Third Term Examinations Primary 5 Verbal Reasoning

THIRD TERM

SUBJECT: VERBAL APTITUDE                           CLASS: PRIMARY 5

Simile (Choose the correct option) 

1)    The monitor is as sharp as a         (Cutlass, razor, knife) 

2)    As         as wolf (generous, kind, greedy) 

3)    As rude as             (peacock, hen, dog) 

RIDDLES 

4)    Which two things do you always find in a house (door, garage, garden) 

5)    What goes up and never comes down (aeroplane, balloon, nothing, age)

6)    Mention two things you always find with a police on duty             ,            

What is the name given to the young of the following

7)    Fish                 (calf, fishes, fry) 

8)    Sheep             (ewe, lamb, cub) 

9)    Cow                 (cub, calf, fox) 

Rearrange the words in the following sentences to make sence

10)    has September thirty day                        

11)    the setting was sun in the west                            

12)    is hobby my swimming                                

Read the following sentences carefully and choose which one should come first, second and third (1, 2, 3) 

13)    (1) The teacher flogged us 

    (2) We were late to school 

    (3) The teacher was angry with us                    

14)    (1)He got angry with the dog for this 

    (2)The dog bit his sister 

    (3)He beat  the dog with a stick                        

15)    (1) I bought a book 

    (2) I went to the bookshop 

    (3) my father gave me some money at home                

Complete the following 

16)    King is to Queen as god is to                

17)    Bride groom and                    

18)    Nephew and                

 Choose the correct option to fill the sentences below 

19)    All Cows eat grass because (a)they all like eating grass (b)grass have good taste (c)they can easily digest grass 

20)    We put on clothes             (a)so as to feel warm (b)to cover our nakedness (c)to show fashion 

21)    Aeroplanes fly because             (a)It is designed to fly (b)it has no tyres  (c)It is very fast 

22)    As bold as a             (goal, criminal, lion) 

23)    As quiet as a         (dove, mouse, chicken) 

24)    Thirty is ten             than a score (over, times, less, more) 

Pick a word that cannot be formed from the word in capital letter 

25)    HEADMASTER (a)death  (b)stream  (c)threads (d)shred   (e)task 

26)    Threshold (a)shelter  (b)soldier (c)holder  (d)short  (e)holster 

27)    The people who         in the south of Australia are called Eskimos (a)leave  (b)left  (c)live  (d)leaf  (e)leaves 

28)    My friend asked me to             him my pencil. (a)Learn (b)lend  (c)borrow  (d)carry 

Choose the word which can not be connected with the one in the capital letter 

29)    Zoo: (a)Lions  (b)Pilots  (c)snakes (d)Rabbits   (e)Crocodile 

30)    EXAMINATION: (a)Examiner (b)Candidate (c)Hall  (d)Ball (e)Pen