18 practice questions on word relationships, inference and verbal logic. Take as long as you need, then see your score and the reasoning behind every answer.
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Verbal Reasoning Practice
Reason with words — no special vocabulary needed
✓18 multiple-choice questions, easier ones first
✓Six question types: analogies, word pairs, sentence logic, odd one out, inference and word sequences
✓Untimed — most people finish in about 8 minutes
✓Score out of 18, plus an explanation for every answer
Unofficial practice test, for self-assessment and entertainment only. Not a standardized aptitude or IQ assessment.
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About This Test
What it explores
How you reason with language: spotting how words relate, following the logic of a sentence, and working out what a short passage does and does not tell you
Questions
18 multiple-choice questions, three of each type
Duration
Untimed — about 8 minutes for most people
How scoring works
One point per correct answer, no weighting and no time bonus. You see your total out of 18, the percentage, and how you did on each question type.
Verbal Reasoning Questions You Will Practice
Analogies. Two words are linked in a particular way; you find the word that completes a second pair with the same link.
Word relationships. You are given one pair of words and choose the other pair that is related in the same way — for example tool and purpose, or part and whole.
Sentence logic. You complete a sentence so that it makes sense, or decide what a sentence strictly means.
Odd one out. Three of four words share a category; you identify the one that does not belong.
Inference. You read two or three sentences and choose the statement that must be true, or that the passage best supports.
Word sequences. A list of words follows a rule — order, size, spelling — and you pick the word that comes next.
A Worked Example
This sample is not one of the 18 questions — it shows the kind of reasoning the test asks for.
Knife is to cut as pen is to ?
A. ink
B. paper
C. write
D. sharp
Start by saying the first pair as a sentence: “a knife is used to cut.” The second pair has to fit the same sentence, so you need the action a pen is used for. “Ink” is what a pen contains, “paper” is what it is used on and “sharp” describes the knife, but only write (C) is what a pen is used to do.
Putting the relationship into words before looking at the options is the most reliable habit for analogy and word-pair questions.
Verbal Reasoning vs. Verbal IQ: Two Different Tests
This page is a short, untimed practice set built around reasoning: every question uses everyday words, and none of them asks you to know what an unusual word means.
If you would also like vocabulary questions — synonyms, antonyms and less common words — with difficulty-weighted scoring, take the separate 30-question Verbal IQ Test. The two tests share no questions.
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