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Free verbal reasoning worksheet, grade 6 (ages 11–12, UK Year 7)

10 puzzles on page one, the answers and the rules on page two. Ask your child to say the rule before you check it — that’s the part that sticks.

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Verbal reasoning worksheet, grade 6 (ages 11–12, UK Year 7)

Name: ____________________

  1. 1.

    Candles ______ when they are lit.

    • Ahop
    • Bmelt
    • Cgrow
    • Dring
    • Efreeze

  2. 2.

    Onion is to tears as exercise is to ____

    • Asweat
    • Brest
    • Ccow
    • Ddown
    • Efarmer

  3. 3.

    Jump, skip, run ______

    • Aways of moving
    • Bboat
    • Cmotion
    • Dcrawl
    • Elegs

  4. 4.

    Ears, gloves, socks ______

    • Ashoes
    • Bthings that come in pairs
    • Chat
    • Ddouble
    • Ecouple

  5. 5.

    Tickle is to giggles as exercise is to ____

    • Arest
    • Bruler
    • Csweat
    • Ddesert
    • Eshout

  6. 6.

    Wind, thunder, fog ______

    • Aweather
    • Bicicle
    • Chail
    • Dforecast
    • Eseason

  7. 7.

    Although the book was very long, my brother ______ it in one day.

    • Aabandoned
    • Bswam
    • Cplanted
    • Dboiled
    • Efinished

  8. 8.

    Tickle is to giggles as sun is to ____

    • Asky
    • Bsweat
    • Cexercise
    • Dsoap
    • Eshadows

  9. 9.

    First we warmed the pan, ______ we poured in the batter.

    • Abecause
    • Bthen
    • Cbefore
    • Duntil
    • Ewhile

  10. 10.

    Breeze is to gale as sip is to ____

    • Adrink
    • Bcold
    • Cscatter
    • Dboil
    • Egulp

Answers, and the rule behind each one

  1. 1. B — melt. Rule: the word that is really true of it. Candles melt when they are lit — that is the one that is really true of them.
  2. 2. A — sweat. Rule: something and what it causes. Onion causes tears. Exercise causes sweat, the same way.
  3. 3. D — crawl. Rule: they are all ways of moving. Jump, skip and run are all ways of moving. Crawl belongs with them for the same reason.
  4. 4. A — shoes. Rule: they all come in pairs. Ears, gloves and socks are all things that come in pairs. Shoes belongs with them for the same reason.
  5. 5. C — sweat. Rule: something and what it causes. Tickle causes giggles. Exercise causes sweat, the same way.
  6. 6. C — hail. Rule: they are all kinds of weather. Wind, thunder and fog are all weather. Hail belongs with them for the same reason.
  7. 7. E — finished. Rule: what "even though" tells you. "Although" warns you that something surprising comes next. The book was very long, and she read all of it in a day.
  8. 8. E — shadows. Rule: something and what it causes. Tickle causes giggles. Sun causes shadows, the same way.
  9. 9. B — then. Rule: the joining word. One thing happened and the next one followed, so the word that joins them is "then".
  10. 10. E — gulp. Rule: a small one and a big one. A breeze is a small gale. A sip is a small gulp, the same way.