Reasoning Notes on word Formulation for Teaching Exams

Word Formation
This section aims to test the verbal knowledge of the candidates along with logical skills in a limited amount of time. These questions are easy if done after proper practice and knowing what exactly to look for in the question.

Types of questions asked:

1. Word formation by unscrambling letters:
In such questions, usually jumbled letters are given various types of questions are asked on the unscrambled word thus formed. For example:

A) VARSTE ⇒ Choose the correct order of letters which are required to form the correct word.
i) 2, 3, 1, 6, 4, 5

ii) 3, 2, 4, 5, 6, 1

iii) 4, 5, 2, 3, 1, 6

iv) 6, 3, 4, 5, 2, 1

Here, we’ve to create the correct word and ‘V’ has been labelled as 1, ‘A’ as 2, ‘R’ as 3, ‘S’ as 4, ‘T’ as 5, and ‘E’ as 6.
On observing we can see the correct word is STARVE. Hence, the correct order is 4(for S) 5(for T) 2316 ⇒ 452316 ⇒e. option iii) is correct.

B) Unscramble the words in options and find the odd-one-out.
i) UPJM

ii) WKLA

iii) PEELS

iv) UNR
Let’s unscramble the options:
i) UPJM⇒ JUMP

ii) WKLA ⇒ WALK

iii) PEELS⇒ SLEEP

iv) UNR⇒ RUN.
We can see that all options except PEELS or SLEEP are active actions while sleep is a passive activity. So, option iii) is an odd-one-out.

C) Unscrambled the word in question and find the option most similar in meaning to the rearranged word:
I T G N D L E I
i) Intelligent

ii) Difficult

iii) Laborious

iv) Quick
On unscrambling the word we can see that the given word is DILIGENT. And, the synonym for diligent is Laborious so option iii) is the answer. A similar question on antonym can also be asked.

2. Word formation using letters of a given word:

A) Using certain letters of a word:
If it’s possible to make a meaningful word from the 2^nd,5^th, 6^th and 7^th letters of the word GENEROSITY, then which will be the first letter of that word? Mark X if no such word can be formed, M if more than 1 such word can be formed.
i) R

ii) S

iii) O

iv) M
Here, the word = GENEROSITY
2^nd,5^th, 6^th and 7^th letters = E, R, O, and S
Words starting with E = none, with R = ROSE, with O = ORES, with S = SORE
Clearly, we can see that more than 1 i.e. 3 words can be formed so we’ll mark ‘M” i.e. option iv) as the answer.
Note: Had the ROSE been the only word getting formed then we’d have marked option i) i.e. R as the answer because R is the first letter of the only word ROSE.

B) Using certain letters of a series:
U  H    O   L   Y     F    G    W     Z    B    A   S   R
Above a series is given, how many meaningful words can be formed from the 3^rd letter from left, 4^th letter from right, 6^th letter from left and the 9^th letter from right?
i) One

ii) Two

iii) Three

iv) none
Here the series: (left) U    H    O   L   Y     F    G    W     Z    B    A   S   R (right)
3^rd letter from left = O, , 6^th letter from left = F,
4^th letter from right = B, 9^th letter from right = Y
Given letters = O, F, B, Y
We can see no such meaningful word can be formed using the aforementioned alphabets. Hence, we’ll mark ‘none’ i.e. option iv) as the correct answer.

C) Changing consonant/vowel:
If each vowel in OVEN is changed to the previous letters in the English alphabet and the consonants are changed to the next letters of English alphabets, how many meaningful words can be formed using the letters of the new word thus formed using each letter only once?
i) One

ii) Two

iii) Three

iv) none
The word was given: OVEN
Changing vowels(O and E) to previous letters: NVDN
Changing consonants (V and N) to the next letters: NWDO
So, given letters = N, W, D and O
We can see the word thus formed = DOWN
Hence, only one word can be formed and the correct option is option i)

D) Finding the correct option:
Sometimes, questions come where we have to answer if the word(s) given in options can be created using the letter of the word given in the question. For example a question below:
From the following alternatives, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word:
MISUNDERSTAND
a) TENT

b) SEND

c) SENT

d) MEND
Solution:
Word: MISUNDERSTAND

Let’s check all the options:
a) TENT ⇒ It can’t be formed as it requires 2 T’s.
b) SEND ⇒ It can be formed.
c) SENT⇒ It can be formed.
d) MEND⇒ It can be formed.
Hence, option a) is the answer.

This article tends to be beneficial for the following exams – REET, UPTET, CTET, Super TET, DSSSB, KVS, etc.

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