House is to man FIRST TERM EXAMINATION PRIMARY 5 SUBJECT: VERBAL REASONING NAME:……………

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

2015/2016

CLASS: PRIMARY 5

SUBJECT: VERBAL REASONING

NAME:………………………………………………………………….……

Part A:

Instruction:
Underline the correct answer from the options provided

1.)House is to man as nest is to
___________. (a) pig (b) goat (c) bird (d) girl

2.)One is to single as two is to
_____________. (a) double (b) triple (c) tuple (d) quadriple

3.)__________ is to hand as toe is to
foot. (a) fingers (b) finger (c) arm (d) leg

4.)Sheep and lamb, goat and ___________.
(a) baby (b) kid (c) piglet (d) baby
goat

5.)Tongue and taste: Ear and
___________. (a) hear (b) eat (c) smell (d) talk

Part B:

Instruction: Underline the Synonym of the word in capital letters.

6.) FRANK (a) happy (b) greedy (c) angry (d) sincere

7.) NARRATE (a) report (b) argue (c) speak (d) tell

8.) FAMOUS(a) eminent (b) cheerful (c) popular (d)
wicked

9.) ENORMOUS(a) Happiness (b) Goodness (c) Big (d)
small

10.) GLOOMY (a) cheerful (b) courageous (c) dull
(d) original

Part C:

Instruction: Underline the word that does not belong to the group.

11.)(a) well (b) mountain(c)
river (d) tap

12.)(a) Bell(b)
bicycle (c) lorry(d) taxi

13.(a)
Fulfade(b) Abuja (c)
Yoruba (d) Tiv

Instruction: Pick the group name from the following:

14.) Yakubu, Silas,
Amirat, John: ____________. (a) Moslem(b) Christian (c) Male (d) Names

15.) Teaching, Nursing,
Engineering, Barbing: ___________. (a) work (b) occupation (c) skill (d)
experience

16.) Water, Juice, Wine,
Kerosine: ____________ (a) gas (b) water
(c) liquid (d) crude oil

Instruction: Write four words that begins with “st”.

17.)
______________________18.)
______________________

19.)
______________________20.)
______________________

Instruction: Write an anagram for each of these words.

21.) plum _____________

22.) earth _____________

23.) parse _____________

24.) snug _____________

Instruction: Write the word which will continue the series

25.) big : bigger ; late
: latter ; blend : _______________

26.) careful : full ;
narrow : row ; import : ___________

27.) pack : pat ; fact :
fat ; halt : ______________

Instruction: Choose the word that is correctly spelt.

28.) (a) truly (b)
truely (c) truelly (d) troully

29.)(a) handkerchief(b) hankachief(c) handcachief(d) hankerchief

30.)(a) hipotamus(b) hippopotamus(c) hippotamus(d) hipopotamus