Example and Practice Questions

Verbal Reasoning
Word production
In these sentences, a word of four letters is hidden at the end of one word and the
beginning of the next word.
Find the pair of words that contains the hidden word and mark this answer on the answer
sheet.
Example The film ended happily after all.
A The film
B film ended
C ended happily
D happily after
E after all.
Answer film ended
In this sentence, the hidden four-letter word is mend, which is made up of the last letter
of the word film and the first three letters of the word ended. So the pair of words that
contains the hidden word is film ended.
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She saw there was dust underneath the chair. E
A She saw dust
under
B saw there neath

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C there was
D was dust Pa
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Vocabulary
In these questions, find two words, one from each group, that are most opposite in
meaning.
Mark both words on the answer sheet.
Example (morning early wake) (late shop dark)
A morning X late
B early Y shop
C wake Z dark
Answer early late
The two words that are most opposite in meaning are early from group one and late
from group two.
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(structure build plan) (demolish construct raise)
A structure X demolish
B build Y construct
C plan Z raise

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Words in sentences
In these sentences, the word in capitals has had three letters next to each other taken
out.
These three letters will make one correctly spelt word without changing their order.
The sentence that you make must make sense.
Mark the correct three-letter word on the answer sheet.
Example The cat scratched him with his CS.
A LAD B LAW C HAD D RAW E RED
Answer LAW
The three-letter word that has been removed from CS is ‘LAW’. If we place this three-
letter word between C and S, it makes the word CLAWS and thus completes the
sentence.
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We SPRLED seeds around the garden.
A RED B CAT C EEL D INK E AGO
Word relationships
In these questions, three of the five words are related in some way.
Find the two words that do not go with these three and mark them both on the answer
sheet.
Example black mouse red green hut
A black B mouse C red D green E hut
Answer mouse hut
The words ‘black’, ‘red’ and ‘green’ are related because they are all colours. The words
mouse and hut do not go with these three words.
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play jump hop swing skip
A play B jump C hop D swing E skip

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Non-Verbal Reasoning
Figures alike
On the left of the example below there are two figures that are alike. On the right there
are five more figures. One of these is most like the two figures on the left. Its letter has
been marked on your answer sheet.
Example
Answer: C
In the example above, the two figures on the left are quadrilaterals – they both have four
sides. Therefore, C is the correct answer as it is the only one of the five shapes on the
right that has four sides.
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Hidden shapes
These questions contain hidden shapes. The shape on the left is the target shape. The
target shape is hidden in one of the five diagrams to the right of the line. It is exactly
the same size as the target shape, but it may have been rotated (spun round)
where it is hidden. All of the sides of the target shape must be visible in the diagram
where it is hiding. Choose which of the five diagrams to the right of the line contains the
hidden target shape and mark its letter on your answer sheet on page 11.
Example
Answer: B
The hidden target shape is shown in bold below so that you can clearly see the answer is
B, and this has been marked on the answer sheet on page 11.
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ABCDE

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A B C D E Page 8
English
Reading comprehension
Read this passage carefully, then answer the questions that follow.
Oceans
1. The surface of our planet is approximately 70% water split between five major oceans:
the Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Antarctic. Our oceans produce half of the oxygen
we breathe and absorb half of all the carbon dioxide created by humans. In spite of
their importance, we have only explored about 5% of our oceans. It is important
5. that we learn about our oceans in order to look after them.
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the oceans, followed by the Atlantic Ocean, which
separates Europe and Africa from North and South America. Many years ago, some
people thought that the Earth was flat and that ships would just fall off the Earth
somewhere out in the Atlantic Ocean. Christopher Columbus proved them wrong by
10. sailing across the Atlantic and discovering the Americas. The Atlantic gets its name
from the Greeks who called it the Sea of Atlas.
Please answer these questions. (Look at the passage again if you need to.) You should
choose the best answer and mark its letter on your answer sheet on page 11.

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What is the name of the second largest ocean on Earth?
A Arctic P
B Atlantic
C Indian age
D Pacific 9
E Antarctic
 What was the significance of Christopher Columbus’s
voyage across the Atlantic?
Choose TWO.
1 He discovered another ocean.
2 He discovered the Americas.
3 He learned about the Greeks.
4 He proved the Earth was flat.
5 He proved the Earth was round.
A 1 and 2
B 1 and 4
C 2 and 4
D 2 and 5
E 3 and 5
Which of the following is closest in meaning to
‘separates’? (line 7)
A divides
B joins
C shares
D defines
E dominates
What type of word is ‘explored’? (line 4)
A noun
B adjective
C verb
D adverb
E conjunction

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Mathematics
Try these questions and mark your answers on the answer sheet on page 11.
54 children each run 100 metres in a race.
How many metres have the children run altogether?
A 540 B 1054 C 5400 D 154 E 5410
Mrs Woods ordered some school textbooks.
She worked out her order on rough paper.
She then began to copy the order onto the order form, as shown below.
How many literacy books did she order?
A6B5C4D8E3

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12 Textbook Price Number Total required price Literacy
£6 History £7 3 £21 Maths £6.50 5 £32.50 Postage £5.00 Total
£82.50Page 11 VERBAL REASONING 1 EXAMPLE The film film ended
ended happily happily after after all. She saw saw there there was was dust dust underneath
4 play jump hop swing skip EXAMPLE black mouse red green hut 3 RED CAT EEL INK AGO
EXAMPLE LAD LAW HAD RAW RED EXAMPLE NON-VERBAL
REASONING 5 A B C D E EXAMPLE A B C D E 6 A B C D E EXAMPLE A B C D E
ENGLISH 8 A B C D E 7 A B C D E THE LONDON BOROUGH OF
BEXLEY SELECTION TEST (SAMPLE ANSWER SHEET)
SCHOOL NUMBER DATE OF TEST Day Month Year Candidate’s Name School Name CANDIDATE
NUMBER DATE OF BIRTH Day Month Year Please mark boxes with a thin
horizontal line like this . late shop dark morning early wake 2 demolish construct
raise structure build plan 10 A B C D E 9 A B C D E MATHEMATICS 12 6 5 4 8
3 11 540 1054 5400 154 5410Page 12
Answers
Verbal Reasoning
1 dust underneath
2 build, demolish
3 INK
4 play, swing
Non-Verbal Reasoning
5A
6C
English
7B
8D
9A
10 C
Mathematics
11 5400
12 4