Free verbal reasoning worksheet, grade 8 (ages 13–14, UK Year 9)

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.

Verbal reasoning worksheet, grade 8 (ages 13–14, UK Year 9)

Name: ____________________

Answers, and the rule behind each one

1. C — plate. Rule: they are all round. Button, wheel and ball are all round things. Plate belongs with them for the same reason.
2. C — passed. Rule: what "even though" tells you. "Even though" warns you that something surprising comes next. The test was hard, and most of the class passed it anyway.
3. E — won. Rule: what "even though" tells you. "Even though" warns you that something surprising comes next. The runner was tired, and she won all the same.
4. B — waves. Rule: something and what it causes. Spark causes flame. Wind causes waves, the same way.
5. C — found. Rule: what "even though" tells you. "Even though" warns you that something surprising comes next. The cave was dark, and the explorers found the way out all the same.
6. D — book. Rule: you can read all of them. Label, letter and sign are all things you can read. Book belongs with them for the same reason.
7. A — button. Rule: they are all round. Wheel, plate and coin are all round things. Button belongs with them for the same reason.
8. C — drink. Rule: one kind of a bigger group. An iron is one kind of metal. A sip is one kind of drink in the same way.
9. E — weather. Rule: one kind of a bigger group. A sip is one kind of drink. A wind is one kind of weather in the same way.
10. D — wind. Rule: one kind of a bigger group. A copper is one kind of metal. A breeze is one kind of wind in the same way.