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

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SECOND TERM EXAMINATION 

BASIC 6

SECTION A 

VERBAL REASONING

SECTION A – Choose the one word that cannot be formed by the combination of some or all the letters of the given word:

1. TELEGRAM

[a] Legal

[b] Gram

[c] Mega

 

2. ARRANGEMENT

[a] Array

[b] Arrange

[c] Meat

 

3. Cunning and fox; Slippery and ______________

[a] Bat

[b] Banana

[c] Lion

 

4. Nose and smell; Tongue and ______________

[a] Swallow

[b] Speak

[c] Taste

 

5. ( Vessel; less ), ( ballot ; toll ), ( arsenal ; _________)

[a] Lane

[b] Lust

[c] Last

 

Choose from the list of words the one which has almost the same meaning as the word in capital letter:

6. FEEBLE

[a] Desire

[b] Strong

[c] Weak

 

7. PURPOSE

[a] Result

[b] Importance

[c] Aim

 

Choose the correct letter from the given alternatives to end the first word and at the same time begin the second word:

8. C r a (  ) e s t

[a] b

[b] s

[c] a

[d] u

 

9. D e a (  ) e a d

[a] k

[b] r

[c] m

[d] y

 

Choose from the list of words the one which is opposite in meaning to the word:

10. CROOKED

[a] Ancient

[b] Straight

[c] Old

 

11. SHARP

[a] Dark

[b] Absent

[c] Blunt

 

Read the following sentences carefully and decide how true they are. Circle:

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.

 

Use the above to answer questions 12 -15.

12. The earth has only one moon.

A

B

C

D

 

13. Tall people are very gentle.

A

B

C

D

 

14. A centurarian is someone that is 100 years old.

A

B

C

D

15. What a man can do a woman can do?

A

B

C

D

 

SECTION B – Answer all the questions in this section. 

1. Give the plural of each of the following:

a. Thief _________

b. Family _________

c. Watch _________

d. Key _________

e. Church _________

 

2. What are the following called?

I. A group of soldiers _________

II. The head of a country _________

III. The sound made by a great _________

IV. A place where animals are slaughtered for the market _________

V. The month after November _________

 

3. Use each of the words in capital letters to form another word which means the phase or sentence written in its font:

a. TABLE: a sound made by a sheep _________

b. BRAKE: a person who bakes bread and cakes _________

c. SOWER: the comparative of Bad _________

d. SHORE: a large animal with four legs _________

e. Range: to make anger _________

 

4. Starting with the smallest , arrange the following words of size, importance or value, Arranging in ascending order:

a. birth, adult, pregnancy, child, youth _________

b. Day, year, decade, month, week _________

c. Primary, creche, secondary, nursery, university _________

d. April, June, July, May, August _________

e. Goat Cat, Rat, Elephant Lion _________

 

5. Pair the objects lettered A to E with the people numbered I – V correctly:

I. Image II. Novel III. Book IV. Shoe V. Food

a. Cook _________

b. Author _________

c. Cobbler _________

d. Novelist _________

e. Sculptor _________