Verbal Reasoning Primary 5 First Term Examination
FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 2017/2018
CLASS: PRIMARY 5 SUBJECT: VERBAL REASONING
NAME:……………………………………………………………………………………
Underline the correct answer from the option provided
1.House is to men 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) quadriple (d) tuple
3._______ is to hand as toe is to foot (a) fingers (b) arm (c) leg (d) hip
4.Sheep is to lamb as goat is to _____ (a) baby (b) kid (c) piglet (d) babygoat
5.Tongue is to taste, ear is to ____ (a) hear (b) eat (c) smell (d) talk
Underline the synonyms of the word in capital letters
6.FRANK (a) happy (b) greedy (c) angry (d) sincere
7.NARRATE (a) report (b) tell (c) argue (d) speak
8.FAMOUS (a) eminent (b) wicked (c) popular (d) cheerful
9.ENORMOUS (a) happiness (b) goodness (c) big (d) small
10.DELICIOUS (a) bitter (b) sweet (c) sour (d) good
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) long (d) taxi
13. (a) Yoruba (b) hausa (c) igbo (d) lagos
Write the word which will continue the series
14. Big; bigger; late; later; blend; _____________________
15. Carefull; full; narrow; row import; ___________________
16. Packet; pat; fact; fat; halt; ____________________
Choose the correct spellings
17. (a) truly (b) truely (c) truelly (d) troully
18. (a) handkerchief (b) handkachief (c) handcachief (d) hankerchief
19. (a) hipotamus (b) hippopotamus (c) hippotamus (d) hipopotamus
20. (a) television (b) televition (c) televesion (d) televetion
Pick out the group name from the following
21. Teaching, nursing, engineering, barbing ______________
22. (a) work (b) occupation (c) sick (d) experience
23. Water, juice, wine, kerosene, __________ (a) gas (b) water (c) liquid (d) crude oil
Re-arrange these letters to form the correct word
24. duolc (a) clean (b) lean (c) clear (d) cloud
25. neewteb (a) bewteb (b) between (c) wnebteeb (d) betwnee
26. lettab (a) tablet (b) lettab (c) ablette (d) lettleba
27. visiontele (a) television (b) telesionvi (c) visiontele (d) letevision
28. compteru (a) computer (b) putercom (c) comterpu (d) putcomer
29. chertea (a) cheaeter (b) teacher (c) chereat (d) acherte
30..dicamel (a) medical (b) medictate (c) mental (d) Methodist
31.ment treat (a) treatment (b) mentteat (c) treating (d) detriment