Pairs of words and Group names
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Class: Basic 5
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Subject: Verbal Reasoning
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Topic: Pairs of words and Group names.
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SECTION A: PAIRS OF WORDS
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Look carefully at the first two pairs and observe how the two words in each pair are related. Choose from the options lettered a – e, the word which is related to the fifth word in the same way as the words of the first two pairs are related.
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Example: lump, slumps; tab, stabs; late, _____________
(a) lasts (b) stale (c) slates (d) states (e) slate
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The correct answer is therefore ‘slates’ which is option c.
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1. grates, grade; mates, made; fates, _____________.
(a) fade (b) fate (c) feed (d) fats (e) feet
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2. throw, row; freight, eight; grate, _______________.
(a) rat (b) rate (c) ate (d) tea (g) gate
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3. goals, got; lesson, let; manor, ______________.
(a) man (b) mad (c) mane (d) mast (e) mat
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4. tale, stall; male, small; tile, ___________.
(a) stall (b) still (c) stile (d) stale (e) stilt
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5. tease, test; peace, pest; lease, _____________.
(a) ease (b) leave (c) leash (d) lest (e) least
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6. protects, project; tingles, jingle; tacks, _____________.
(a) jack (b) tact (c) ark (d) act (e) axe
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SECTION B: GROUP NAMES OR GENERAL TERMS.
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Instructions: Each of the following items consists of five words labeled a – e. One of the words is a general term which describes what the other four words are.
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Example:
(a) six (b) ten (c) number (d) twelve (e) twenty
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The general term is ‘number’. This describe what the other words are, so the answer is C.
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7. (a) hoe (b) hammer (c) saw (d) tool (e) matchet
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8. (a) jacket (b) clothing (c) blouse (d) shirt (e) shorts
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9. (a) hour (b) time (c) minute (d) second (e) week
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10. (a) ambulance (b) bus (c) lorry (d) car (e) vehicle
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11. (a) person (b) boy (c) man (d) girl (e) woman
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12. (a) rat (b) lizard (c) dog (d) animal (e) elephant