Cliffs TestPrep Catholic High School Entrance Exams
Chapter One
Verbal Review
This chapter reviews the questions on the COOP and HSPT exams. Read the directions for each type of
question carefully. Knowing the directions and being familiar with the types of questions saves time when you take the
exam and makes it easier to answer the questions. The review tests help you see how much you have learned and
which types of questions require more study and practice.
Analogies
The COOP exam has 20 analogy questions. COOP items use pictures to form the questions instead of
words. The HSPT has 10 analogy questions, which are part of the Verbal Skills test.
Answering Analogy Questions
Analogy questions are about seeing the relationships between two words and then applying that
relationship to other words. To answer these questions, you need to figure out how to describe the connection between
the first two words. What is their relationship to each other? After you have determined that, look at the third word
and the answer choices. Which of the answer choices has the same relationship to the third word that the second word
has to the first word?
Some general relationships appear frequently in ... read full excerpt from CliffsTestPrep TM Catholic High School Entrance Exams ebook
