Free verbal reasoning test
Free verbal reasoning test online: 16 True, False or Cannot say statements on four passages, timed or untimed, explanations, shareable result. No signup.
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Verbal reasoning test
Read only the passage. Choose True when the statement follows from it, False when the passage contradicts it, and Cannot say when there is not enough information. Outside knowledge is not needed.
Each attempt draws 4 of 12 passages, and a retake avoids the ones you have just seen. One point per correct answer, no penalty for guessing. Skip and return to questions; answers and explanations appear after you finish. Your progress stays on this page until you reload or leave.
What a verbal reasoning test measures
Verbal reasoning tests check whether you can read a short piece of text and work out exactly what it does and does not establish. The format is the same across most employer tests: a passage of four to six sentences, then statements you judge as True (the passage supports it), False (the passage contradicts it) or Cannot say (the passage gives too little information to decide either way).
The skill being measured is not vocabulary and not general knowledge. It is disciplined reading: keeping to what the text says, noticing the difference between some and all, between before and by, and resisting the pull of what you happen to know or assume about the topic. Tests of this kind appear in graduate schemes, public-sector recruitment, law, finance, consulting and customer-facing hiring, where the job involves reading policies, contracts, briefs and emails and acting on exactly what they say.
How this free test works
- 16 statements on four passages, drawn from a bank of twelve original workplace passages. Every attempt is a different combination, and a retake avoids the passages you just read.
- 10 minutes in timed mode, which is close to the pace employer tests set, or an untimed mode while you learn the format.
- Skip and return. The numbered navigation lets you jump between questions and review unanswered ones before submitting.
- Explanations for every statement after you finish, saying which sentence of the passage settles it.
- A result you can share, if you choose to: a permanent link with a score image, an embed, and a one-click Add to LinkedIn profile button.
Nothing is sent anywhere until you press the share button. Your score is not sent to an employer.
Sample verbal reasoning question
Passage. The library lends e-readers to members for up to three weeks. A device can be renewed once, provided nobody else has reserved it. Members under 16 need a parent’s signature on the loan form. The library does not charge for late returns of e-readers, but a lost device is charged at its replacement cost.
Statement: A member can keep an e-reader for six weeks by renewing it once.
Answer: Cannot say. A renewal is possible only if nobody has reserved the device, and the passage does not say whether anyone has. If you answered True, you assumed the renewal would be granted; the passage does not promise it. If you answered False, you read a condition as a refusal.
Statement: Returning an e-reader late costs the member nothing.
Answer: True. The passage states that late returns of e-readers are not charged. The lost-device charge is a different case.
How to improve your verbal reasoning score
- Read the statement first, then hunt for its evidence in the passage. You are looking for the one or two sentences that settle it, not re-reading the whole text.
- Watch the quantifiers. All, some, only, never, at least, up to change what a statement claims. “Some analysts attended” does not tell you whether all did.
- Cannot say is not a guess. Choose it when the passage is genuinely silent, not when you are unsure. Ask: what extra fact would I need? If you can name it, Cannot say is right.
- Leave your knowledge at the door. A statement can be true in the world and still be Cannot say for the passage. Employer tests deliberately use plausible statements the passage never makes.
- Time-box. About 35 seconds per statement in timed mode. If one stalls you, skip it and come back; the navigation buttons are there for that.
Reading your result
Your percentage describes the 16 statements you were given. The result guide explains the calculation, what the four score ranges mean for what to practise next, and why a percentage is not a percentile. This is unsupervised practice: it does not establish identity, certify anything or predict an employer’s decision.
Related free tests
- Logical reasoning test: deduction from stated rules, the verbal side of most aptitude batteries.
- Numerical reasoning test: the same passage-and-statement discipline applied to tables.
- Proofreading test: close reading of a different kind, one error per sentence.