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 “fair”:
B — impartial. “fair” means adj. treating people equally without favoritism or discrimination. Study “fair” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “taking”:
B — acquisition. “taking” means n. the act of gaining possession. Study “taking” →
Select the best synonym for the word “sleepiness”:
A — drowsiness. “sleepiness” means n. the state of feeling sleepy or drowsy. Study “sleepiness” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “yell”:
D — shout. “yell” means v. to shout loudly. Study “yell” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “attract”:
C — draw. “attract” means v. to draw or pull something towards oneself. Study “attract” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “steer”:
B — guide. “steer” means v. to guide or control the direction of something. Study “steer” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “task”:
B — assignment. “task” means n. a piece of work to be done. Study “task” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “relocation”:
B — move. “relocation” means n. the action of moving to a new place. Study “relocation” →
Select the best synonym for the word “highest”:
A — tallest. “highest” means adj. superlative of high; most elevated. Study “highest” →
Choose the best synonym for the word “extra”:
D — additional. “extra” means adj. more than what is usual or necessary. Study “extra” →
Select the best synonym for the word “jeer”:
A — mock. “jeer” means v. to make fun of someone in a loud and unkind way. Study “jeer” →
Select the best synonym for the word “opinionated”:
A — dogmatic. “opinionated” means adj. having strong beliefs that are not easily changed. Study “opinionated” →
Select the best synonym for the word “outcome”:
A — result. “outcome” means n. the result or effect of an action or event. Study “outcome” →
Select the best synonym for the word “bubbly”:
D — lively. “bubbly” means adj. full of bubbles; lively and cheerful. Study “bubbly” →
Select the best synonym for the word “proxy”:
B — agent. “proxy” means n. a person authorized to act on behalf of another. Study “proxy” →
You can tell where she grew up from her strong ______.
A — accent. “accent” means n. a way of pronouncing words that shows where a person comes from. Study “accent” →
Her very first answer was ______, so she had to try the whole problem again.
A — incorrect. “incorrect” means adj. not correct; wrong. Study “incorrect” →
A ______ black ant can carry many times its own small body weight.
A — tiny. “tiny” means adj. very small. Study “tiny” →
The whole small town was deeply ______ by the sudden, rising flood.
B — affected. “affected” means adj. influenced or touched by an external factor. Study “affected” →
She asked the teacher for a quick ______ of the very confusing rule.
A — clarification. “clarification” means n. the action of making a statement or situation less confused. Study “clarification” →
Reading quietly before bed is a good ______ that helps her fall asleep.
A — habit. “habit” means n. a regular behavior or practice. Study “habit” →
The chess champion prepared ______ in the quiet hour before the big match.
A — mentally. “mentally” means adv. in a manner relating to the mind. Study “mentally” →
Some of the puppies were black, while ______ were brown and white.
D — others. “others” means pron. people or things that are different from those already mentioned. Study “others” →
The ______ old man flatly refused to give even a penny to charity.
B — stingy. “stingy” means adj. unwilling to give or spend; ungenerous. Study “stingy” →
The pain was ______ at first, but it slowly grew much, much worse.
B — tolerable. “tolerable” means adj. able to be endured. Study “tolerable” →
The thick morning fog was a ______ gray cloud with no clear edges at all.
C — formless. “formless” means adj. without a clear or definite shape or structure. Study “formless” →
The hard wooden bench was very ______ to sit on for so very long.
C — uncomfortable. “uncomfortable” means adj. causing discomfort or unease. Study “uncomfortable” →
The very brave lifeguard swam out to ______ the drowning young swimmer.
B — save. “save” means v. to keep safe or rescue from harm. Study “save” →
The heavy ripe apple fell from the tree and hit the hard ______.
D — ground. “ground” means n. the solid surface of the earth. Study “ground” →
The identical twins were wearing the exact ______ blue shirt to school.
C — same. “same” means adj. not different; identical. Study “same” →
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.