verbal reasoning book 3 -english activities
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VERBALREASONING
MCQs for formative assessment
Tricky puzzles and diagramsSelf explanatory worksheets
Graded Practice problems
All questions answered
Practice tests
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Contents1 Alphabeflcal Order 4
2 Word Families 7
3 Prefixes and Suffixes 9
4 Synonyms and Antonyms ..................•....................... 12
5 Practice Session I 15
6 Homophones and Homonyms .....................•............. 17
7 Hidden Letters 21
8 Sentence Mania 23
9 Time and Date . 25
10 Practice Session 11 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 27
11 Occupations 30
12 Different Sounds 33
13 Action Words 36
14 Word Riddles 39
15 Practice Session III 41
Answers 43
Alphabetical Order
All the words in a dictionary appear in alphabetical order. Lookat the following words taken from a dictionary.Example:• Father• Feather• Finger
• FistForest•
Find out the sequence in which the following words wouldappear in a dictionary.
--------------------,coat, cast, cattle, collar, camel
spoil, spoon, spark, spade, spend
hump, hope, horror, happen, happy
click, chick, check, creek, cloak
prank, frank, tank, rank, bank
someday, somebody, sometime, someone, somewhere
uncle, ankle, unwell, umbrella, user
pile, pie, pillar, ply, pale
great, goat, grand, gate, game
allow, always, apple, able, appearL _ -----------~
Look at the pictures and identify the words. Rank thewords according to their alphabetical order.(All the words start with the letter 'j')
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Word Families
Look at the following words. Can you tell the relationshipbetween these words?Example:• elephant, tiger, dog, mouse, giraffe, camel
(All these words are names of animals.)• shout, chatter, mumble, whisper
(All these words describe ways of speaking.)
Choose the option that belongs to the given group.
lake, ocean, bay
a) weeds b) fish c) pond
car, truck, bus
a) submarine b) cycle c) airplane
hockey, cricket, football
a) bat b) court c) tennis
book, pen, ruler
a) compass b) cup c) table
tomato, cabbage, potato
a) honey b) apple c) omon
handle, brake, tyre
a) pump b) cycle c) pedal
summer, winter, spring
a) autumn b) hot c) ram
cap, hairband, hat
a) necklace b) helmet c) horns
walk, jump, run
a) SWIm b) hop c) glide
air hostess, pilot, crew
a) passenger b) nurse c) driver
Find the odd one out from the list of words given below.
energy, strength, patience, power
plan, itinerary, calendar, schedule
whale, eel, shark, rat
aunt, cousin, doctor, father
basketball, music player, computer, television
excited, anxious, hot, happy
plate, spoon, comb, glass
giggle, weep, laugh, gag
cheese, butter, honey, yoghurt
table, tree, boy, elephant
Prefixes and Suffixes
A prefix is a group of letters added at the beginning of a word.
We add un-, im-, in- and dis- to some words to form their opposites.Example: unclear, impossible, injustice, disagree
Add un-, im-, in- or dis- to the following words to formtheir opposites.
• • • • • • • • • • • • •• complete•••• visible••• pure•••• kind••• important••• tidy•••• locate••• attentive••• qualify•••• patient•• • • •• • • • • • • • •
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A suffix is a group of letters added at the end of a word.We can add -ly, -ness, -ful or -less to the end of words to form newwords.Example: slowly, happiness, helpful, shameless
Add -ly, -ness, -less or -ful to the words given in the box.Now fill in the blanks.
new, care, neat, breath, fear, dark, close, faith, clear, bold
Dogs are very to us.
The Robinsons moved to their built house.
As fell, the streetlights lit up.
She writes very in her copy.
The shooter could see the target _
The saint was when he went into the jungle.
All of us were surprised at the little child's _
The old lady felt after walking for such a long distance.
He was very while putting the glasses in their boxes.
We could see the between Mary and her mother.
