More Verbal Reasoning Question Types

In my last blog I explained the main types VR questions and their classifications. As I mentioned, most 11+ content creators and providers talk in terms of (roughly) the same classification. But if you look at the past exam papers and other preparatory material, you would have noticed that there is more to VR than these 21 types of questions!

Given that these 21 types do not adequately cover all the types which we see in the exams, 11PlusDIY have extended this classification with a few addiotional ones. In most cases these represent a variation of the standard type, but it is helpful to treat it as separate.

TYPE-X-1 : Find the word which cant be made	Question: TEMPTATION [MINT: MAIN: MAIL: MEANT: TEMPT] Answer: MAIL (As there is no 'L' in TEMPTATION)
TYPE-X-2 : Word Ladder	Question: SEED [_____]  FEES Answer : FEED
TYPE-X-3 : Direct Code	Question: In a secret code 'YDIRTLULSBDG' stands for 'PSYCHOLOGIST'. Using the same code work out how 'SCOTCH' should be written. Answer: DRLGRT
TYPE-X-4 : Alphabetical order	Question: If the words in the list below were arranged in APLHABETICAL order: which word would be THIRD? [ACHIEVE: ASSESS: ANGUISH: ABUSIVE: ACHIEVING] Answer: ACHIEVING
TYPE-X-5 : Reverse Alphabetical order	If the following words were written BACKWARDS and then put into ALPHABETICAL order: which word would be THIRD? [CONTACT: COTTON: CLINICAL: CAUSING: CONCISE] Answer:
TYPE-X-6 : Missing Alphabet	Which alphabet occurs in 'DINING': but not in 'SANDWICH'? Answer: G
TYPE-X-7 : Twice occurring alphabet	Question: Which letter occurs twice in 'PENALTIES' and also twice in 'REVEALING'? Answer: E
TYPE-X-8 : Most occurring alphabet	Question: Which letter of the Alphabet occurs most often in 'EXAGGERATE' Answer: E
TYPE-X-9 : Middle letter of word position	Question: Which position does the MIDDLE letter of the word 'APPLICATION' occupy in the Alphabet? Answer: 3
TYPE-X-10 : Reverse alphabet positions	Question: If the alphabet were written out backwards: what would be the letter at position 25? Answer: B
TYPE-X-11 : Repeated letter in words	Question: Which letter of the alphabet occurs TWICE in 'REVOLTED', THREE times in 'EXECUTIVE'. but not at all in 'BLOWING'? Answer: E
NFER_TYPE_X12	If all the ALPHABETS in the word 'THOROUGHFARE' were removed from the alphabet: which letter would be in position 4 in the new alphabet?
NFER_TYPE_X13	If all the VOWELS in the word 'THOROUGHFARE' were removed from the alphabet: which letter would be in position 4 in the new alphabet?
NFER_TYPE_X14	If all the CONSONANTS in the word 'THOROUGHFARE' were removed from the alphabet: which letter would be in position 4 in the new alphabet?
NFER_TYPE_X15	Which letter comes exactly midway in the alphabet between 'E' and the ELEVENTH letter?
NFER_TYPE_X16	Which CONSONANT in the word 'IMAGINATION' comes latest in the alphabet?
NFER_TYPE_X17	Which VOWEL in the word 'APATHETIC' comes latest in the alphabet?
NFER_TYPE_X18	Which VOWEL occurs TWICE in 'INCLUSION': but only ONCE in 'IMPERFECT'?
NFER_TYPE_X19	LOGIC
NFER_TYPE_X20	LOGIC
NFER_TYPE_X21: Reorder words in sentence	Question: You will think that have ought to they been very happy [THINK: THEY: HAVE: OUGHT] Answer: THEY, HAVE
NFER_TYPE_X22 : Anagram in sentence	Question: You can imagine their NEGFSIEL Answer: FEELINGS
NFER_TYPE_X23 : Anagram related to words	Question: ETERNITY ( total: sum ) Answer: ENTIRETY

In the table above question type X-4 to x-20 are covered in the “catch-the-all” type-21 of the standard VR question types. Similarly question types X-6 to x-18 are all very similar and you also find a few other variants of these along the same lines.

Even if you are sure that the school you are preparing for uses “nothing but the standard types”it is recommeneded that the preparation include as many variations of these standard types as possible. 

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