Third Term Examinations Primary 6 Verbal Reasoning

THIRD TERM

SUBJECT: VERBAL APTITUDE                                  

CLASS: PRIMARY 6

Below is the calendar for January  2005. Look at it and answer questions 1 to 5

1)    If today is 1st January, what was the day before yesterday? (a)Monday   (b)Wednesday  (c)Thursday  (d)Saturday

2)    What day will be the 2nd February, 2005 (a) Sunday (b)Monday (c) Tuesday (d) Wednesday               (e) Thursday  

3)    What day was December 30th, 2004? (a)Sunday  (b)Thursday (c)Tuesday   (d) Saturday  (e)Friday 

4)    If today is January 10th 2005, what will be the day after tomorrow? (a)Wednesday  (b)Tuesday (c)Monday   (d) Friday   (e)Sunday 

5)    If today is 4th January, 2005, what will be the date in a week time? (a)10th Jan  (b)11th Jan   (c)12th Jan  (d)17th Jan   (e)5th Jan 

In each of the following questions, underline the word that does not belong in the same group. 

    A             B            C             D             E 

6)    Football         Table tennis     Volleyball     Basket         Running 

7)    Head             Short             Leg         Eye             Neck 

8)    Solid             Water         Milk         Petrol         Liquid 

9)    Cinema         Hospital         Doctor     Patient         Nurse 

10)    Land             Gold             Bronze     Silver             Marble 

From the alternatives, choose the word which gives the group or general name for all the others. 

    A             B            C            D             E 

11)    Chief              Oba             Obi             Emir             Ruler 

12)    Beans         Grain             Rice             Millet         Cowbeans 

13)    London         Lagos             Accra             Cairo            Capital 

14)    Stephen         Name         Rose             Sola             Ngozi 

15)    Coal             Fuel             Wood         Kerosene         Petrol 

Study the first two pairs of words and then complete the third 

16)    Far, fear;     Ban, bean; Mat,              (a)met    (b)meat     (c)meet     (d)team    (e) make 

17)    Cast, cat; Fist, fit;   best,                 (a)bet    (b)belt    (c)but     (d)bit     (e) pet 

18)    Mid, dim; Keel, leek; reed,             (a)dear  (b)beer   (c)leer    (d)tear   (e)deer 

19)    Phone, cones;   phut, cuts;  phase,         (a)crane  (b)case   (c)cases   (d)crates  (e)cites 

20)    Shank, thank;  Faster, father; base,         (a)bata  (b)bake   (c)bate   (d)bank   (e)bases

In numbers 21 to 25, you are given sentences. Read each of them carefully and decide how true it is  

    Shade A     if it is ALWAYS true 

    Shade B if it is OFTEN true but not always true 

    Shade C if it is RARELY true 

    Shade D if it is UNDECIDED to say how often it is true 

    Shade E if it is NEVER true 

21)    A rule is longer than a yard . ( ______________________________________________)

22)    Women born on Sundays grow up to become doctors. (                ) 

23)    January has thirty-one days (                    )  

24)    February has twenty-eight days (                        )

25)    There are only five planets our Solar system. (                            ) 

In each of the following questions, pick out the word that is NOT connected with the one in capital letter. 

26)    PROFESSION         (a)Bible   (b)Musician   (c)Football  (d)Lawyer       (e)Dentist 

27)    COURT       (a)Bible    (b)Wig    (c)dock   (d)Judge   (e) Manager 

28)    HOTEL    (a)Water   (b)Reception   (c)Restaurant   (d)Beer    (e)Drug 

29)    BUILDING   (a)Window  (b)Toilet    (c)door    (d)lintel    (e)Aeroplane 

30)    HIGHWAY   (a)Patient   (b)Car    (c)motorcycle (d)pedestrians   (c)Bicycle