11+ Verbal Reasoning

Superfluous Words
Practice Paper - 1
Instructions:
1. The time allowed is 15 minutes for 20 questions.

2. Each question carries 1 Mark.

3. Answers should be clearly marked in pencil on the question paper

itself. No separate answer sheet is provided.

4. Examples for marking the answers are provided for each type of
question.

5. No Marks are lost for an incorrect answer.

6. If you have marked the wrong answer, erase it and mark the new
one. Make sure that your final answer is clear.

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Superfluous Words
Instructions
Rearrange the words to make the longest sentence you can. Then, select the word
that is superfluous by drawing a line in the relevant box.

Example: pencil safety walked I to

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Answer: I walked to safety

Superfluous word: pencil
Put a line through the box corresponding to the word “pencil” below:
pencil safety walked I to
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1 read books reading like I

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2 works Mondays today Lucy on

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3 August heat it’s hot in

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4 is election votes tomorrow the

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5 are waitress the rude is

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6 knees ran my running hurts

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Superfluous Words

7 breaking angry accidentally vase apologised the for Henry

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8 at my school History is subject test favourite

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9 daily eating fruit you and eat vegetables should

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10 spell to is name very spelled hard his

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11 are compared small adults babies from very to

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12 passing will Aqsa her pass thinks exams she

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13 draught lets an the in a window cold

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14 have to I eat time do eaten not

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Superfluous Words
15 a the man there car in is up
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16 is truly wonderful the at weather beach whether the

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17 in need the desperate of charity funding these is

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18 followed the me the around day cute all puppy

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19 to go the I supermarket to has have tonight

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20 was cold knight it and night a stormy very

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