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 “unlimited”:
D — boundless. “unlimited” means adj. without any limits or restrictions. Study “unlimited” →
Select the best synonym for the word “onto”:
A — upon. “onto” means prep. moving to a position on a surface. Study “onto” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “thorough”:
D — meticulous. “thorough” means adj. complete and detailed. Study “thorough” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “supportive”:
B — encouraging. “supportive” means adj. providing encouragement or emotional help. Study “supportive” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “revision”:
C — amendment. “revision” means n. the act of changing or correcting something. Study “revision” →
Select the best synonym for the word “dejected”:
A — downcast. “dejected” means adj. sad and depressed; dispirited. Study “dejected” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “oneself”:
A — self. “oneself” means pron. one''s own self. Study “oneself” →
Select the best synonym for the word “rid”:
B — clear. “rid” means v. to make someone or something free of something unwanted. Study “rid” →
Select the best synonym for the word “children”:
B — kids. “children” means n. young human beings below the age of puberty. Study “children” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “praise”:
A — commend. “praise” means v. to express approval or admiration. Study “praise” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “inflexible”:
D — rigid. “inflexible” means adj. unwilling to change or compromise. Study “inflexible” →
Select the best synonym for the word “undo”:
A — reverse. “undo” means v. to reverse or cancel something. Study “undo” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “telling”:
D — significant. “telling” means adj. having a strong or important effect. Study “telling” →
Select the best synonym for the word “tough”:
A — sturdy. “tough” means adj. strong and durable; not easily broken. Study “tough” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “dutiful”:
C — obedient. “dutiful” means adj. doing what you are supposed to do. Study “dutiful” →
The main ______ at the big event talked for nearly a whole hour.
A — speaker. “speaker” means n. a person who talks or gives a speech. Study “speaker” →
It is very ______ to swim in the deep river during a heavy storm.
A — dangerous. “dangerous” means adj. likely to cause harm or injury. Study “dangerous” →
The sudden ______ of her steady job was a great shock to the family.
A — loss. “loss” means n. the state of no longer having something. Study “loss” →
There was great ______ when the lights suddenly went out in the theater.
B — confusion. “confusion” means n. a state of being unclear or not understood. Study “confusion” →
The firefighters worked very quickly to ______ the roaring flames.
D — extinguish. “extinguish” means v. to put out a fire or light. Study “extinguish” →
The tall man began to ______ quickly across the busy, crowded street.
C — stride. “stride” means v. to walk with long steps. Study “stride” →
He had the strange ______ that the old empty house was truly haunted.
D — notion. “notion” means n. an idea or belief about something. Study “notion” →
She was deeply ______ when the rain suddenly canceled the picnic.
A — disappointed. “disappointed” means adj. feeling sad because something was not as good as expected. Study “disappointed” →
She gave a ______ apology and truly meant every single word of it.
A — sincere. “sincere” means adj. honest and genuine. Study “sincere” →
As a lifelong football ______, he never missed a single home game.
C — fanatic. “fanatic” means n. a person with extreme enthusiasm for something. Study “fanatic” →
He carried the heavy backpack on his ______ all the way up the steep hill.
B — back. “back” means n. the part of the body opposite the chest. Study “back” →
She carefully followed her grandmother's old ______ to bake the apple pie.
B — recipe. “recipe” means n. a set of instructions for cooking a particular dish. Study “recipe” →
The new manager quickly made many ______ to the way the office worked.
C — change. “change” means n. plural of change; alterations or modifications. Study “change” →
Use warm water and soap to ______ the deep cut before bandaging it.
A — cleanse. “cleanse” means v. to make something clean. Study “cleanse” →
The workers carefully ______ the heavy piano down through the wide window.
B — lowered. “lowered” means v. past tense of lower; made something go down. Study “lowered” →
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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.