First Term Examination Verbal Reasoning Primary 6 (Basic 6) Exam Questions

 

 

VERBAL REASONING 

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 

PRIMARY 6 (BASIC 6) 

 

 

VOLUME 1 – VERBAL REASONING EXAM QUESTIONS

INSTRUCTION – Choose the correct answer from the options A – C in this section. 

1. Teaching, Law, Engineering, Accounting ______.

[a] Profession

[b] Education

[c] Learning

 

2. Parrot, Eagle, Peacock, ______.

[a] Meat

[b] Bird

[c] Domestic

 

3. Gun, Revolver, Arrow ______.

[a] Weapon

[b] Soldier

[c] War

 

4. A man who serves food in the restaurant is called ______.

[a] captain

[b] chef

[c] cobbler

 

5. Which word can be formed from re- arranging the letter Battle?

[a] report

[b] bygone

[c] tablet

 

6. Activity of counting of people in a country is called ______.

[a] counting

[b] population

[c] census

 

7. Success and happiness: Failure and ______.

[a] sadness

[b] celebration

[c] pass

 

8. Which word is similar meaning to the word surplus?

[a] shortage

[b] abundant

[c] scarcity

 

Choose the letter that will end the first word and begin the second word. 

9. E n c o u r a g ( ___ ) l e p h a n t

[a] g

[b] o

[c] e

 

10. M u s e u ( ____ ) a r r i a g e

[a] n

[b] m

[c] o

 

Complete each of these analogies. 

11. Owl and hoot: Dog and ______

[a] hiss

[b] bark

[c] mew

 

12. Needle and thread: Boat and ______

[a] leg

[b] stick

[c] paddle

 

Complete these similes. 

13. As old as the ______.

[a] school

[b] hill

[c] book

 

14. As wise as ______.

[a] daddy

[b] peter

[c] solomon

 

15. Re – arrange these words alphabetical order.

1. singing 2. spelling 4. small 4. snow

[a] 1, 2, 3, 4

[b] 4, 3, 2, 1

[c] 1, 3, 4, 2

 

 

SECTION B – THEORY

INSTRUCTION – Answer all the questions in this section. 

QUESTION 1

Read the following sentences carefully and decide which should come first, second and third.

1A

I. lt keeps you healthy

II. If you are good at it, you can take in competitions

III. swimming is very good for you

 

1B.

I. While l was going to the market

II. l helped him to cross the road

III. l saw an old man

 

1C.

I. They all played afterwards

II. Saturday was a very busy morning

III. The children washed their clothes plates

 

1D.

I. Olu came late to school

II. Mr Effiong punished Olu

III. Mr Effiong was angry with Olu

 

QUESTION 2

Write the opposite in meaning of the following:

a. Narrow, ______

b. Ugly, ______

c. Accept, ______

d. Ancient, ______

 

QUESTION 3

Read the following sentences carefully and decided how true they are. 

A. If a sentence is always true.

B. If a sentence is often but not always true.

C. If a sentence is never true.

D. If it is impossible to say. How true a sentence is.

 

Examples, Ice is cold = ( A )

I. There are seven days in a week ______.

II. Men are taller than women ______.

III. In a war red stands for peace while white stands for danger ______.

IV. People with big head are selfish ______.

 

QUESTION 4

C O N L O M E R A T E = A C D E G C R Y P N Z Y

A. G N Z Y means ______

B. R Y D Z C P means ______

C. A C D E C means ______

D. R A T E means ______

 

QUESTION 5

Re arrange these words in alphabetical order. 

A. Crept Change Cigarette Culprit

B. Galaxy Game Garden Gap

C. Announce Account Apology Aunty

D. Distance Date Dry Duty

 

 

VOLUME 2 – VERBAL REASONING EXAM QUESTIONS

SECTION A 

INSTRUCTION – Choose the correct answer from the options A – C in this section. 

1. A man who serves food in the restaurant is called ______.

[a] captain

[b] chef

[c] cobbler

 

2. Underline the word that sound like DEER.

[a] rear

[b] dear

[c] shame

 

3. Which word can be formed from rearranging the letter BATTLE?

[a] report

[b] bygone

[c] tablet

 

4. Success and happiness – Failure and ______

[a] sadness

[b] celebration

[c] pass

 

5. Activity of counting of people in a country is called ______.

[a] numbering

[b] epidemic

[c] census

 

6. Opposite of wide is ______.

[a] broad

[b] narrow

[c] large

 

7. Which word similar in meaning to this word SURPLUS?

[a] shortage

[b] abundant

[c] scarcity

 

8. Re – arrange these words alphabetical order.

I. Singing, II. spelling, III. small, IV. snow

[a] I, II, III, IV

[b] IV, III, II, I

[c] I, III, IV II

 

Choose the correct letter from the options to end the first word and then begin the second word:

9. M u s e u ( __ ) a r r i a g e

[a] k

[b] m

[c] p

 

10. E n c o r a g ( __ ) l e p h a n t

[a] n

[b] a

[c] e

 

11. Room and bed; Library and ______.

[a] book

[b] wood

[c] pot

 

12. Danger, endanger; Circle , encircle; Feeble, ______.

[a] enfeeble

[b] feebly

[c] feel

 

Read the following sentences carefully and decided how true they are circle in 13 – 15.

A. If a sentence is always true.

B. lf a sentence is often but not always true.

C. lf a sentence is never true.

D. lf it is impossible to say. How true a sentence is.

 

13. There are seven days in a week.

A

B

C

D

 

14. In a war red stands for peace while white stands for danger.

A

B

C

D

 

15. People with big head are selfish.

A

B

C

D

 

SECTION B

INSTRUCTION – Answer all the questions in this section. 

QUESTION 1. C O N G L O M E R A T E = A C D E G C R Y P N Z Y

a. G N Z Y means __________________

b. R Y D Z C P means __________________

c. A C D E C means __________________

d. E N R Y means __________________

e. R A T E means __________________

 

QUESTION 2. Read the following sentences carefully and decide which should come first, second and third, Circle the correct option.

I. It keeps you healthy

II. If you are good at it, you can take in competitions

III. Swimming is very good for you

 

Sample = 321

a. =

I. While I was going to the market

II. I helped him to cross the road

III. I saw an old man

 

b. =

I. They all played afterwards

II. Saturday was a very busy morning

III. The children washed their clothes and plates =

 

c. =

I. Peculiar came late to school

II. Mr Effiong punished peculiar

III. Mr Effiong was angry with peculiar =

 

QUESTION 3. Re arrange these words in alphabetical order. 

a. Potter  Pressure  Pastor  Put

b. Pray  Propose  Predict  Primary

c. Announce  Account  Apology  Aunty

d. Daikon  Daily  Dainty  Daisy

 

QUESTION 4. Complete these similes.

a. As fierce as ______

b. As light as ______

c. As green as ______

d. As meek as ______

 

QUESTION 5. Give the group name of each of the following:

a. Lagos  Sokoto   Kaduna   Enugu ______

b. Pen   Eraser   Book   Ink ______

c. Stool   Chair   Desk   Table ______

d. Teaching   Banking   Nursing   Engineering ______