Ability

Section 1: Verbal Reasoning

For items 1 to 3, choose the word to complete each proverb.

1. Birds of a _____________ stick together.

a. family
b. feather
c. party
d. country

2. Early Bird catches the first ______________.

a. seed
b. worm
c. flowers
d. fish

3. Too many cooks spoil the _______________.

a. recipe
b. appetite
c. meal
d. time

Choose the Word that means the same as the one in capitals.

4. GENTLE

a. smooth
b. mild
c. pleasant
d. coarse

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 5. MEAN
a. unkind
b. upset
c. middle
d. cautious

6. FRAIL

a. strong
b. weak
c. small
d. bent

In items 7 – 10 choose the word that best completes each sentence.

7. Bray is to donkey as bleat is to _____________.
a. Sheep
b. Noise
c. Shepherd
d. Cow

8. Gavel is to judge as wrench is to___________________.

a. carpenter
b. mechanic
c. horse
d. bolt

9. Drake is to duck as monk is to _____________.

a. Buddha
b. nun
c. shaolin
d. animal

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 10. Argue is to argument as divide is to_____________.

a. share
b. break
c. division
d. rule

In each set of words, one is different from the rest. Find that word.

11.
a. Ocho Rios
b. Negril
c. Manchester
d. Santa Cruz

12.
a. rose
b. beat
c. shook
d. flee

13.
a. piano
b. stereo
c. tambourine
d. violin

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Choose the picture that would go in the empty box so that the two bottom pictures are
related in the same way as the top two are related.

14.

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

15.

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

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 The words in the bottom row are related in the same way as the words in the top row.
For each item, find the word that completes the bottom row of words.

16. daisy flower plant

bungalow house ______

a. building
b. cottage
c. apartment
d. city

17. rule command dictate

doze sleep ________

a. snore
b. govern
c. awaken
d. hibernate

18. apples fruit supermarket

novel book ___________

a. bookstore
b. magazine
c. vegetable
d. shopping

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 Use the following information to questions 19 and 20.

Five men: Joe, Tom, John, Dick and Tony all own cars. Joe and John own
small car. Only Tony, Tom and John have red cars. Only Tom and Dick have
cars that are more than four years old. Only Joe and Tony have air condition
in their cars.

19. who has a large, air-conditioned car?

a. Dick
b. Tony
c. Tom
d. Joe

20. What conclusion can we draw from the information?

a. The five men all had red cars.

b. Some of the men did not like the colour red so they bought a different
colour.
c. Some of the men had cars with things in common.
d. Some of the men did not care for air-condition.

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 Section 2: Quantitative Reasoning
21. Luis counts the total number of ducks swimming on a pond each day. On Monday
he counts 1 duck, on Tuesday, he counts 2 ducks, on Wednesday, he counts 4
ducks and on Thursday he counts 8 ducks. If this pattern continues, how many
ducks will he count on Saturday?

a. 12
b. 16
c. 24
d. 32

22. Mark’s pencil is about 15 cm long. Which of the following could be Mark’s pencil?

a.

b.

c.

d.

23. Which comparison statement describes the model below?

a. 6 is 24 times as many as 4
b. 24 is 4 times as many as 6
c. 4 times as many as 24 is 6
d. 6 times as many as 6 is 24

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 24. The drawing below shows the desk arrangement in Mr. McKenzie’s classroom.

If he wants to keep the same number of rows, how could he seat 40 students?
a. 5×8
b. 4 × 10
c. 4×6
d. 20 +20

25. The drawing below shows the number of students who ride three buses to School.

What is the best estimate of the total number of students who ride the three
buses?
a. 140
b. 150
c. 160
d. 170

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 26. Mike and Leslie have the same birthday. The ages of Mike and Leslie as they grow
older are shown below.

Based on the information, how old will Leslie be when Mike is 24?
a. 15
b. 17
c. 18
d. 19

27. There are three different sections to sit at a stadium. The number of people who
can sit in each section is described below.

• Red section seats 200 people

• Blue section seats 20 fewer people than the red section
• Green section seats 2 times as many people as the blue section

What is the total number of people who can sit in the stadium when it is full?
a. 260
b. 380
c. 640
d. 740

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 28. Which Expression can be used to solve the equation below?

4600 ÷ 5 = ____________

a. (46 ÷ 5) + (100 ÷ 5)
b. (400 ÷ 5) – (600 ÷5)
c. (4000 ÷ 5) – (60 ÷ 5)
d. (4000 ÷ 5) + (600 ÷5)

29. Gia weighed 3 suitcases as shown below. She found that X weighs less Y, and Y
weighs less than Z.

Which statement must be true?

a. X weighs more than Y
b. X weighs less than Z
c. X weighs the same as Z
d. X weighs as much as Z

30. Four students are playing a game using the spinners below.

Which spinner has a 1 out of 4 probability of landing on white?

a. Joy’s spinner
b. Desmond’s spinner
c. Colin’s spinner
d. Yvonne’s spinner

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 31. Maurice and Vicky went for a walk. Their walk is mapped below.

If they continue walking in the same pattern, which building will they walk directly
to?
a. Bookstore
b. Bank
c. Library
d. High school

32. Byron is making a garage for his toy car out of a shoebox as shown below. Each
toy is 5 cm wide.

If all the toy cars are parked in one row, sided by side, what is the greatest
number of toy cars Byron can fit in the garage?
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 8

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 33. Sheryl rode her bicycle 497 kilometres in 10 days. He rode an equal number of
kilometres each day. About how many Kilometres did she ride each day?

a. 30
b. 40
c. 50
d. 60

34. Julene collects eggs on her farm every morning. She puts the eggs in cartons that
hold 12 eggs each. On Monday, she collected 29 eggs. How many more eggs
does she need to complete her last carton?

a. 5
b. 7
c. 11
d. 12

35. In the pattern below, every two numbers next to each other add up to the
numbers above them. Which number should go at X?

a. 5
b. 8
c. 10
d. 12

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 36. Mrs Brown rewards her students by putting a star next to their names on the
bulletin board. For every 5 stars a student earns, the student gets a prize. Brenda
got 3 prizes last month. Which could be the number of starts Brenda got?

a. 14
b. 18
c. 20
d. 25

37. Barbara asked her friends to guess the number of cousins she has. She gave them
the following clues:

• The number is more than 5

• The number is less than 15
• When the number is divided by 2 the answer is an odd number
• When the number is divided by 3 the answer is an even number.

How Many cousins does Barbara have?

a. 6
b. 10
c. 12
d. 14

38. Gregory gave a glass of water to each person at dinner. He put more than 2 ice
cubes in each glass. Each glass had the same number of ice cubes. How many ice
cubes could Gregory have used in all?

a. 13
b. 15
c. 17
d. 19

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 39. Damion, Nicholas, Robert and Fabion are standing in a line.

• Damion and Robert are next to each other.

• Nicholas is at last.
• Fabion is not next to either Nicholas or Robert.

Which of the boys have the ball in his hand?

a. Damion
b. Nicholas
c. Robert
d. Fabion

40. Serena is using straws of equal lengths and clay to make a model shape like a
Cube. A diagram of her unfinished model is shown below.

How many more pieces od straw does she need to complete her model?

a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
d. 6

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