Verbal Battery
The Verbal Battery tests a student's vocabulary, as well as his/her comprehension of ideas, efficiency and verbal memory, and ability to discover word relationships. Statistics show a high correlation between high verbal ability and success in a variety of school subjects.
For children in grades three and above three sub-tests are administered in the verbal section. Each test is approximately 20 questions and the student is given ten minutes to complete each sub-test. These three sub-tests comprise the verbal score.
Verbal Classification: The student is given a list of three words that are alike in some way. The student is asked to choose a word, from a selection of five words, that is also alike in the same way.
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Example: |
Green Blue Red |
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Choices: |
color; crayon; paint; yellow; rainbow |
Sentence Completion: The student is given a sentence with a word left out and is asked to choose a word that makes the best sense in the sentence.
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Example: |
Apples on trees. |
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Choices: |
fall; grow; show; bloom; spread |
Verbal Analogies: The student is given three words in dark type. The first two words go together. The third word goes with one of the answer choices. The student is asked to choose the word that goes with the third word the same way that the second word goes with the first.
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Example: |
new (is to) old : wet (is to) |
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Choices: |
rain; drip; hot; sun; dry |
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