Find your verbal test questions resources for the civil service test here. 

Civil service tests may only be given periodically and sometimes only as often as every two years.  Civil service tests are timed tests.  Your test score is the difference between a government job with job security, a good salary and great benefits or waiting to take the test again.  

Verbal test questions are among the most challenging test questions in the civil service test.  Review the practice tests and questions from government agencies and the guides for the questions that are most challenging for you.

PRACTICE CIVIL SERVICE TESTS AND QUESTIONS

We’ve included both subject specific and job specific sample questions below.  Supplement the subject specific questions with questions from either the same or a similar jobs/career fields.

• County of Los Angeles on-line test prep system offers subject and career specific practice tests including data interpretation, reading comprehension, written expression, business writing, statistics, data collection, mechanical aptitude, customer service, clerical processes, office practices, and written test prep.
• Customs and Border Patrol study guides and practice tests for logical reasoning, arithmetic reasoning, and writing.  
• New York State Civil Service Study Guides for the State, NYC, and various county and municipal agencies.  Includes Office Assistant, Corrections, Custodial, Director of Facilities, Forest Ranger, Investigator, Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Supervisor through Police Chief, Professional, Secretary, Safety and Security, Supervising Motor Vehicle Representative, Account/Audit, Caseworker, Clerical, Fire Chief, Firefighter, Court Security, Probation, Public Health, Social Welfare, and Wastewater Treatment.
• Panama-Buena Vista Union Unified School District offers a study guide for paraeducator/instructional aide. 
• Although part of a private company, Southern California Gas offers a test guide for clerical, meter reading, and customer contact.
• The Illinois State Universities Civil Service System offers sample test questions for Accountant, Member Services Representative, Office Administrator, Office Manager, Office Support, Police Corporal, Police Sergeant, and Security Guard.
• State of Louisiana has sample test questions for Professional Level positions, Office Support (8500), Accounting Paraprofessional, Highway Foreman, and Law Enforcement and Protective Services.

ENGLISH & WRITING SKILLS

• Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Lynne Truss, 2006
• Grammar Success in 20 Minutes a Day, Learning Express, 2015
• Preparing Written Material, National Learning Corporation, 2020
• Writing Skills: Success In 20 Minutes a Day, Learning Express, 2016

READING COMPREHENSION/WORD PROBLEMS

• 501 Critical Reading Questions (Skill Builders Practice), Learning Express, 2007
• 501 Reading Comprehension Questions (Skill Builders Practice), Learning Express, 2014
• Critical Thinking Skills: In 20 Minutes a Day, Learning Express, 2015
• Reading Comprehension Success: In 20 Minutes a Day, Learning Express, 2012
• Reasoning Skills: Success: In 20 Minutes a Day, Learning Express, 2016

VOCABULARY

• The Vocabulary Builder Workbook, Chris Lele, 2018