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No responsibility for loss or damage occasioned to any person acting, or refraining from action, as a result of the material in this publication can be accepted by the editor, the publisher or any of the authors.  \nFirst published in Great Britain in 2008 by Kogan Page Limited  \nApart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criti-cism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction in accordance with the terms and licences issued by the CLA. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside these terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned address:  \n120 Pentonville Road London N1 9JN United Kingdom  \n[www.kogan-page.co.uk](www.kogan-page.co.uk)  \n525 South 4th Street, \\#241 Philadelphia PA 19147 USA  \n© Mike Bryon, 2008  \nThe 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.  \nISBN-13: 978 0 7494 4969 8  \n\n| British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data\u003Cbr>A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library. |\n| --- |\n| Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\u003Cbr>Bryon, Mike.\u003Cbr>How to pass advanced verbal reasoning tests : essential practice for English usage, critical reasoning, and reading comprehension texts / Mike Bryon.\u003Cbr>[p. cm](p. cm).\u003Cbr>ISBN-13: 978-0-7494-4969-8\u003Cbr>1. Verbal ability–Testing. 2. English language–Usage–Testing. 3. Reasoning (Psychology–Testing. 4. Reading comprehension–Ability testing. I. Title.\u003Cbr>BF463 .V45B79 2007\u003Cbr>153.9 􀀂 4--dc22\u003Cbr>2007037086 |\n\nTypeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby  \nPrinted and bound in India by Replika Press Pvt Ltd  \nContents  \nPreface v  \n1 Verbal reasoning tests 1  \nTests that hide in a bundle of forms! 3  \nTests of verbal ability 4  \nIf you are invited to an assessment centre 5  \nFor some candidates, verbal tests are their  \nworst nightmare 6  \nIf English is not your first language 6  \nIf you are dyslexic or suffer some other disability 7  \n2 The winning approach 8  \n3 150 Warm-up questions 14  \nWord link: opposites 15  \nWord link: synonyms 22  \nFind the new word 28  \nWord swap 32  \nSentence sequence 38  \n4 100 English usage questions 48  \nCorrectly complete the sentence 49  \nIdentify the correct sentence 61  \niv Contents  \n5 100 True, false or cannot tell questions 81  \n6 Written assessments, presentations, group exercises and assessment centres 119  \nAn example of what such a day might include 120  \nThe group exercise or role-play 122  \nPresentations 126  \nWritten exercises 130  \n7 Five timed realistic tests with interpretations of your score 133  \nTest 1. Synonyms and antonyms 134  \nTest 2. Sentence sequence 141  \nTest 3. Word swap 159  \nTest 4. English usage 167  \nTest 5. Reading comprehension and critical reasoning 179  \nAn interpretation of your score in the practice tests 193  \n8 Answers and detailed explanations 196  \nChapter 3. 150 Warm-up questions 196  \nChapter 4. 100 English usage questions 201  \nChapter 5. 100 True, false or cannot tell questions 211  \nChapter 7. Five timed realistic tests with  \ninterpretations of your score 222  \nPreface  \nStand out from the crowd  \nIf you have been searching for help to prepare for a verbal reasoning test at the advanced level then you have found it. This book has been especially written for the candidate facing an advanced level test and it contains hundreds of questions, in fact over 500. 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