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 “artistic”:
C — creative. “artistic” means adj. having or revealing natural creative skill. Study “artistic” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “record”:
D — document. “record” means v. to write down or store information. Study “record” →
Select the best synonym for the word “skillful”:
A — adept. “skillful” means adj. having or showing skill. Study “skillful” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “contagion”:
B — infection. “contagion” means n. the spread of disease by contact. Study “contagion” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “implied”:
D — implicit. “implied” means adj. suggested but not directly expressed. Study “implied” →
Select the best synonym for the word “best”:
D — finest. “best” means adj. of the highest quality. Study “best” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “living”:
C — alive. “living” means adj. having life; not dead. Study “living” →
Select the best synonym for the word “identity”:
A — individuality. “identity” means n. who someone is; the qualities of a person or group. Study “identity” →
Select the best synonym for the word “try”:
A — attempt. “try” means v. to make an attempt or effort to do something. Study “try” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “stoop”:
D — bend. “stoop” means v. to bend the body forward and downward. Study “stoop” →
Select the best synonym for the word “shocking”:
A — appalling. “shocking” means adj. causing intense surprise or disgust. Study “shocking” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “dissolving”:
C — melting. “dissolving” means v. becoming incorporated into a liquid. Study “dissolving” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “unproven”:
D — unverified. “unproven” means adj. not tested or confirmed. Study “unproven” →
Select the best synonym for the word “academic”:
D — scholarly. “academic” means adj. related to education or scholarly activities. Study “academic” →
Select the best synonym for the word “relating”:
C — connecting. “relating” means v. making a connection between things. Study “relating” →
She wisely wasted no time at all on such small, ______ little details.
C — unimportant. “unimportant” means adj. not having much significance or value. Study “unimportant” →
The children were quiet and ______ during the long, solemn ceremony.
D — respectful. “respectful” means adj. showing politeness or honor. Study “respectful” →
A truly ______ friend will never betray the secrets that you share.
B — trustworthy. “trustworthy” means adj. able to be relied on as honest or truthful. Study “trustworthy” →
The clever clown was hired to ______ the children at the birthday party.
D — entertain. “entertain” means v. to amuse or interest people in a way that gives them pleasure. Study “entertain” →
A truly ______ person always tells the truth, even when it is very hard.
B — honest. “honest” means adj. truthful and sincere. Study “honest” →
The ______ acid quickly ate a hole right through the thin metal sheet.
C — corrosive. “corrosive” means adj. tending to cause corrosion. Study “corrosive” →
The steady, ______ hum of the engine lasted the whole long flight.
D — unchanging. “unchanging” means adj. staying the same. Study “unchanging” →
He began to ______ his answer so softly that no one could hear a word.
B — mumble. “mumble” means v. to speak quietly and not clearly. Study “mumble” →
The soup was ______ salty, so almost no one could finish a bowl.
C — excessively. “excessively” means adv. to a degree that is more than necessary. Study “excessively” →
The wise farmer chose to ______ his crops instead of growing only wheat.
C — diversify. “diversify” means v. to make or become more varied. Study “diversify” →
The ______ child painted a colorful mural across her bedroom wall.
C — artistic. “artistic” means adj. having or revealing natural creative skill. Study “artistic” →
The long uphill hike was so ______ that everyone soon needed a rest.
A — tiring. “tiring” means adj. causing you to feel tired. Study “tiring” →
There was just ______ food on the table to feed everyone present.
C — enough. “enough” means adj./adv. as much as needed. Study “enough” →
The ______ new neighbor cheerfully invited everyone over for tea.
C — sociable. “sociable” means adj. friendly and willing to talk to others. Study “sociable” →
The students hurried down the long ______ to reach their next class.
A — corridor. “corridor” means n. a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms. Study “corridor” →
Score:
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.