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How to Pass Advanced Verbal Reasoning Tests
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HOW TO PASS
ADVANCED
VERBAL REASONING
TESTS
MIKE BRYON
London and Philadelphia
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P ublisher’s note
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sibility for any errors or omissions, however caused. No responsibility for loss or damage
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First published in Great Britain in 2008 by Kogan Page Limited
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© Mike Bryon, 2008
The right of Mike Bryon to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by
him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
ISBN-13: 978 0 7494 4969 8
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bryon, Mike.
How to pass advanced verbal reasoning tests : essential practice for English usage,
critical reasoning, and reading comprehension texts / Mike Bryon.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7494-4969-8
1. Verbal ability–Testing. 2. English language–Usage–Testing. 3. Reasoning
(Psychology–Testing. 4. Reading comprehension–Ability testing. I. Title.
BF463.V45B79 2007
153.9
2007037086
Typeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby
Printed and bound in India by Replika Press Pvt Ltd
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Contents
Preface
v
1 Verbal reasoning tests
1
Tests that hide in a bundle of forms!
3
Tests of verbal ability
4
If you are invited to an assessment centre
5
For some candidates, verbal tests are their
worst nightmare
6
If English is not your first language
6
If you are dyslexic or suffer some other disability
7
2 The winning approach
8
3 150 Warm-up questions
14
Word link: opposites
15
Word link: synonyms
22
Find the new word
28
Word swap
32
Sentence sequence
38
4 100 English usage questions
48
Correctly complete the sentence
49
Identify the correct sentence
61
 
iv Contents
5 100 True, false or cannot tell questions
81
6 Written assessments, presentations, group exercises and
assessment centres
119
An example of what such a day might include
120
The group exercise or role-play
122
Presentations
126
Written exercises
130
7 Five timed realistic tests with interpretations
of your score 133
Test 1. Synonyms and antonyms 134
Test 2. Sentence sequence 141
Test 3. Word swap 159
Test 4. English usage 167
Test 5. Reading comprehension and critical reasoning 179
An interpretation of your score in the practice tests
193
8 Answers and detailed explanations
196
Chapter 3. 150 Warm-up questions
196
Chapter 4. 100 English usage questions
201
Chapter 5. 100 True, false or cannot tell questions
211
Chapter 7. Five timed realistic tests with
interpretations of your score
222
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