The following words have been made by adding prefixesor suffixes. Strike out the incorrect word from each row.
dislike unlike relike
correctly correction correctful
disappear reappear unappear
politeness politable politely
succesly succession successful
agreeable agreeful agreement
hopeful hopeness hopeless
underperform outperform reperform
rude able rudely rudeness
movement moveable moveness
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Synonyms and,
Antonyms .-
Underline the pair of antonyms in the groups ofwords given below.
buy, spend, save, cheap
top, below, bottom, beside
thin, slim, fat, tall
forget, find, lose, discover
love, admire, adore, hate
fast, speed, slow, stop
old, stale, fresh, ripe
sometime, everyday, always, never
weak, poor, strong, lazy
smile, happy, frown, grin
Find synonyms for the words given below. Write down thesynonyms of each word in the blank provided.
lookeager
shycopy
scaredcold
largebent
strangeweary
crooked
tired
frightened
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keen
introverted
see
big
freezing
duplicate
odd
Write down synonyms for the words given below.
beautiful
intelligent
wealthy
sad
angry
funny
Match each word to its antonym. J'-------
Column A Column B--- -----dawn foolish
accept vertical
WIse remember
brave dusk
horizontal narrow
create cowardly
forget dirty
rough refuse
wide destroy
clean smooth
Practice Session I
From each of the following groups of words strikeout one word that does not belong to the group.
o book, magazine, pen, letter, newspaper
o watch, bangle, gloves, bracelet, shoes
e lawyer, criminal, barrister, punishment, judge
o centimeter, inch, hectare, kilometer, foot
e two, four, fifth, nine, six
o maid, governess, doctor, matron, landlady
G north, east, left, south, west
o start, begin, final, commence, initiate
o herd, pack, flock, fish, litter
G> chapter, novel, sentence, paragraph, meaning
Add a suffix from the box to the following words andrewrite them in the space provided. (Some words mayjoin with one or more suffixes.)
hood" is;'-ly, ful, 1e~n~ shipJo kind e piano
e parent o JOY
o home o final
beauty child
G leader Ci) base
Complete the names of the following sports and arrangethem in alphabetical order.
_a__ e__ all () _ a _e _all ()
e _00 all () o _a_key ()
o __Lket () o _a_lOg ()
_ a__ i_ton () __ I __ lOg ()
o olf () Ci) - ka _ i_g ()
Homophones andHomonyms
Homophones are those words that have the same pronunciation butdifferent spellings.
Example: weigh - waysail- sale
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Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with suitablehomophones.
She was dressed in a _white dress.
I a yummycream cake yesterday.
She asked me to _her at the store.
Mary tied a shiny belt aroundher _
I can the sun in thesky.
o of these bagsbelongs to you?
I follow the same toschool every day.
o We went on a safari. - • John takes a at theend of the mad.
Write down a homophone for each of the following words.
blew
buy
knight
prays
feat mournmg -
coarse nee
wear sent
Homonyms are those words that have same spellings but differentmeanings.Example:The doctor examines his in this room.----The children have been very and are waiting for theteacher to come.Now both the blanks can be filled with the same word i.e, patient.However, in the first sentence it means somebody who is ill, whilein the second sentence it means the ability to wait without gettinganxious.
Fill in the blanks with the correct homonym from the box.
left, play, trunk, ruler, spot, cut, watch, tie, palm, right, ruler, train
The answer on the side of the page is the _
answer.
This is the where John fell off his bicycle. There is ablue on your shirt.
____ out! You will hurt yourself. Marc is wearing a _
on his arm.
She has for her village in the evening. She was carrying a
bag in her hand.
The man in white beard is the of this country. Sally used
a to make vertical lines on her paper.
The teacher was ready to us for the play. The _
pulled into the station.
We get oil from the fruit of trees. She wiped the sweat from
her _
My father wore a blue to work. He found it very difficult
to _
An elephant was carrying logs with the help of its . The
stem of a tree is known as ----
Larry the vegetables neatly but got a on his
fingers.
Othello is my favorite Shakespearean . I used to _
basketball in my school.
Hidden Letters
Find the letter which will complete the given pair of words.Example: Too ( ) ookThe letter '1'when added at the end of the first word andat the begining of the second word makes two differentwords: 'tool' and 'look'.
goa () ank for ( ) eal 0 hea ( ) eep
mak () xam thi () ick G bel ( ) ail
bi () ive ba ( ) ace
seve ( ) ews foo () ove
Fill in the blanks in each row with the same set ofconsonants. The first one has been done for you.
