verbal reasoning grade 5

Find and select the two words which need to change places for each sentence to make sense.

Example: She went to letter the write.

Answer: letter, write.

4. The fence jumped over the horse.

• fence, jumped

• fence, horse

• jumped, horse

• over, horse

Complete the missing word.

Example: bees are kept in hives.

6. Ships are kept in a --------

• library

• garage

• dock

• bakery

Select one word in the bracket which is most opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.

Example: WIDE (broad, long, narrow, motorway).

Answer: narrow

7. SEAL (glue, stick, open, fasten).

• glue

• stick

• open

• fasten

Kim is in the drama club which meets on Tuesday and Thursday. She is also in the swimming club which meets on Wednesday. On Monday and Thursday, Kim has piano lessons.

1. On which school day does Kim not have any activities? ---------

• Monday

• Tuesday

• Wednesday

• Thursday

• Friday

Find and select the two words which need to change places for each sentence to make sense.

Example: She went to letter the write.

Answer: letter, write

2. The police closed off the parade for the street.

• closed, police

• closed, parade

• parade, street

• the, street

My birthday is in the month beginning with the 14th letter of the alphabet. Is it in September, November, March or October ? -----------

• September

• November

• March

• October

In the sentence, select the word which would come third if the words were placed in alphabetical order.

4. London, Bath, York, Paris.

• London

• Bath

• York

• Paris

Complete the following expressions by underlining the missing word.

Example: Frog is to tadpole as swan is to (duckling, baby, cygnet).

Answer: cygnet

6. Skip is to rope as cricket is to --------

• stick

• bat

• net

• rails

Rearrange the muddled word in capital letters to make sense. They are all animals.

Example: OGD ------

Answer: DOG

9. BLMA -------

• MALB

• LAMB

• LABM

• MABL

Complete the following expression by selecting the missing word.

Example: Man is to woman as boy is to ( child, son, girl)

Answer: girl

10. One is to single as two is to -------

• three

• double

• mix

• four