How to Pass Advanced Verbal Reasoning Tests : Essential Practice for English Usage, Critical Reasoning and Reading Comprehension Tests

by Bryon, Mike

• ISBN13: 9780749449698
• ISBN10: 0749449691
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-01
• Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd

Summary

Aimed at applicants for graduate or managerial jobs, How to Pass Advanced Verbal Reasoning Tests addresses the rising demand for more difficult preparation material. Offering unbeatable score-improving practice for online or pen and paper tests, it will help anyone prepare thoroughly and impress their potential employer. With over 550 practice questions and answers available, covering all the major types of advanced verbal reasoning, along with explanations of scores, How to Pass Advanced Verbal Reasoning Tests contains everything that job candidates need to know to stand out from the crowd.

Author Biography

Mike Bryon is an expert in psychometrics and training solutions. He is also the author of The Advanced Numeracy Test Workbook, The Graduate Psychometric Test Workbook, The Ultimate Psychometric Test Book, How to Pass Graduate Psychometric Tests, How to Pass the Civil Service Qualifying Tests and How to Pass Advanced Numeracy Tests, and co-author of How to Pass Selection Tests and How to Pass Technical Selection Tests, all published by Kogan Page.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Verbal reasoning tests	p. 1
Tests that hide in a bundle of forms!	p. 3
Tests of verbal ability	p. 4
If you are invited to an assessment centre	p. 5
For some candidates, verbal tests are their worst nightmare	p. 6
If English is not your first language	p. 6
If you are dyslexic or suffer some other disability	p. 7
The winning approach	p. 8
150 Warm-up questions	p. 14
Word link: opposites	p. 15
Word link: synonyms	p. 22
Find the new word	p. 28
Word swap	p. 32
Sentence sequence	p. 38
100 English usage questions	p. 48
Correctly complete the sentence	p. 49
Identify the correct sentence	p. 61
100 True, false or cannot tell questions	p. 81
Written assessments, presentations, group exercises and assessment centres	p. 119
An example of what such a day might include	p. 120
The group exercise or role-play	p. 122
Presentations	p. 126
Written exercises	p. 130
Five timed realistic tests with interpretations of your score	p. 133
Synonyms and antonyms	p. 134
Sentence sequence	p. 141
Word swap	p. 159
English usage	p. 167
Reading comprehension and critical reasoning	p. 179
An interpretation of your score in the practice tests	p. 193
Answers and detailed explanations	p. 196
150 Warm-up questions	p. 196
100 English usage questions	p. 201
100 True, false or cannot tell questions	p. 211
Five timed realistic tests with interpretations of your score	p. 222
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