1 brick broom
2 dri-- pra__
3 -- ow -- eat
4 bo -- mou--
5 -- ark gra __
6 fa u -- a -- er
7 be -- __ yle
8 gra __ bli --
9 the -- so __ ly
10 sti -- doi --
11 fa -- a --
12 bo -- le be -- er
13 pI __ lu --
14 fa -- corre --
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Change one letter in the given words to form otherwords with the help of picture clues. The first one hasbeen done for you.
mad ---.haL.rnat.
felt
pick
lack
big
let
fool
said
been 0lead
fill
Sentence Mania
- Each of the following sentences contains two wordsthat must be interchanged to make sense. Underlinethose two words.Example: Harry had a Ron whose name was friend.Harry had a friend whose name was Ron.
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Martha ran jungle into the straight.
She play to wants cricket in the park.
We told you that who were out?
If you can hungry, you are eat your food.
I like in swim to the pool.
She leaving in the mirror before looked.
The students made all the teacher stand in a line.
The lady quietly very talked in the library.
Our pet dog hears as soon as it barks some noise.
My love I parents.
'B ut' and 'because' are words that join two sentences. We use 'but' to show acontrast and 'because' to state a reason.
Join the two parts of the sentences given below using'but' and 'because'.
Anne wore red ear-nngs
I took out myumbrella
She missed the bus
She made pasta
Mary was happy
I love football
Nancy is slim
The teacher scoldedRita
Hannah was upset
The music was goodat the party
but
because
it was raining.
I did not like it.
she got good marks inher test.
I hate basketball.
she forgot to do herhomework.
her dress was purple.
she woke up late.
the food was bad.
her sister is plump.
her brother broke herdoll.
Time and Date
Match the timings shown in the clocks with thosewritten in the columns at the right side.
Quarter past six
Twenty minutes past two
Ten minutes to one
Ten minutes past ten
Half past seven
Twenty minutes to five
Quarter to four
Quarter to eleven
Twenty minutes past eleven
Afternoon
Look at the following calendar and use it toanswer the questions given below.
2 34 5 6 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 1718 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Which day falls on 23rd March?
How many Sundays are there in March?
What will be the day on the 20th next month?
What was the date 14 days before 7th March?
If today is Wednesday, what will be the day after 11 days?
How many Mondays will there be in the next month?
What are the dates of all Tuesdays in March?
What was the date 17 days before the third Wednesday of March?
If tomorrow is a Friday, what will be the day on the 16th day fromtomorrow?
The next holiday will come 20 days after the last Sunday of March. Canyou tell the date of the holiday?
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Practice Session 11
Combine the given phrases to form meaningful sentences.
watching TV/my brother is/I think
which she wears/Mary has/with red socks/a blue frock
of others/make fun/we should never
o only in/my comfortable bed/I can sleep
in her/very happy/new job/Molly is
looks brighter/today/and clearer/the sky
when I saw it last/the book was/kept on the table
on weekends/to watch cinema/many people go
into the station/the train pulled/the passengers rushed/as soon as
G jumped on to/she screamedlher lap/when a rat
Change each of the following words, one letter at atime, to its antonym. Underline the new letter. The firstone is done for you.
I FALL ~ FILL ~ FILE ~ RILE ~ RISE I
I WET ~ MET ~ MAY ~ WAY ~ WRY ~ DRY I
IHATE ~ HAVE ~ HIVE ~ LIVE ~ LOVEI
IWILD ~ WILE ~ TILE ~ TIME ~ TAMEI
IEAST ~ VAST ~ VEST i=>1 WEST I
FARM~WOR~WORD~OOD~WOOL~ COOLI
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Answer the following questions. J"--------
Adam started reading a book at 4:05 pm.
He took 3 hours to read the book.
What is the time now?
Martha left her home at 7:40 pm.
She took 45 minutes to reach her school.
What is the time now?
A play ended at 7 pm.
