Verbal Ability sample SAT test questions
Posted by Test Preparation on October 22nd, 2009
- He believed that while there is serious unemployment in our auto industry, we should not ___________ foreign cars.
(a) build
(b) repair
(c) review
(d) import
(e) consolidate
- How did you get your answer?
(a) I tried the word from each choice in the blank and came up with the best answer.
(b) I chose a word from the choices that ’sounded good’ but that I am really not sure is correct.
(c) I tried to figure out, before looking at the choices, what word would fit into the blank. Then I matched that word with the choices.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these.
- The salesman in that clothing are so _____________ that it is impossible to even look at a garment without being ____________ by their efforts to convince you to purchase.
(a) offensive … considerate
(b) persistent … irritated
(c) extensive … induced
(d) immune … aided
(e) intriguing … evaluated
- How did you get your answer?
(a) I tried each choice (two words at a time) in the blanks to see which made for the best sentence.
(b) I tried to see what words I could come up with for the blanks before looking at the choices.
(c) I tried the first word from each of the choices in the first blank in the sentence to see which made the most sense. Then I eliminated the choices whose first words didn’t make sense in the sentence. Finally, I tried both words in the remaining choices to further eliminate incorrect choices.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these.
- Many buildings with historical significance are now being ______________ instead of being torn down.
(a) built
(b) forgotten
(c) destroyed
(d) praised
(e) repaired
- How did you get your answer?
(a) I tried each of the choices in the blank.
(b) I tried to find my own word that would fit the blank before looking at the choices. Then I matched one of the choices with my word.
(c) I looked for a word that meant the opposite of ‘being torn down’.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these.
- Being _______________ person, he insisted at the conference that when he spoke he was not to be interrupted.
(a) a successful
(b) a delightful
(c) a headstrong
(d) an understanding
(e) a solitary
- How did you get your answer?
(a) I tried all the choices in the sentence and selected the best one.
(b) I realized, from the word Being and from the phrase after the comma, that there was a connection between the two parts of the sentence.
(c) I looked for the most difficult sounding word.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these.
- In spite of the _______________ of her presentation, many people were ______________ with the speaker’s concepts and ideas.
(a) interest … enthralled
(b) power … taken
(c) intensity … shocked
(d) greatness … gratified
(e) strength … bored
- How did you get your answer?
(a) I tried both words from each choice in the blanks to see which choice made the sentence sound best.
(b) I tried the first word from each choice in the first blank of the sentence to eliminate choices. Then I tried both words from the remaining choices to further eliminate choices.
(c) I realized that the words in spite of would create an opposition or contrast between the two parts of the sentence and therefore looked for words in the choices that were opposites.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these.
- Richard Wagner was frequently intolerant; moreover, his strange behavior caused most of his acquaintances to _______________ the composer whenever possible.
(a) contradict
(b) interrogate
(c) shun
(d) revere
(e) tolerate
- How did you get your answer?
(a) I tried all the choices in the blank and selected the best one.
(b) I realized that the word moreover indicated support so I looked for a choice that would represent a support of what was in the first part of the sentence.
(c) I tried to find my own word to fit the blank. Then I matched that word with a word in one of the choices.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these.
- TENACIOUS
(a) changing
(b) stupid
(c) unconscious
(d) poor
(e) antagonistic
- How did you get your answer?
(a) I knew the meaning of the word TENACIOUS
(b) I knew what the root TEN meant and looked for the opposite of that root.
(c) I did not know what TENACIOUS meant but knew a word that sounded like TENACIOUS.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these.
- PROFICIENT
(a) antiseptic
(b) unwilling
(c) inconsiderate
(d) retarded
(e) awkward
- How did you get your answer?
(a) I knew what the prefix PRO meant and used it to figure out the capitalized word, but I didn’t use any root of PROFICIENT.
(b) I used the meaning of the prefix PRO and the meaning of the root FIC to figure out the meaning of the word PROFICIENT.
(c) I knew from memory what the word PROFICIENT meant.
(d) I guessed.
(e) None of these.
- DELUDE
(a) include
(b) guide
(c) reply
(d) upgrade
(e) welcome
- How did you get the answer?
(a) I knew what the prefix DE meant and used to figure out the meaning of the word DELUDE, but I didn’t use any root of DELUDE
(b) I used the meaning of the prefix DE and the meaning of the root LUD to figure out the meaning of the word DELUDE
(c) I knew from memory what the word DELUDE meant.
(d) I guessed
(e) None of these
- POTENT
(a) imposing
(b) pertinent
(c) feeble
(d) comparable
(e) frantic
- How did you get your answer?
(a) I knew what the CAPITALIZED word meant.
(b) I knew a word or part of a word that souded the same as POTENT or had a close association with the word POTENT.
(c) I knew a prefix or root of the CAPITALIZED word, which gave me a clue to the meaning of the word.
(d) I knew from a part of the CAPITALIZED word that the word had a negative or positive association. Thus, I selected a choice that was opposite in flavor (positive or negative).
(e) None of these.
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