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This test is to check your spelling, your understanding of words and whether you use them correctly. You are asked a question and you have to find the answer from the words provided. You have to write the word clearly and spelt correctly in the answer box on the right hand side of the page. Examples 1 and 2 have been done already to show you how to answer: Examples 1. wind the is Which word needs to be added to the above to make a proper sentence? house dog night cold fury Answer 2. One of these words is spelt incorrectly. Write the correct spelling. nite free laugh paper engine Answer 3. salt pass please Which word needs to be added to the above to make a proper sentence? help and the pepper odd Answer 4. One of these words is spelt incorrectly. Write the correct spelling. frend parcel solid fortunate lonely Answer The aptitude test workbook 10 cold night Verbal tests 11 Explanation In Example 1 a proper sentence could be ‘The wind is cold.’ None of the other words provided would make a proper sentence with the words – ‘wind the is’. In Example 1 it would only be possible to use other words, apart from ‘cold’, if you were trying to be poetical, for example, to create a sentence such as, ‘The wind is fury’. But, this is not grammatically correct because ‘fury’ is a noun, whilst ‘cold’ is an adjective. Although it would be correct to use the word ‘fury’ as a metaphor by changing it and saying, ‘The wind is furious,’ this is not the word that was given. In Example 2 ‘nite’ is not a recognized spelling. In Example 3: the answer is ‘the’ because the only correct sentence is ‘Please pass the salt’ or ‘Pass the salt, please.’ In Example 4: the answer is ‘friend’ because ‘frend’ is not a correct word. In Example 2 there is only one correct spelling for a word that sounds like ‘nite’, which is ‘night’. Example 4 is just the same as ‘frend’ and ‘friend’ are pronounced identically. Be careful – a common mistake is to reverse the position of the ‘i’ and the ‘e’. Example 3 is the same type of problem as Example 1. Although it is likely that someone would understand you if, at dinner, you said, ‘Salt. Pass please,’ this is still an incorrect sentence. Remember to write down the word clearly and spelt correctly, otherwise it will not count. Ask now if you have any questions. If you are timing yourself you have 12 minutes for this test. You have to do as many as you can in the time allowed. Work as quickly as you can, but do not make mistakes. Do not start the test until you are ready. 1. please clearly Which word needs to be added to the above to make a proper sentence? write go move Answer 2. One of these words is spelt incorrectly. Write the correct spelling. enquire ofice knock departure terrified Answer 3. Which word is closest in meaning to ‘grateful’? hopeful thankful sincere Answer 4. sport swimming a Which word needs to be added to the above to make a proper sentence? water the is Answer 5. One of these words is spelt incorrectly. Write the correct spelling. receive wierd fierce deceit shriek Answer 6. Which word is closest in meaning to ‘stern’? top front flexible strong rear Answer The aptitude test workbook 12 7. an is a ambulance Which word needs to be added to the above to make a proper sentence? road car the vehicle Answer 8. One of these words is spelt incorrectly. Write the correct spelling. exhausted speady disappointed applause Answer 9. What does ‘dejected’ mean? quiet thoughtful downcast rejected Answer 10. illegally is called importing Which word needs to be added to the above to make a proper sentence? smuggling travelling selling Answer Verbal tests 13 Expert tip If you are uncertain, should you guess? Always ask the administrator. Guessing will not help you in most tests, but sometimes it is worth it. This is particularly so in verbal tests where there is not always an exact answer, as there must be with numbers, for example. It is not worth guessing if you really have no idea which of the four, or even which of three of the four, answers might be correct. If you have a strong hunch that your answer is correct, then it is worth taking a chance, but do not do it too often. Since a ‘guessing correction’ is applied, it is better to choose no answer if you have no idea. The aptitude test workbook 14 11. What is the opposite of ‘expand’? contract expel unfurl reserve closed Answer 12. One of these words is spelt incorrectly. Write the correct spelling. queue accelerate restaurant business maintainance Answer 13. the tower of Italy Pisa is leaning Which word can be added to the above to make a proper sentence? in on the under near Answer 14. Someone who is prostrate is...? sitting drunk silly lying kneeling Answer 15. One of these words is spelt incorrectly. Write the correct spelling. leisure thief forfeit noticeing changeable Answer Expert tip A way of reducing uncertainty is to write the word in a sentence. Then try to find alternatives for the word. Then try to substitute the alternatives in the same sentence so you can see which one makes most sense.