Here’s a simple plan to help you improve your score.

Step 1 Look back at your progress chart.

■ How did you do? Did you colour a long way up the chart?
■ Now is a good time to go over any incorrect answers and try those
questions again.

Step 2 Do more practice.

If you would like your score to be higher …
Start building up your verbal reasoning skills with Bond Assessment Papers:
Starter papers in Verbal Reasoning.
Also look out for different puzzle books. Trying out a wide range of word
puzzles can be an enjoyable way to kick-start your reasoning skills.

If you did well on this test …

Either:
Use Bond Assessment Papers: Starter papers in Verbal Reasoning for more
practice at the same level as the sample test. The test papers in this book
include a wider variety of questions than are included in the sample paper.
Or:
If you feel confident, go on to Bond Assessment Papers: First papers in Verbal
Reasoning for practice at the next level up.

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