Examination Questions Verbal Reasoning Primary 4 First Term

SUBJECT: VERBAL APT. CLASS: PRIMARY 4

Example: chair is to sit as shoe is to foot.

Drum is to beat as trumpet is to __(blow, sound,strike)

Boys are to men as girls are to ________

(women, aunt, uncle)

Atlas and maps; dictionary and ___

(hook, learning, meaning)

Feather is to bird as fin is to ___(goat , fish, hen)

Pick out the wrong member

Example: owl , eagle, rose, pigeon , rose

Hat coat Jacket shirt __________________

Cassava , yam , mango , potato ________________

Ugly , heavy, handsome, pretty, __________________

Bungalow , mansion, hut, farm , __________________

Give a general name for each of the list below

Cockroach , grasshopper, bee insects

netball , hockey, tennis ________________

Dictionary, textbook, diary, ____________________

Abuja , Accra, Abidjan , __________________

Car, Bicycle , bus , ____________________

Underline from the bracket two words that goes together

Boys: Men (mother, girls, sister, women)

Pig: Pork (sheep , beef, veal, mutton)

Morning: evening (youth, boy , midday, aged)

Butcher: Meat (cane, fishmonger, mutton, fish)

Example: Giant is to giantess as god is to goddess

Nephew is to niece as ______________ is to priestess.

Brother is to sister as _____________ is to lioness.

_____________ is to landlady as Jew is to Jewess

Choose a word from the options to complete these

Example: Back and behind; finish and complete (start, stop, complete)

Profit and gain; ancient and ____(fresh, aged, poor, old)

Fall and drop; tiny and ___(large , small, scanty, big)

Consent and agree; gift and ____(book, present, honour, take)

Deceive and cheat; robust and ___(slim, fat, small, slender).

Choose from the list a word which is opposite in meaning to the first word.

Example: sharpclever, keen, even, Blunt

Below over, above, law, High

Doctor criminal, nurse, patient, student

Proud gentle, humble, arrogant, kind

fat fair, flesh, thin, Big

Choose the correct answer

Example: A building where goods are kept is called warehouse

Horses are kept in a ___(stable, garage, nest)

Boutique is where ______ are sold. (dresses, food, drinks)

The building for acting drama is a ___(hospital , hotel, theatre)

______is where football is played (barracks, football field, Abattoir)