House is to man as nest is to

Edu Delight Tutors

(NURSERY & PRIMARY) Tapa street , LAGOS.

  FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 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