Verbal reasoning 11+ test questions and answers with tips on how to prepare for the test itself.

1. 11+
Test
(Verbal)
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2. Overview of the 11+ Test
“The 11+ Test is foremost, a test that is designed to assess whether grammar school is a suitable
choice for pupils wishing to attend a grammar school and, more importantly, whether or not that choice
is the right choice”.
ENGLISH
VERBAL
REASONING
MATHS
NON-VERBAL
REASONING

3. CORRECT LETTERS
Question
The same letter must be able to fit into both sets of
brackets [?] in order to complete the word in front of the
bracket and begin the word after the bracket.
Happ [?] ellow
Why [?] awn
How to work it out
You need to work out how the words
can be completed, by finding the letter
missing.
Remember, the last letter is missing
from the first words, and the first letter
is missing from the second words.
ELIMINATE THE MOST OBSCURE
ANSWERS!
C = Y

4. Question
Identify which word is the odd one out.
A – desk
B – shelf
C – cupboard
D – chair
E – wood
How to work it out
Find the relationship between the
words, and work out which word does
not fit in with the sequence.
E
ODD ONE OUT

5. WORD JUMBLES
Question
In the sentence, the word outside the brackets will only
go with three of the words inside the brackets in order to
make a longer word. Which ONE word will it NOT go
with?
How to work it out
One of these words does not fit with the
word on the outside of the bracket.
Take one word at a time…
C

6. Question
In each question, there are two pairs of words. Only one
of the answers will go equally well with both of these
pairs.
(Look out for meanings of the words and other
possibilities of how another word could be used in that
situation).
(FALL TUMBLE) (JOURNEY OUTING)
How to work it out
Take each answer option and work out
whether or not that word can be applied
to both groups of words.
Only one of the answer options can be
used to link both of the groups.
Establish the double meanings the
words have and whether they can be
applied to the words listed in the
question.
B
CONNECT THE WORDS

7. COMPLETE THE SENTENCE
Question
Complete the following sentence.
C
How to work it out
ELIMINATE THE MOST OBSCURE ANSWERS.
Only one word will work in the sentence.
Top Tip! Read the sentence out loud and see
whether or not it makes sense.

8. Question
Pick out the word in the sequence that links all the words
together.
How to work it out
You need to work out which word can
group all of the other words to form a
word family.
For the above example, ‘clothing’ is the
word that links trousers, skirt and shirt,
so therefore the correct answer would
be B.
B
WORD FAMILIES

9. COMPOUND WORDS
Question
In each of the following questions, find the
two words, one from each group, that
together make a new, real word. The word
from the group on the left always comes
first.
How to work it out
In order to work out these types of
questions, you need to find a word
from the left group to start off the
new word.
Eliminate the answers you know to
be incorrect.
You should realise, that ‘sauce’
and ‘pan’ can be put together to
make the new word ‘saucepan’.
Saucepan

10. ALPHABET PATTERNS
Question
In each of the following questions, find the letters
that best complete the series. The alphabet has
been provided to assist you.
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
A
How to work it out
Work out the relationship between each of the
letters, in order to work out how the sequence
is progressing.
The first letter in each group, is adding 3
letters of the alphabet. Once the sequence
reaches the end of the alphabet, it continues
back at the start.
The second letter in each group, is subtracting
4 letters.

11. HIDDEN WORDS
Question
Determine where the hidden four letter word
is.
I need ice cold drinks during the
summer time.
How to work it out
You need to find the hidden four
letter word that is part of the
ending of one word, and the
beginning of the next.
For this example, you need to pay
attention to ‘need ice’
Dice

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