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EduTest Year 8 Verbal Reasoning free practice questions with answers

Read question 1 and its full worked answer from paper 1 of our 20-paper EduTest Year 8 Verbal Reasoning set, then download the 4-page PDF. These are original practice questions, not official past papers. Page updated 3 November 2026.

Question 1

Rearrange the letters of CANOE to make a word that means 'a vast body of salt water'.

A angel

B ocean

C angle

D clean

E gecko

Worked answer

[Anagrams]

Correct answer: B — ocean

Step 1: The answer must use exactly the same 5 letters as CANOE: A, C, E, N, O.
Step 2: Rearranged, they make 'ocean', which means 'a vast body of salt water'.
Why the other options are wrong:
A (angel): 'angel' contains G, L, which CANOE does not have, so it is not an anagram of CANOE.
C (angle): 'angle' contains G, L, which CANOE does not have, so it is not an anagram of CANOE.
D (clean): 'clean' contains L, which CANOE does not have, so it is not an anagram of CANOE.
E (gecko): 'gecko' contains G, K, which CANOE does not have, so it is not an anagram of CANOE.

Sort the letters in your head alphabetically. Two words are anagrams if their sorted letters match.

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