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Appropriate Word Choice

11+ Verbal Reasoning, topic 5.1.1

Appropriate Word Choice

Often, you will be asked to complete a sentence by selecting the most appropriate word from two sets of brackets.

Example

Example

  • The hungry (cat, child, dog) screamed in delight as he was given an (elephant, ice-cream, atlas).
First word

First word

  • Cats and dogs don't scream.
  • Children do scream. So the answer must be child.
Second word

Second word

  • The child is hungry, so the child won't be given an elephant or an atlas.
  • The second answer must be ice-cream.
The answer

The answer

  • The hungry (cat, child, dog) screamed in delight as he was given an (elephant, ice-cream, atlas).

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