The duration of the play was 1 hour 15 minutes.
What time did the play start?
Mary started cooking dinner at 5: 15 pm.
She finished cooking at 6:46 pm.
How long did she take to cook dinner?
Peter goes to sleep at 10 pm every night.
He wakes up at 6 am in the morning.
For how many hours does he sleep?
Sally started cleaning her garden at 12: 10 pm.
It takes her 35 minutes to clean the garden.
What is the time now?
Occupations
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box.
potter, gardener, mason, carpenter, confectioner, plumber, manager,photographer, electrician, detective, carpenter
A came to repair the leaking taps.
The was carrying a big black camera.
Mr. Paul manages all the school buses, routes and drivers. He is a good
Igot a yummy blueberry cake from the _
Mother has called the to fix the switchboard.
The was working with cement and bricks to repair the brokenwall.
I saw a making beautiful pots.
The solved the case of missing jewels in just a week.
The waters the plants in our garden every week.
The worked day and night to make a big round tableand chairs.
Match the following people with their work places.
ColumnA Column B
car mechanic hospital
doctor fields
chef laboratory
laborer garden
farmer court
gardener restaurant
barrister garage
scientist construction site
Use the picture clues to solve the crossword.
Across Down
0 0 0 0
(b)e e
Different Sounds
The same letter or a group of letters can be pronounced indifferent ways.Example: Read these words aloud.
charaderache
choicecheck
In the first column the letters 'ch' give out a 'c' sound.In the right side column, the letters 'ch' give out a 'k' sound.
Look at the pictures and identify the words. Circle thewords that have 'ch' as IkI sound.
o e
e o
e
Q2. Read each group of words aloud. From each group,circle the word that has a different sound.---
game, jog, great,gate, gem, log
cup, put, rub,jug, hug, tub
then, this, thin,that, with, there
think, thank,mother, thousand,thief, throw
cell, city, juice,cinema, cup, race
crow, create,camp, cigar,clap, public
rage, wage, giraffe,golf, general, large
arm, fat, cat, bat,hat, man
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Read the words given below and notice the soundmade by the underlined letters. Now write down twowords containing the same letters and which makethe same sound.
tear fear bought Q!lght
council doubt ncigh eight
boil moist meat lead
haunt astronaut tie lied
train maid G) boat road
Read the following words and circle the silent letters, i.e,those letters that do not make any sound.
ballet knit
column listen
comb muscle
czar psychology
debt receipt
guitar length
half walk
heir wednesday
hour whole
hymn write
Action Words
aklw
urn
arpy
jpmu
rdae
klat
mbicl
ghual
eitrw
mlSw
Unscramble the words in the left column to form actionwords. Match the words to the pictures in the rightcolumn.
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Use the clues given below to complete the word puzzle.
to press with your fingers
to strike your palms together to make a loud noise, usually to express
approval
to hit with your foot
to become visible
to speak very softly
to look directly and fixedly
to move earth or soil with hands or tools
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Choose the correct word to fill in the blanks.
Mary has her hair properly today. (comb/combs!combed)
We are for a picnic. (gone/going/go)
All children love to at this song. (dance/danced/dances)
She will her pet dog to the park tomorrow. (bring/brought/brings)
He football in school every evening. (play/played/plays)
Albert the ball high in the sky. (throw/threw/throwing)
The goats are in the forest. (graze/grazing/grazed)
We our food before lunch time today. (eat/ate/eating)
I the last penny in my pocket to buy flowers for mygrandmother. (spend/spent/spending)
Billy is his plates in the kitchen. (washing/washed/washes)
Word Riddles
Make new words by rearranging the letters of the givenwords. Take clues from the words given in brackets.
teach (fraud)
hare (to listen)
male (food)
cork (a stone)
ape (a vegetable)
listen (quiet)
name (a lion has it)
life (something to keep papers)
tame (a friend)
was (a carpenter uses this)
late (a story)
raw (a battle)
Find the name of an animal hidden between the wordsin each of the following sentences.
What do girls like to play?
Teachers must be around the students all the time.
lustin came last in the race.
The bib is on the chair.
I saw many penguins wandering on the beach.
