30 Verbal Reasoning questions — Part 1: 15 synonym, Part 2: 15 sentence completion — in the ISEE's own four-option format. Every answer is explained, and every question links to its word's full study page.
Note: The real ISEE Primary Level (for applicants to grades 2–4) is Auditory Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics and a writing sample — it has no Verbal Reasoning section, so the real Primary-level test never asks a synonym or sentence-completion question. This practice test borrows that question style from the Lower/Middle/Upper Verbal Reasoning format purely to help younger students build vocabulary early, ahead of the level where it is actually tested that way.
Choose the best synonym for the word “sadly”:
B — unhappily. “sadly” means adv. in a sad manner. Study “sadly” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “shore”:
B — coastline. “shore” means n. the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or river. Study “shore” →
Select the best synonym for the word “indirect”:
D — roundabout. “indirect” means adj. not directly caused by or resulting from something. Study “indirect” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “collapse”:
A — crumble. “collapse” means v. to fall down suddenly. Study “collapse” →
Select the best synonym for the word “endless”:
D — infinite. “endless” means adj. having no limit or end. Study “endless” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “part”:
A — portion. “part” means n. a piece or segment of something. Study “part” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “beat”:
A — strike. “beat” means v. to strike repeatedly. Study “beat” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “exhibition”:
A — display. “exhibition” means n. a public display of works of art or items of interest. Study “exhibition” →
Select the best synonym for the word “tricky”:
A — complicated. “tricky” means adj. difficult to deal with or do. Study “tricky” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “topple”:
D — overturn. “topple” means v. to fall or make something fall over. Study “topple” →
Select the best synonym for the word “beautiful”:
B — gorgeous. “beautiful” means adj. very pleasing to look at. Study “beautiful” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “smart”:
D — intelligent. “smart” means adj. having or showing quick intelligence or ready mental capability. Study “smart” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “invade”:
D — attack. “invade” means v. to enter a place by force. Study “invade” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “move”:
A — relocate. “move” means v. to change position or place. Study “move” →
Select the best synonym for the word “condition”:
B — state. “condition” means n. the state or situation of something. Study “condition” →
The ______ ox easily pulled the heavy iron plow through the muddy field.
A — strong. “strong” means adj. having power or strength. Study “strong” →
The busy store likes to ______ its newest toys right in the front window.
D — display. “display” means v. to show or exhibit something. Study “display” →
The silly ______ made the whole packed audience laugh out loud.
B — comedy. “comedy” means n. a funny play, movie, or TV show. Study “comedy” →
She dreamed of a long ______ as a scientist studying the distant stars.
B — career. “career” means n. a job or profession that someone does for a long time. Study “career” →
When ______ to a car, a simple bicycle is far cheaper to own.
C — compared. “compared” means v. past tense of compare; examined similarities and differences. Study “compared” →
The whole family earned its living through hard, honest ______.
A — farming. “farming” means n. the activity of growing crops and raising animals. Study “farming” →
A quick ______ showed that the whole trip would cost about fifty dollars.
D — calculation. “calculation” means n. the process of using mathematics to find an answer. Study “calculation” →
The doctor drew a ______ to show how the patient's weight had changed.
B — chart. “chart” means n. a sheet of information in the form of a table, graph, or diagram. Study “chart” →
He leaned ______ against the wall, chatting with all of his friends.
D — casually. “casually” means adv. in a relaxed and informal way. Study “casually” →
From the high tower, she gazed out at the peaceful ______ countryside.
D — surrounding. “surrounding” means adj. located around something. Study “surrounding” →
The spring weather was so ______ that no one ever knew what to wear.
D — unpredictable. “unpredictable” means adj. not able to be predicted. Study “unpredictable” →
The two sisters had a warm and loving ______ throughout their whole lives.
D — relationship. “relationship” means n. the way in which two or more people or things are connected. Study “relationship” →
Clean fresh water is ______ for the survival of every living thing.
A — indispensable. “indispensable” means adj. absolutely necessary. Study “indispensable” →
The ______ muddy river was far too wide to swim across safely.
A — broad. “broad” means adj. wide; having a large distance from side to side. Study “broad” →
The doctors worked all night long to save the injured man's ______.
D — life. “life” means n. the existence of an individual human or animal. Study “life” →
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Every question below is now marked up: the correct answer is highlighted in red, and any option you picked that was wrong is highlighted in blue.
No. These are original synonym and sentence-completion questions written from the iSEE Vocab word bank, in the ISEE's own four-option Verbal Reasoning format. No retired or copyrighted ISEE/SSAT questions appear anywhere on this site.
The real ISEE Primary Level (for applicants to grades 2–4) is Auditory Comprehension, Reading Comprehension, Mathematics and a writing sample — it has no Verbal Reasoning section, so the real Primary-level test never asks a synonym or sentence-completion question. This practice test borrows that question style from the Lower/Middle/Upper Verbal Reasoning format purely to help younger students build vocabulary early, ahead of the level where it is actually tested that way.
30 — Part 1 is 15 synonym questions, Part 2 is 15 sentence-completion questions, the same roughly-even split the real ISEE Verbal Reasoning section uses.
No. Every Primary Level practice test on this site draws from a disjoint slice of the word bank, so Test 1, Test 2 and every other numbered test at this level use entirely different questions.
Yes. The ISEE gives no penalty for a wrong answer — a blank scores the same as a wrong guess, which is zero — so answer every question even when you have to guess.