VERBALREASONING

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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.

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e o

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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