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

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