Primary 2 (Basic 2) First Term Examination for All Subjects and Answer key

FIRST TERM VERBAL REASONING EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR PRIMARY 2 (BASIC 2)

VERBAL REASONING EXAM QUESTIONS

SECTION A Objectives INSTRUCTION – Choose the correct answer from the options:

1. A lion lives in the _____.

[a] den

[b] cave

[c] kettle

2. A place where sick person go treatment is called _____.

[a] hospital

[b] mosque

[c] church

3. How many months are there in one year?

[a] 5

[b] 12

[c] 6

4. How many days are in a week?

[a] 7

[b] 2

[c] 5

5. _____ is the capital of Nigeria.

[a] Lagos

[b] Abuja

[c] Kano

6. Vowel letters are a e i o _____.

[a] p

[b] u

[c] h

7. How many vowels are in these word PAWPAW?

[a] 4

[b] 2

[c] 5

8. How many consonant letters are there in alphabet?

[a] 22

[b] 26

[c] 21

9. Hospital => Drugs, School => _____.

[a] Food

[b] Teach

[c] Fan

10. Eyes => See, Mouth => _____

[a] Eat

[b] Look

[c] Sleep

11. Water, tea soft, drink _____.

[a] kerosine

[b] juice

[c] petrol

Write out the number of consonant.

12. C h u r c h

[a] 6

[b] 5

[c] 4

13. M a r k e t

[a] 4

[b] 5

[c] 6

14. The first 3 letters in the english alphabet are _____.

[a] DEF

[b] ABC

[c] LMN

15. The last 3 letters in the english alphabet are _____.

[a] GHI

[b] JKL

[c] XYZ

SECTION B – Attempt all questions

A      B      C      D      E      F      G      H     I      J      K      L      M

1      2      3      4      5      6      7      8     9     10     11      12    13

N      O      P      Q      R      S      T      U     V      W      X      Y      Z

14    15    16    17    18    19    20    21    22    23    24     25     26

Sample – E g g = 5 7 7

a. C a l m = _____

b. B a n k = _____

c. W o m a n = _____

d. S l e e p = _____

e. T e a c h e r = _____

2. Write these letters in the order of the alphabet.

Sample – P o n = n o p

i. x y w = _____

ii. q s r = _____

iii. w u v = _____

iv. l k j = _____

v. f d e = _____

3. Write out the vowels in these words. 

i. B o o k = _____

ii. P a p e r = _____

iii. S e e = _____

iv. R i c h = _____

v. C o m e = _____

4. Write these words in the order of alphabet.

Sample – Cat Apple Bag = Apple Bag Cat

a. Fan Goat Egg  = _____, _____, _____

b. Tomato Xmas Sit   = _____, _____, _____

c. Neat Queen Ram  = _____, _____, _____

d. Lake Jug lnk = _____, _____, _____

e. Mango Orange Pear  = _____, _____, _____

5. Word making

Sample – z, b, a  — > o o k = Book

a. k, n, g – > o a t = _____

b. t, l, o -> r e e = _____

c. z, c, o -> a n o e = _____

d. m, n, y -> o u = _____

e. ( a, w, z ) -> a n t = _____

ANSWER KEY

SECTION A 

1. A – den

2. A – hospital

3. A – 12

4. A – 7

5. B – Abuja

6. B – u

7. B – 2

8. C – 21

9. B – Teach

10. A – Eat

11. B – juice

12. C – 4 (C, h, r, c, h → 5 consonants actually, but correct option given = 5) → Answer: 5

13. A – 4 (M, r, k, t = 4 consonants)

14. B – ABC

15. C – XYZ

SECTION B – THEORY 

1. Numbering letters

a. C a l m = 3 1 12 13

b. B a n k = 2 1 14 11

c. W o m a n = 23 15 13 1 14

d. S l e e p = 19 12 5 5 16

e. T e a c h e r = 20 5 1 3 8 5 18

2. Alphabetical order

i. x y w = w x y

ii. q s r = q r s

iii. w u v = u v w

iv. l k j = j k l

v. f d e = d e f

3. Vowels

i. Book = o, o

ii. Paper = a, e

iii. See = e, e

iv. Rich = i

v. Come = o, e

4. Alphabetical arrangement

a. Egg, Fan, Goat

b. Sit, Tomato, Xmas

c. Neat, Queen, Ram

d. Ink, Jug, Lake

e. Mango, Orange, Pear

5. Word Making

a. goat

b. tree

c. canoe

d. you

e. want

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