Ability Test 9.

Thunder is to lightning as tremor is to _

A. earthquake
Name: _______________________
B. flood
Class: _________________________ C. disaster
D. tornado
Date: _________________________
Underline the correct word to complete each of 10. Commotion is to calm as activity is to _
the analogies. A. movement
B. dormant
1. Fortnight Is to time as kilometer is to __
C. rowdy
A. measure
D. fight
B. metre
C. distance
D. length
In each group of words, all but one are alike in
some way. Circle the letter for the one which is
2. Music is to composer as poetry is to ___
different.
A. Rhyme
B. Poet 11. cricket tennis field golf football
C. Actor
D. Poem 12. Bliss joy delight pleasure music

3. Mahoe is to wood as aluminum is to __ 13. Peel roast bake boil fry

A. foil
B. earth 14. Century month fortnight calendar
C. bauxite
Decade
D. metal
15. Mountain valley hill mist plain
4. Diagonal is to square as diameter is to _
A. radius 16. Cotton wool linen threads silk
B. angle
C. circle 17. Lecture address sermon speech
D. chord
news
5. Pure is to clean as polluted is to 18. Repair launder wash clean filter
A. environment
B. dirty 19. Train airplane car truck bus
C. water
D. foggy 20. Rice beans corn wheat oats

Solve the following equations

6. Five is to ten as half is to ___ 21. ∆ X ∆ = 1, then ∆ =
A. quarter A. ½ B. 0 C. 1 D. 2
B. one
C. two 5 1
22. = What is the value of ?
D. four ? 2
A. 2 B. 10 C. 5 D. 1
7. Pumpkin is to vine as lemon is to __
A. sour 23. R X 7 = 28, then 3R =
B. juice A. 14 B. 4 C. 12 D. 8
C. seed
D. tree 24. If 2p ÷ 2 = 14, then p =
A. 14 B. 7 C. 2 D. 28
8. Dairy is to milk as apiary is to ____
A. bee 25. 2y + y = 18, what is the value of y?
B. honey A. 12 B. 3 C. 4 D. 6
C. sting
D. hive 26. 8b – 7b = 15, what is the value of b?
A. 10 B. 1 C. 15 D. 30
 45. I think of a number and add 15 to that number
7 2 to make it 49. What is half the number I
27. If + =1 then m =
9 m thought of?
A. 3 D. 9 C. 6 D. 2

28. If w -20 = 40 + 3, then w =

A. 33 B. 83 C. 63 D. 13

29. If 6 X 5 = n X 6, then n = ___

A. 30 B. 1 C. 5 D. 17
46. My sister’s birthday is on the fifth of October,
1 My brother’s birthday is nine days before my
30. If + = 250, then of =
5 sister’s birthday and my birthday is three days
A. 100 B 25 C. 50 D. 15 after my brothers birthday. When is my
Give one word to replace the underlined words in birthday?
each sentence.
31. June and Jess visited the place where books
are kept on Saturday. ________

32. The man who fixed the pipe came to the

school yesterday. ___________ 47. The clock in my hallway strikes only on the
hour. How many times does it strike between
33. The school fair is held every year. It is held 10:30am and 6:30pm?
______________

34. The retired pastor is writing his own life story.

_______________

35. Yesterday I met a woman who writes poems.

____________ 48. My mother gave me $1500 for transportation.
Choose the correct word to complete each If I pay $175 one way for transportation to and
proverb. from school. How much change should I return
to her at the end of the week?
straw, worm together, home stitch,
broth, two, fonder, indeed

36. Too many cooks spoil the ________.

37. Birds of a feather __________together.

49. If my cousin was 14 cm taller, he would be
38. A __________ in time saves nine. 12cm shorter than my sister who is 180cm.
How old is my cousin?
39. A bird in the hand is worth ____ in the bush.

40. Early bird catches the first ________

41. Charity begins at _________ but should not end

there.
50. Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo and Chris Gayle
42. Absence makes the heart goes _______ are three top batsmen on the West Indies
Cricket Team. In a match against England, the
43. A drowning man will clutch at a _______
total score for all three players was 365 runs,
44. A friend in need is a friend __________ Russel’s score was 89, 118 less than Bravo’s.
What was Gayle’s contribution?

Use logical reasoning to answer the following.