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The English section’s verbal analogy questions (e.g., painter : brush :: sculptor : ? ) are excellent. They go beyond simple synonyms to include part-whole, cause-effect, and even obscure category relationships. One question asked: dewdrop : morning :: tear : ? with options like sorrow, eye, evening, glass. The answer ( sorrow ) forces the child to see the emotional context, not just a literal association. That’s true GEP thinking. ace gep 11 book
The English section includes a 12-page “High-Frequency GEP Word List” with words like obfuscate, loquacious, recondite – fine for a 11-year-old advanced reader, but the practice questions don’t teach context inference. They feel like a vocabulary drill, not a reasoning exercise. The real GEP English paper often gives you a word in a bizarre sentence and asks you to deduce meaning from roots and clues. This book misses that nuance. ) are excellent