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11 Plus (11+) Verbal Reasoning Practice Test: Reading Information
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There are five main types of questions in reading information problems: relationships, money, age, activities and measurement. Example: Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available. Emmett is Conleth's mother's brother and William is Conleth's father's father. Alistair is William's son. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true. William is Conleth's grandfather Conleth is Emmett's uncle Alistair is William's brother Emmett is Conleth's brother Answer: William is Conleth's grandfather. If William is... Show more
11 Plus (11+) Verbal Reasoning Practice Test: Reading Information
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1. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

The teacher asks four children to line up, according to age, with the oldest at the front. Christian was behind Benjamin, but in front of Chloe. Sydney was in between Benjamin and Christian. Chloe was at the back of the line. Read the following statement, and then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.
2. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

A group of friends is comparing how much pocket money they get each week. Elizabeth gets only half as much as Gerard, who gets £14 weekly, but she receives her pocket money daily. Dylan gets £3 per week more than Gerard. Joseph gets more than Elizabeth but less than Dylan. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
3. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Matthew's dad and Olivia's mum are brother and sister, and Andrew is Olivia's nephew. Hannah is Andrew's sister. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
4. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

George, Abhati and Molly were playing with a die, and taking turns to try to get the highest score. George scored more than Molly, who got an even number. Abhati scored an odd number but scored more than George. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.

5. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Megan is Kahid's mother and James is Kahid's son. Gabrielle is Megan's sister.
Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
6. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

A group of children are comparing their birthdays. Joe was born on March 22nd 2003. Turlough is exactly 6 months younger than Stephen and exactly six months older than Sarah who was born on 22nd September 2004. Sarah is the youngest. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
7. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Clara, Mark, Jenny and Joe all went to a car boot sale. Only the boys and Jenny bought a hat and Clara was the only girl not to buy a hairclip. Everyone bought a badge and the only the two girls bought a book. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
8. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Mattie, Jake and Sue buy some fruit from the greengrocers'. They each have £2.00 to spend. Apples cost 30p and oranges cost 40p. After they had bought their fruit, Mattie had 20p change, Jake had 70p change and Sue had 10p change. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.

9. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

It takes James half as long to cycle to the shops as it takes Jessica. Taylor takes 2 minutes less than Ling. Ling takes 4 minutes longer than Jessica to get there. Jessica takes 6 minutes to get from her house to the shops. All the children leave their homes at the same time. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
10. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

David is 1 year older than Lauren was 3 years ago. Lauren is four years older than Alyssa. Alyssa is 10. Lee-Ping is 3 years older than half of David's age. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
11. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Bedisa, Andrew, William, Julie and Sarah met while on holiday with their parents and took part in a range of fun activities. Julie did all activities. All the girls and Andrew took part in face painting. Andrew and Sarah were the only ones not to do banana boating. Julie, Sarah and Andrew did archery. Other than Julie, only Andrew did paintballing. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
12. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Grace introduces a friend to her family. She tells her friend that Jose is Noah's uncle and that Sarah is Jose's niece. Grace also introduces her friend to her husband, Jose. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
13. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Michael, Tracy and John all walk to school each day. Michael leaves home at 8.30am and takes twenty minutes to reach school. John arrives at school five minutes after Tracy, who arrives at school five minutes after Michael. Tracy takes 5 minutes to get to school.
Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
14. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

A teacher asked all the children in the class to out their hand up if they had a brother or sister in the school. Liam, Jade, Anna and Ella all put their hands up. The teacher then asked if they had a brother or sister in their class, and Anna and Ella put their hands down. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
15. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Four children were playing 'heads' or 'tails' with a 2p coin and they scored 'heads' fourteen times. Dylan and Francis scored heads the same amount of times. Both Annette and Brendan scored heads three times. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
16. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

At the Summer Camp, Brandon, Samantha, Ava and Samuel all took parts in the sports activities. Brandon and Ava did all the same activities. Ava took part in the long jump, assault course and 800m sprint but didn't want to take part in the sack race with Samuel. Samuel was Samantha's partner in the three-legged race.
Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
17. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Four children were doing 11+ revision quizzes. They were working on Number Series, 2 Odd Ones Out and Hidden Words, but had completed different quizzes in a different order. Justin had finished Number Series, and one other quiz, while Jasmine had finished 2 Odd Ones Out. Nathan and Justin had completed 2 Odd Ones Out. Hailey had completed all three quizzes. Neither Nathan nor Jasmine had finished Hidden Word. Justin had completed a quiz which nobody else except Hailey had completed. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
18. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Zachary often visits his cousin Jessica, who lives with her father Brandon. Anna is Brandon's sister. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
19. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Cameron gets on the bus at 3.15pm and Eden gets on ten minutes later. Finlay is on the bus twenty minutes earlier than Eden. Joseph gets on the bus at 3.30pm. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
20. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Michael, Alexander, Taylor and Michaela were doing a sponsored walk for charity. The walk was 5 miles long. Anyone who raised £10 or over was promised free time in class. Taylor had five sponsors who each paid 40p per mile. Michaela had 8 sponsors who each paid 30p per mile. Michael had 10 sponsors who each paid 20p per mile and Alexander had 8 sponsors who each paid 25p per mile. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
21. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

James is two years younger than Martha will be next year. Harry is 12. Martha is two years older than Harry was last year. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.

22. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Christian, Benjamin, Sophia and Ashley were all meeting at the Cinema at 8.00pm. Benjamin arrived ten minutes early which was five minutes later than Sophia and Ashley. Christian was ten minutes earlier than Benjamin.
Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
23. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

William swam 100 metres in 58 seconds, which was 10 seconds slower than Samantha. Isabella swam half as fast as William, and Anthony finished four seconds before Isabella.
Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.

24. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

John, Dylan, Olivia and Abigail go to the shop to spend their pocket money. Olivia has £2.50 and Dylan has twice as much as John who has £1.80. Abigail has 50p less than Dylan.
Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.
25. Read the following statement, then choose the correct answer from the four choices available.

Four children had a competition to see who could hold their breath underwater for the longest. Morgan lasted for 56 seconds, which was 4 seconds longer than Logan, and twice as long as Rachel. Jose lasted just 26 seconds. Jose lasted the shortest time. Using this information decide which of the following statements is true.