Practice Test 1 - ISEE Lower Level Verbal Reasoning
20 questions. Answer them in any order, then submit to see your score and every explanation.
- Select the sentence that logically and tonally completes the text. In class, Ms. Rivera explains why shadows change size. A shadow looks longer when the light is low. However, at noon the Sun is higher, so shadows shrink. This happens because light travels in straight lines. Therefore, the angle of the light matters for shadow length. ________
- The coach's ------- and encouraging speech before the big game filled the team with confidence.
- Select the sentence that logically and tonally completes the text. In science class, Mr. Patel places a wet paper towel in sunlight. He explains that heat gives water energy to change into vapor. Because the towel is warm, tiny water drops begin to disappear. However, the towel in the shade stays damp much longer. Therefore, the class predicts the sunny towel will dry first. __________
- In order to ------- the spread of wildfires, the park rangers issued a ban on all campfires during the dry season.
- SHIRK
- Identify the term that best completes the sentence. When the timer buzzes, Evan ___ baking and takes out the cake.
- ORNATE
- JOVIAL
- The author calls the rainy day dreary, making everything seem low. What synonym for dreary keeps the passage's mood?
- The speaker's voice was barely -------, so the people in the back of the room could not hear him.
- SMIRK
- NIMBLE
- ACCURATE
- FURY
- Most of the students finished the assignment quickly, but Jacob -------.
- Identify the term that best completes the sentence. In the freezer, water turns into solid ____.
- Which option maintains the sentence's overall meaning? To be fair, Lina ___ the last cookie with her brother.
- A kind demigod helps villagers, though he is only half divine. What does the prefix demi- in demigod suggest about its meaning?
- Choose the word that best fills the blank. After the rain, the sidewalk is ____, so Maya walks carefully.
- Because the old map was torn and faded, its markings were almost -------.