TEST OF YOUR PRESENT STATUS IN ENGLISH
How do you assess your own vocabulary –
· Is it quantitatively healthy
· Rich in overall range
· Responsive to any situation in which you may find yourself
· Truly indicative of your intellectual potential
Let’s find out –
I challenge you to a series of tests that will measure your vocabulary range as well as your verbal speed and responsiveness.
v A TEST OF VERBAL SPEED
Part -1
In three minutes,decide whether the word in column B is the same in meaning as the the word in column A ; opposite in meaning ; or whether the two words are merely different.
Column A Column B
1. Sweet sour
2. Crazy Insane
3. Stout fat
4. Big angry
5. Danger peril
6. Help hinder
7. Splendid magnificent
8. Love hate
9. Stand rise
10. Furious violent
11. Tree apple
12. Doubtful certain
13. Handsome ugly
14. Begin start
15. Strange familiar
16. Male female
17. Powerful week
18. Beyond under
19. Live die
20. Go get
21. Return replace
22. Growl weep
23. Open close
24. Nest home
25. Chair table
26. Want desire
27. Can container
28. Idle working
29. Rich luxurious
30. Building structure
Part-2
This is also a timed test of three minutes.Write down as many different words as you can think of ,that start with letter ‘D’.
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v A TEST OF VERBAL RESPONSIVENESS
Part-1
Write a word starting with the letter ‘P’ ,that is the same or approximately the same ,in meaning as the words given below.Here is one example for you.
Example : Look - peer
1. Bucket
2. Faultless
3. May be
4. Forgive
5. Separate
6. Likely
7. Annoy
8. Good looking
9. Picture
10. Choose
11. Ugly
12. Go
13. Dish
14. Location
15. Stone
16. Inactive
17. Fussy
18. Suffering
19. Castle
20. Gasp
21. Fear
22. Twosome
23. Artist
24. Sheet
25. Collection
Part-2
Write a word starting with the letter ‘G’ ,that is opposite,approximately opposite to the words given below. Here is one example for you.
Example : Stop - go
1. Lose
2. Midget
3. Special
4. Lady
5. Take
6. Moron
7. Sad
8. Boy
9. Happy
10. Plain
11. Hello
12. Here
13. Bad
14. Ugly
15. Stingy
16. Awkward
17. Little
18. Rough
19. Bride
20. Ripe
21. Generous
22. Unprotected
23. Experienced
24. Scarcity
25. Unappreciative
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# KEYS
VERBAL SPEED
Part -1
1. Opposite
2. Same
3. Same
4. Different
5. Same
6. Opposite
7. Same
8. Opposite
9. Same
10. Same
11. Different
12. Opposite
13. Opposite
14. Same
15. Opposite
16. Opposite
17. Opposite
18. Different
19. Opposite
20. Different
21. Same
22. Different
23. Opposite
24. Same
25. Different
26. Same
27. Same
28. Opposite
29. Same
30. Same
Scoring-
# If you have up to 10 correct answers,credit 25 points.
# If you have 11 – 20 correct answers.credit 50 points.
# If you have 21 – 25 correct answers,credit 75 points.
# If you have 26 – 30 correct answers,credit 100 points.
Part -2
Scoring-
# Up to 30 words : 25 points
# 31 – 50 words : 50 points
# 51 – 70 words : 75 points
# 71 – 125 words :100 points
VERBAL RESPONSIVENESS
Part -1
1. Pail
2. Perfect
3. Perhaps,possibly,probably
4. Pardon
5. Part
6. Probable,perhaps
7. Pester
8. Pretty
9. Photograph,painting
10. Pick
11. Plain
12. Proceed
13. Plate
14. Place
15. Pebble
16. Passive
17. Particular
18. Pain
19. Palace
20. Pant,puff
21. Panic
22. Pair
23. Painter
24. Page
25. Pack
Part -2
1. Gain,grip,grab
2. Giant.great
3. General
4. Gentleman
5. Give
6. Genius
7. Glad,gleeful
8. Girl
9. Gloomy
10. Gaudy,grand
11. Good bye
12. Gone
13. Good
14. Good looking
15. Generous,giving
16. Graceful
17. Great,giant
18. Gentle
19. Groom
20. Green
21. Greedy,grasping
22. Guarded
23. Green
24. Glut
25. Grateful
Scoring-
Score part -1 and 2 together.Write in the blank the total number of correct responses.
Meaning of your VERBAL RESPONSIVENESS score
# 0 – 10 marks : below average
# 11 – 20 marks : average
# 21 – 30 marks : above average
# 31 – 40 marks : excellent
# 41 – 50 marks : superior
Meaning of your VERBAL SPEED score
# 50 : below average
# 75 : average
# 100 : above average
# 125 -150 : excellent
# 175 – 200 :superior
NOW YOU CAN CALCULATE YOUR PRESENT STATUS IN ENGLISH.
