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4. Some schools include a spelling test where words are read out and become progressively harder. Or alternatively they may ask you to cross out the incorrect word: 1. (Lightening, Lightning) never strikes twice. 2. The puppy had (grown, groan) so much. 3. My parents keep the (whine, wine) in the (seller, cellar). 4. Camels can be found in (deserts, desserts). 5. I love the (scent, sent, cent) of that perfume! 6. He was the chairman of the (board, bored). 7. They’re so rich that they have a (maid, made). 8. We had so much fun at the (fair, fare). 9. If you bake a cake, you need to use (flower, flour). 10. My house is by the (key, quay).
EDINBURGH ACADEMY SENIOR SCHOOL
ENGLISH ANSWERS 1. Hazel was an old male rabbit; The passage says, “he felt the cold and could not seem to smell or run so well as in days gone by”; The sentry should have asked Hazel if the buck could enter.
3. GIFTS / PRESENTS , SCHOOL/SHOPS, ACCIDENTS, CRAMPED / LARGE, ROADS/ STREETS, BARRIERS , CARS / VEHICLES
4. Lightening, groan, whine, desserts, sent, cent, bored, made, fare, flower, key
4. Find the letter which will complete both words, ending the first word and starting the second. 1. CAR (_____) RUM 2. MES (_____) AND 3. BOA (_____) UDE 4. HAL (_____) EAK 5. CUR (_____) AR 6. BEL (_____) IP
5. Give the next two numbers in the following sequence (a) simple sequence 2 4 6 8 _ _ (b) complex sequence 5 21 8 17 11 13 _ _
VERBAL REASONING 1. Jumbled Words
LINAMA Beast EERARC Occupation
LEBKCU Part of belt TEAHFER Light as a ..... LEDAB
Sharp cutting edge
2. Underline the two words which are the odd ones out in the following group of words (black, king, purple, green, house)
3. Find a word that can be put in front of each of the following words to make a new, compound word.
CAST, FALL, WARD, POUR, TURN
VERBAL REASONING ANSWERS 1. ANIMAL, CAREER , BUCKLE , FEATHER , BLADE 2. king, house 3. DOWN 4. D, H or S, R, L or T, B or E or T, L or T 5. 10 12. 14 9 6. 34 7. 12
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6. The Browns live two houses away from the Wests. The Wests are at the end of the road at house number 38. The Wests are on the side of the road with even numbers. What is the house number of the Browns? _
7. If eight is two more than half of this number, what is this number?
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