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Careers for proficiency with verbal skills

It is said that to have a mastery of words is to have in one's possession the ability to produce order out of chaos and that command of vocabulary is a true measure of intelligence.

Verbal intelligence measures your capacity to use language in order to express yourself, comprehend stories and understand other people.

Verbal abilities can be categorized into various sub categories; you will find careers that are suitable for each below.

Oral comprehension: The ability to listen and understand to spoken words and sentences.

Oral expression: The ability to communicate words and ideas to others in a clear and intelligible way.

Written comprehension: The ability to comprehend written information and concepts.

Written expression: The ability to communicate information and concepts in written form.

Oral comprehension

The ability to listen and understand to spoken words and sentences.

Example question:

Which of the following words can be defined as a thing, matter or object?

Raise, Rays, Rase, Raze, Rehs, Res

Res - an object or thing.

Res is also the plural of the note Re.

Careers

  • Pediatricians
  • Counseling Psychologists
  • Family and General Practitioners
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Psychiatrists
  • Lawyers
  • Sports Medicine Physicians
  • Anesthesiologists
  • Chief Executives
  • Mental Health Counselors
  • School Psychologists
  • Medical Transcriptionists


Oral expression

The ability to communicate words and ideas to others in a clear and intelligible way.

Example question:

Which of the following two phrases is correct?

  1. scot-free
  2. scotch-free

Scot-free, free from harm or punishment.

Careers

  • Lawyers
  • Pediatricians
  • Radio and Television Announcers
  • Biological Science Teachers
  • Law Teachers
  • Family and General Practitioner
  • History Teachers
  • Sociology Teachers
  • Clergy
  • Physics Teachers
  • Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers
  • Business Teachers
  • Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers
  • Health Specialties Teachers
  • Air Traffic Controllers
  • Counseling Psychologists

Written comprehension

The ability to comprehend written information and concepts.

Example question:

Which one of the sets of letters below can be arranged into a five letter English word.

  1. amdro
  2. lodra
  3. plunt
  4. recvo
  5. teauf

recvo/Cover

Careers

  • Editors
  • English Language and Literature Teachers
  • Historians
  • Neuropsychologists
  • Geneticists
  • Political Scientists
  • Molecular and Cellular Biologists
  • Lawyers
  • Environmental Engineers

Written expression

The ability to communicate information and concepts in written form.

Example question:

Whoever or whomever?

Whoever/whomever ordered the espressos, your order is now ready.

  1. Whoever
  2. Whomever
  3. Both are fine

Whovever. Rule: Substitute 'whoever' for 'he' or 'she'.

Careers

  • Editors
  • Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers
  • Geneticists
  • Anthropologists
  • Neuropsychologists
  • Technical Writers
  • English Language and Literature Teachers
  • Bioinformatics Scientists
  • Historians
  • Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
  • Education Administrators
  • Archeologists