Verbal Reasoning: Intensive Training

Verbal reasoning training for the ISEB Common Pre-Test, organised by question type. Provide targeted explanations and guidance for each question type: method slides and explained questions first, then practice sets at two levels – Standard and Higher Level. Access lasts 6 months from the day you enrol.

5 question types

Word connections, word pairs, synonyms & antonyms, moving letters and missing letters

Method & explanations

Slides and explanations for every question type

2 levels

Standard and Higher Level practice sets

Challenge Papers

Mixed questions at Standard and Higher Level

Choose a topic

Verbal reasoning training for the ISEB Common Pre-Test, organised by question type. Provide targeted explanations and guidance for each question type. Every topic has two levels of practice – Standard and Higher Level:

  • MethodThe key slides from your lesson: what the question looks like, a step-by-step method and the common traps.
  • Explained questionsAfter every answer you see straight away whether you are right, with the explanation and the method steps.
  • Practice sets (Standard)Up to 30 questions of the same type. Get one right and you move straight on; get one wrong and you see the correct answer and the explanation at once. The sets unlock one at a time: finish a set and the next one opens.
  • Higher LevelHarder questions of the same type, with their own method slides, explained questions and practice set. The Higher Level practice set unlocks once you have finished the Standard practice sets of the same topic.

Finish with the two Challenge Papers, which mix all five question types in the same order as the real paper; Challenge Paper · Higher Level unlocks after the first. Finished sets show ✓ Done, so you can tick them off like a daily check-in.

Word ConnectionsThree words share a link: find the option that belongs with them.9 items

StandardMethod, then practice

MethodLesson slidesStart
Explained questionsAnswer and see the explanation straight awayStart
Practice Set 129 questionsStart
Practice Set 229 questionsStart
Practice Set 328 questionsStart
Practice Set 428 questionsStart

Higher Levelharder questions of the same type

MethodHigher-level slidesStart
Explained questionsAnswer and see the explanation straight awayStart
Practice Set28 questionsStart
Word PairsWork out how the first pair is related, then complete the second pair in the same way.9 items

StandardMethod, then practice

MethodLesson slidesStart
Explained questionsAnswer and see the explanation straight awayStart
Practice Set 125 questionsStart
Practice Set 225 questionsStart
Practice Set 325 questionsStart
Practice Set 425 questionsStart

Higher Levelharder questions of the same type

MethodHigher-level slidesStart
Explained questionsAnswer and see the explanation straight awayStart
Practice Set28 questionsStart
Synonyms & AntonymsClosest in meaning, opposite in meaning, the opposite of the rest, and the closest pair.9 items

StandardMethod, then practice

MethodLesson slidesStart
Explained questionsAnswer and see the explanation straight awayStart
Practice Set 123 questionsStart
Practice Set 223 questionsStart
Practice Set 322 questionsStart

Higher Levelharder questions of the same type

MethodHigher-level slidesStart
Explained questionsAnswer and see the explanation straight awayStart
Practice Set 119 questionsStart
Practice Set 219 questionsStart
Moving LettersMove one or two letters from the first word to the second so that both make new, real words.9 items

StandardMethod, then practice

MethodLesson slidesStart
Explained questionsAnswer and see the explanation straight awayStart
Practice Set 129 questionsStart
Practice Set 229 questionsStart
Practice Set 329 questionsStart
Practice Set 428 questionsStart

Higher Levelharder questions of the same type

MethodHigher-level slidesStart
Explained questionsAnswer and see the explanation straight awayStart
Practice Set28 questionsStart
Missing LettersFind the one letter that completes all four words.7 items

StandardMethod, then practice

MethodLesson slidesStart
Explained questionsAnswer and see the explanation straight awayStart
Practice Set 130 questionsStart
Practice Set 230 questionsStart

Higher Levelharder questions of the same type

MethodHigher-level slidesStart
Explained questionsAnswer and see the explanation straight awayStart
Practice Set22 questionsStart
Challenge PapersMixed questions from all five question types, in the same order as the real paper. Try these when you have finished the practice sets.3 items
MethodExam strategy slidesStart
Challenge Paper25 questionsStart
Challenge Paper · Higher Level25 questions · unlocks after the Challenge PaperStart