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Sample Verbal Questions for 6 - 7 year olds

Which word is nearest in meaning to the underlined words?

  1. Mary chose her book carefully.
    1. Read
    2. Studied
    3. Selected
    4. Replaced
  1. He was not as famous as his sister.
    1. Lucky
    2. Wealthy
    3. Well-known
    4. Clever
  1. Peter read the whole book.
    1. Entire
    2. Funny
    3. Long
    4. Short
  1. Surprisingly, the test was easy.
    1. Sadly
    2. Unfortunately
    3. Happily
    4. Unexpectedly

 

Answers: 1c, 2c, 3a, 4d