Verbal Reasoning Quiz - Related Words 1 (Answers)
In this 11-plus verbal reasoning Related Words quiz, the alphabet is included in each question to help you.
You need to work out a different code for each question. Sometimes you will have to find a match for a word by moving forward a number of spaces in the alphabet, and sometimes by moving backward. Count how many spaces there are between a code and its decoded word, and then carry out that same operation on your question.
As with all our verbal reasoning quizzes, there is an example below to help you understand the workings out. Make sure to read it carefully and thoroughly before tackling the questions. If you get stuck, re-read the example and then try again.
There are four related words quizzes - make it today's challenge to get all 40 questions correct!
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The key to this code is to move forward one letter in the alphabet each time. So, G = H, H = I, C = D and D = E. Each letter means the letter following it
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The key to this code is to move back one letter in the alphabet each time. So, D = C, P = O, M = L and E = D. Each letter means the letter coming before it in the alphabet. SNAP = TOBQ
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This code works by skipping two letters each time. So, F = I (skipping G and H) I = L (skipping J and K) R = U (skipping S and T) and E = H (skipping F and G). Working this out leads us to DEAD = GHDG
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To understand this code, you must work out the position in the alphabet of each letter. Whatever the number is from the beginning of the alphabet, count that number from the end of the alphabet. So, H (8th from the start) becomes S (8th from the end). G (7th from the start) becomes T (7th from the end). Z (last) becomes A (first) and I (9th from the start) becomes R (9th from the end). Using this code, we can work out that BELT = YVOG
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This code works by skipping four letters each time. So, A = F (skipping B, C, D and E). C = H (skipping D, E, F and G). R = W (skipping S, T, U and V) and E = J (skipping F, G, H and I). This leads us to STEP = XYJU
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Tricky! Not only does this code have five letters, but it also uses a different number of moves for each letter. To work out this code you must move two places to the right for the first letter, one place to the right for the next, two for the next and so on. So, B = D (2 moves to the right), and O = P (one move to the right). Then X = Z (2 moves) and E = F (one move). Finally S = U (2 moves to the right). This leads us to FRIES = HSKFU
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This code requires you to move forward 8 places in the alphabet. So M = U, I = Q, L = T (twice!) You should have noticed that the two code-words shared the letters U and Q, so we were bound to need M and I in the answer!
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This code requires you to move back 4 places (or if you think about it, skipping 3 letters while moving to the left) in the alphabet each time. So S = O (moving left and skipping 3), P = L (moving left and skipping 3), I = E (moving left and skipping 3) and N = J (moving left and skipping 3). The answer must be HELP
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Did we catch you out by asking for the code instead of the word? Stay alert! The key to this code is working out that the letters change a different way each time. First you have to go forward one place in the alphabet, then two places, then one, then two again. So T = U (forward one place), and U = W (forward two places). Then S = T (forward one place again) and, finally, K = M (forward two places). We need to follow the same process (rather than reversing it) to find the code for THEM. This means going forward one place, then two places, then one, then two again
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This code makes different numbers of moves. The key is to move forward 4 places, then 3, then 4, then 3 again. So B = F (moving forward 4 places) and A = D (moving forward 3 places). Then N = R (moving forward 4 again) and G = J (moving forward 3). The answer must be SLED (S = W, L = O, E = I and D = G)
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