Verbal Reasoning: Closest in Meaning
Fizz the fox shows how to find one word from each group that means nearly the same: (brave, quick, small) and (fast, tall, kind). Learn to test each pair in a sentence, then find the matching pair in (shout, whisper, walk) and (talk, yell, run).
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1:40Verbal Reasoning: Opposite in Meaning
Percy the penguin finds one word from each group with the opposite meaning: (wet, warm, tall) and (hard, cold, loud). Learn to think of each word’s opposite first, then find the pair in (empty, quick, green) and (bright, full, kind).
1:28Verbal Reasoning: Odd Ones Out
Three words are linked and two are not. Ellie the elephant sorts apple, banana, carrot, pear and potato by finding what three of them share (fruit), so carrot and potato are the odd ones out. Then find the two odd ones in robin, eagle, salmon, sparrow and trout.
1:28Verbal Reasoning: Word Groups and Categories
Group A has hat, scarf and gloves; group B has apple, pear and plum; group C has red, blue and green. Which group does "banana" belong to? Ellie the elephant names each group first (clothes, fruit, colours), then checks the word fits only one. Then sort "trumpet" and "willow" yourself.