CogAT Verbal is one of the three sections on the CogAT test. Within the CogAT Verbal, there are three types of questions – verbal analogies, verbal classification, and sentence completion. This battery is used to assess a student’s vocabulary, reading to learn skills, synonyms, antonyms, word relationships, and language.
It is important for kids to practice and be familiar with various levels of difficulty of questions in this section. While administering the exam, the lower levels of the exam (level 8 or below), the administrator may read out the instructions and the questions out loud. Mostly the gifted and talented exam is given for the first time, as a major examination for gifted, in the third grade.
Some of the sample questions for Grade 3/4 are below:
Verbal Analogies Sample Question 1:
Figure out how the first pair of words goes together. Then, find the word from the options that makes the next pair of words go together in the same way.
favor —> help : noble —> ?
A. fake B. loud C. sinful D. moral E. mural
Verbal Analogies Sample Question 2:
Figure out how the first pair of words goes together. Then, find the word from the options that makes the next pair of words go together in the same way.
group —> single : expand —> ?
B. blow B. shrink C. dilate D. fill E. eat
Verbal Classification Sample Question 3:
The three words in the top row are related in some way. Which word from the choices below goes best with the words in the top row?
order, arrange, organize, ?
A. confuse B. disorder C. disturb D. disturb E. assemble
Verbal Classification Sample Question 4:
The three words in the top row are related in some way. Which word from the choices below goes best with the words in the top row?
admit, include, accept, ?
A. prevent B. ban C. receive D. worthless E. trivial
Sentence Completion Sample Question 1:
Choose the word that best completes the sentence below.
I didn’t want to ________ anybody by walking out of the dinner table.
A. help B. offend C. stamp D. give E. mail
Sentence Completion Sample Question 2:
Choose the word that best completes the sentence below.
Jeff _____ me to his farm and showed me all the different berries he grew there.
A. drove B. lent C. lend D. started E. freed
If you’re interested to learn more about the CogAT test, refer to our CogAT page.
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