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.
Select the best synonym for the word “unsuitable”:
C — inappropriate. “unsuitable” means adj. not appropriate for a particular purpose. Study “unsuitable” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “none”:
A — nothing. “none” means pron. not any; no part. Study “none” →
Select the best synonym for the word “lethargy”:
D — fatigue. “lethargy” means n. a state of sluggishness or inactivity. Study “lethargy” →
Select the best synonym for the word “exactly”:
B — precisely. “exactly” means adv. in a correct or accurate way. Study “exactly” →
Select the best synonym for the word “persuasion”:
A — influence. “persuasion” means n. the act of convincing someone to do or believe something. Study “persuasion” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “omit”:
A — exclude. “omit” means v. to leave out or exclude. Study “omit” →
Select the best synonym for the word “suddenly”:
A — unexpectedly. “suddenly” means adv. quickly and unexpectedly. Study “suddenly” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “watching”:
B — observing. “watching” means v. looking at something attentively. Study “watching” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “departure”:
B — exit. “departure” means n. the act of leaving. Study “departure” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “unaffected”:
B — unchanged. “unaffected” means adj. not changed or influenced by something. Study “unaffected” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “unfriendly”:
D — hostile. “unfriendly” means adj. not kind or pleasant. Study “unfriendly” →
Select the best synonym for the word “financially”:
C — monetarily. “financially” means adv. in a way that relates to money. Study “financially” →
Select the best synonym for the word “premiere”:
B — debut. “premiere” means n. the first public performance of a play or movie. Study “premiere” →
Select the best synonym for the word “dark”:
C — dim. “dark” means adj. having little or no light. Study “dark” →
Select the best synonym for the word “circumstances”:
D — conditions. “circumstances” means n. the conditions or facts affecting a situation. Study “circumstances” →
A very high fever is often ______ of a serious hidden infection.
A — indicative. “indicative” means adj. serving as a sign or indication of something. Study “indicative” →
The ______ rainforest is warm and very wet throughout the entire year.
A — equatorial. “equatorial” means adj. relating to or near the equator. Study “equatorial” →
The ancient message was ______ in a strange language no one could read.
B — written. “written” means adj. expressed in writing. Study “written” →
The little stream ______ to flow gently all year long, in every season.
C — continues. “continues” means v. to keep happening or doing something without stopping. Study “continues” →
Because it is so very far away, we visit that old town quite ______.
D — infrequently. “infrequently” means adv. not often. Study “infrequently” →
The party balloon was filled with a light ______ that made it float upward.
D — gas. “gas” means n. a substance in a form like air. Study “gas” →
The lost hikers were quite unsure of which ______ they should walk.
B — direction. “direction” means n. the course or path on which something is moving or pointing. Study “direction” →
The garden looked especially ______ with its neat rows of red roses.
A — attractive. “attractive” means adj. pleasing or appealing to the senses. Study “attractive” →
There was a ______ green light glowing in the abandoned old house.
B — weird. “weird” means adj. strange or unusual. Study “weird” →
She likes to ______ the fresh flowers neatly in a tall glass vase.
B — arrange. “arrange” means v. to put things in a neat, attractive, or required order. Study “arrange” →
As a bold ______, she flatly refused to dress like everyone else.
B — nonconformist. “nonconformist” means n. a person who does not follow established customs or norms. Study “nonconformist” →
She tied the red balloon to a chair with a long piece of ______.
B — string. “string” means n. a thin piece of cord or thread. Study “string” →
She watched the entire ______ of exciting shows in a single weekend.
B — series. “series” means n. a number of things or events that are arranged or happen one after the other. Study “series” →
She hoped hard to finally be ______ of her painful fear of the dark.
D — rid. “rid” means v. to make someone or something free of something unwanted. Study “rid” →
The old wooden bridge was ______ damaged by the powerful spring flood.
C — severely. “severely” means adv. in a very bad or serious way. Study “severely” →
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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.