Book excerpt: As employers increase their use of psychometric tests to select staff - and more competition for jobs and placements - it has never been more important to excel in them. Almost every battery of psychometric tests will include a verbal reasoning subtest or series of questions. The Verbal Reasoning Test Workbook, will help you to prepare for these tests, offering you everything you need for a comprehensive programme of self-study, including advice on what to expect on the day, English usage questions, sentence sequences and 150 warm up questions. A companion guide to the best-selling How to Pass Verbal Reasoning Tests, it contains over 700 practice questions, four full-length realistic mock tests and detailed explanations of answers and interpretations of scores. An invaluable source of practice material and advice, The Verbal Reasoning Test Workbook will help you to improve your test techniques and increase your chances of success.