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CogAT Verbal Classification Practice

Verbal Classification questions appear in the CogAT verbal battery at every grade level. Here is how they scale from grade 2 to high school.

Verbal · Verbal Classification medium Grade 2

Question 1. golf, soccer, basketball Choose the word that goes with these three words.

  1. Ared
  2. Borange
  3. Cfootball
  4. Dchess
  5. Epainting
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Answer: C — football. All three words are sports. "football" also belongs to this group; the other choices do not.
Verbal · Verbal Classification medium Grade 5

Question 2. pine, birch, spruce Choose the word that goes with these three words.

  1. Abanana
  2. Bgreen
  3. Coak
  4. Dpurple
  5. Ebrown
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Answer: C — oak. All three words are trees. "oak" also belongs to this group; the other choices do not.
Verbal · Verbal Classification medium Grade 9

Question 3. circulatory, nervous, digestive Choose the word that goes with these three words.

  1. Ayellow
  2. Bimmune
  3. Capple
  4. Dbrain
  5. Egreen
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Answer: B — immune. All three words are body systems. "immune" also belongs to this group; the other choices do not.