All ISEE Lower Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Adjectives And Adverbs
The construction workers have to wear hard hats around the building site because it is __________; bricks or other materials could fall from a great height and potentially injure someone if they're not wearing protective gear.
safe
finished
hazardous
practiced
quiet
hazardous
Because we know that "bricks or other materials could fall from a great height and potentially injure someone," we can infer that we need to pick out a word that means something like "dangerous" to describe the construction site. "Safe" means the opposite of "dangerous," so it cannot be the correct answer, but "hazardous" means "risky; dangerous." Because "hazardous" best fits the sentence's context, "hazardous" is the correct answer.
Example Question #521 : Sentence Completions
The novelist ___________ her first book to her husband, thanking him for helping to inspire her most creative ideas.
dedicated
read
imitated
inspired
sent
dedicated
Because we know that the novelist thanked her husband "for helping to inspire her most creative ideas," we can infer that we need to pick out a word that has something to do with books and thanking people. While "inspired" may look like a potentially correct answer, since we know that the novelist's husband inspired her most creative ideas, "inspire" wouldn't be grammatically correct if used in the blank; one wouldn't "inspire" a book. "Dedicated," however, can mean "cited a book or other artistic work as being issued or performed in someone's honor." Because "dedicated" best fits the sentence's context, "dedicated" is the correct answer.
Example Question #522 : Sentence Completions
Anne planned to spend her Saturday building a snow fort taller than her house, but her plan became __________ when all the snow melted on Friday.
meager
confident
possible
infeasible
apt
infeasible
Because we know that Anne "planned to spend her Saturday building a snow fort taller than her house," but then "all the snow melted on Friday," we can infer that we need to pick out a word for the blank that describes a plan that won't work or is highly impractical. Because "infeasible" means "not possible to do easily or conveniently; impracticable," it best fits the sentence's context and is the correct answer.
Example Question #523 : Sentence Completions
The __________ rain showers visible far out over the lake and quickly moving inland does not bode well for the picnickers and other people enjoying the beach.
ominous
lively
whispered
friendly
optimistic
ominous
We know that the bank of storm clouds "does not bode well" for the people visiting the beach, so we need to pick out a word that means something like "menacing" or "threatening." Neither "friendly" nor"optimistic" can be the correct answer because they are both words with positive connotations and neither are similar in meaning to "menacing." "Ominous," however, means "giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening." Because "ominous" is the answer choice that best fits the context of the sentence, it is the correct answer.
Example Question #524 : Sentence Completions
Each question below is made up of a sentence with one blank. The blank indicates that a word is missing. Each sentence is followed by five choices. Select the one word that will best complete the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Technology has created a __________ world where people can communicate without in-person communication.
stupendous
virtual
authentic
practical
sublime
virtual
Since the world of technology is not dependent upon in-person interactions, this indicates that it is virtual.
Example Question #525 : Sentence Completions
Each question below is made up of a sentence with one blank. The blank indicates that a word is missing. Each sentence is followed by five choices. Select the one word that will best complete the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
Her---movements indicated that she was awake even though she looked as though she was asleep.
refined
uncertain
subtle
distinct
unnoticeable
subtle
Even though she appears to be asleep, her subtle or slight movements show that she is awake.
Example Question #521 : Sentence Completions
Each question below is made up of a sentence with one blank. The blank indicates that a word is missing. Each sentence is followed by five choices. Select the one word that will best complete the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
In order to---the meals she made with her rather poor cooking skills, Lisa took several vitamins a day.
increase
enhance
complement
decrease
supplement
supplement
By consuming vitamins along with her meals, she supplements the meals she makes.
Example Question #527 : Sentence Completions
Each question below is made up of a sentence with one blank. The blank indicates that a word is missing. Each sentence is followed by five choices. Select the one word that will best complete the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The---look of their competitors when they won the soccer match was prideful in nature.
smug
overzealous
meek
empty
naive
smug
Since the competitors' looks were prideful, it indicates that their expressions were smug.
Example Question #528 : Sentence Completions
Each question below is made up of a sentence with one blank. The blank indicates that a word is missing. Each sentence is followed by five choices. Select the one word that will best complete the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
The---amount of salad dressing that was added to the salad indicated that Vanessa was not concerned about being on a diet.
standard
liberal
pitiful
middling
paltry
liberal
Since Vanessa was not on a diet, it means that she presumably put an excessive or liberal amount of salad dressing on her salad.
Example Question #522 : Sentence Completions
The __________ habitat for a bear is a forest full of berries, fish, and honey it can eat and caves in which it can hibernate in the winter.
ideal
worst
personable
improbable
sleepy
ideal
We can infer that a bear would be well-suited to the habitat described, so we need to pick out an adjective for the blank that means something like "suitable" or "perfect." So, "worst" cannot be the correct answer because "worst" is an antonym of "perfect." "Ideal," however, is an adjective that can mean "satisfying one's conception of what is perfect; most suitable," and because "ideal" best fits the context of the sentence, it is the correct answer.
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