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Verbal Reasoning - Missing Word 3

What do you think they hung up at Christmas time?

Verbal Reasoning - Missing Word 3

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Put the missing word back where it belongs - but make sure it makes sense!

The word in capitals has had THREE consecutive letters removed. Without changing the order of these letters they will make one correctly spelled word. The sentence must make sense. Find the three letter word and choose your answer from the four choices available. An example has been done for you. Enjoy Missing Word quiz 3.

Example: Find the three letters that have been removed from the word in capitals below. If the missing letters are put back into the word, the sentence will make sense.

The children GATED in the hall.

HER
HAT
HEM
THE

Answer: HER (gatHERed)

By putting HER back into GATED, we can make the word GATHERED. None of the other choices make sense.
1 .
Find the three letters that have been removed from the word in capitals below. If the missing letters are put back into the word, the sentence will make sense.

I find that completely BEVABLE!
LEE
HAY
LIE
LAY
By putting LIE back into BEVABLE, we can make the word BELIEVABLE. None of the other choices make sense
2 .
Find the three letters that have been removed from the word in capitals below. If the missing letters are put back into the word, the sentence will make sense.

Most young people today have MULLE mobile devices.
TIB
TIP
BIT
PIT
By putting TIP back into MULLE, we can make the word MULTIPLE. None of the other choices make sense
3 .
Find the three letters that have been removed from the word in capitals below. If the missing letters are put back into the word, the sentence will make sense.

Her ENGAENT ring had a huge diamond in it.
GEM
MEG
GAG
GAM
By putting GEM back into ENGAENT, we can make the word ENGAGEMENT. None of the other choices make sense
4 .
Find the three letters that have been removed from the word in capitals below. If the missing letters are put back into the word, the sentence will make sense.

How many HOUSEHS in this street have broadband?
HOL
OLD
DIE
WHO
By putting OLD back into HOUSEHS, we can make the word HOUSEHOLDS. None of the other choices make sense
5 .
Find the three letters that have been removed from the word in capitals below. If the missing letters are put back into the word, the sentence will make sense.

His STEPHER had been married to his Mom for three years now.
MAT
BRO
FAT
SIT
By putting FAT back into STEPHER, we can make the word STEPFATHER. None of the other choices make sense
6 .
Find the three letters that have been removed from the word in capitals below. If the missing letters are put back into the word, the sentence will make sense.

They always hung up MISTOE at Christmas time.
EEL
LET
TEL
LEE
By putting LET back into MISTOE, we can make the word MISTLETOE. None of the other choices make sense
7 .
Find the three letters that have been removed from the word in capitals below. If the missing letters are put back into the word, the sentence will make sense.

The package stuck out everywhere because of its BULESS.
SIN
KIN
KEN
INK
By putting KIN back into BULESS, we can make the word BULKINESS. None of the other choices make sense
8 .
Find the three letters that have been removed from the word in capitals below. If the missing letters are put back into the word, the sentence will make sense.

Yes, they arrived in a whole ARA of ships!
MAT
HAD
BAD
MAD
By putting MAD back into ARA, we can make the word ARMADA. None of the other choices make sense. In history, the Spanish Armada famously tried to invade Queens Elizabeth's England but was severely damaged by storms
9 .
Find the three letters that have been removed from the word in capitals below. If the missing letters are put back into the word, the sentence will make sense.

The shapes in the puzzle wouldn’t fit together because they were INCONGNT.
HUE
REW
TUT
RUE
By putting RUE back into INCONGNT, we can make the word INCONGRUENT. None of the other choices make sense. Something which is incongruent doesn't fit properly. See, you've learned something new today!
10 .
Find the three letters that have been removed from the word in capitals below. If the missing letters are put back into the word, the sentence will make sense.

He had checked the dictionary but still couldn’t DEE the word.
FEN
CRY
TUM
FIN
By putting FIN back into DEE, we can make the word DEFINE. None of the other choices make sense. I'm sure you've had no difficulty defining some of the new words in this series of quizzes!
Author:  Stephen O'Hara

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