Use a ladder to reach the roof.
It will be eleven by the time I leave.
A person who mends shoes is known as a cobbler.
The thirsty crow looked all around for water.
The crab bit her on the toe.
The public attended the workshop in large numbers.
I saw her at the restaurant a while ago.
Practice Session III
Find a three-letter word in each of the following words.
tomato split
crow beggar
scary cripple
monkey cribbing
e swagger CD) stoppage
Underline the word with odd sound.
heat, feet, fear, meat, seat
o car, bar, arm, arc, bag
make, take, pack, lake, pace
let, bet, beat, met, beg
tube, tune, mute, rude, cute
main, raid, fade, bake, mark
hop,son,go~lo~job
umbrella, uncle, upper, usage, up
loud, would, crowd, sound, found
fire, fill, like, fight, kind
Encircle the action words in each set of words.
rope, tree, eat, ball, play
rich, smile, elephant, five, like
sleep, good, walk, people, rain
soap, towel, candy, work, choose
keep, sheep, bleat, neat, sheet
mall, small, call, tall, fall
fry, sky, try, fly, pie
animal, quiet, blow, show, kite
his, her, dare, mare, care
shy, high, lie, my, why
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Answers
Chapter 1
Q1.
1. camel, cast, cattle, coat, collar2. spade, spark, spend, spoil, spoon3. happen, happy, hope, horror, hump4. check, chick, click, cloak, creek5. bank, frank, prank, rank, tank6. somebody, someday, someone,
sometime, somewhere7. ankle, umbrella, uncle, unwell, user8. pale, pie, pile, pillar, ply9. game, gate, goat, grand, great10. able, allow, always, appear, apple
Q2.1. Joker3. Jelly5. Judge7. Jacket9. Jackal11. Jam13. Jug15. Jail
2. Jewel4. Jaguar6. Jigsaw8. Jeep10. Jeans12. Juice14. Jaw
Chapter 2
Q1.1.c 2.b 3.c 4. a6. c 7.a 8.b 9. b
Q2.1. patience 2. calendar3. rat 4. doctor5. basketball 6. hot
7. comb9. honey
Q1.1. incomplete3. Impure5. unimportant7. dislocate9. disqualify
Q2.1. faithful3. darkness5. clearly7. boldness9. careful
8. weep10. table
Chapter 3
2. invisible4. unkind6. untidy8. inattentive
10. impatient
2. newly4. neatly6. fearless8. breathless
10. closeness
Q3.relike, correctful, unappear politable,succesly, agreeful, hopeness, reperform,rudeable, moveness
5. c Q1.10 1. spend, save.a
2. top, bottom3. slim, fat4. find, lose5. love, hate6. fast, slow7. stale, fresh
Chapter 4
8. always, never9. weak, strong10. smile, frown
Q2.I. Bent3. Scared5. Shy7. Large9. Copy
2. Weary4. Eager6. Look8. Cold
10. Strange
Q3.1. pretty, attractive, lovely2. smart, bright, brilliant3. rich, well-to-do, well-off4. unhappy, depressed, miserable5. livid, enraged, furious6. humorous, comical, hilarious
Q4.1. dawn - dusk2. accept - refuse3. wise - foolish4. brave - cowardly5. horizontal- vertical6. create - destroy7. forget - remember8. rough - smooth9. wide - narrow
10. clean - dirty
Chapter 5
Q1.I. pen3. punishment5. fifth
2. shoes4. hectare6. doctor
7. left9. fish
8. final10. meaning
Q2.1. kindness, kindly2. parenthood3. pianist4. joyful5. homeless, homely6. beautiful7. leadership8. finalist, finally9. childhood10. baseless
Q3.L. basketball ( 3 )2. football ( 6 )3. cricket ( 5 )4. badminton (1 )5. golf ( 7 )6. baseball ( 2 )7. hockey ( 8)8. boxing ( 4 )9. swimming (l0)10. skating ( 9 )
Chapter 6
Q1.I. plain3. son5. waist7. pair9. route
2. ate4. meet6. which8. see
10. right
Q2.I. praise 2. blue