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VERBALREASONING

MCQs for formative assessment

Tricky puzzles and diagramsSelf explanatory worksheets

Graded Practice problemsAll questions answered

Practice tests

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Contents

1 Fun wittl Alphabeb ................•......•....•..................... 4

2 &.er5 Code and Decode ..••...••...••...............••............. 6

3 Vowels and Consonants ............•............................. 9

4 Scramble and Unscramble 12

5 Practice Session I .................•....•............................. 14

6 New Words 17

7 Word Play 19

8 Spell Well ......................................•••...................... 22

9 LeYs Classify'...........................•............................... 24

10 Practice Session 11••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 26

11 Comparison 29

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13 Sl'n()nl'ms and Ant()nl'ms ~2

14 Find the Relati()nship ~5

15 Rhyme Time 37

16 Logic of Actions 39

17 Practice Session Ill ..........................•....................... 40

Answers 45

Fun with Alphabets

A B C D E F G H IJ K L M N 0 P Q RS T U V W x y Za b c d e f g h I

i k I m n 0 p Q rs t u v w x y z

What comes after, before, or between the following alphabets?Example: Z comes after Y

Lcomes between K, M

o P comes after

e F comes before __ ---:~--

e 0 comes between _

o S comes after _

e Y comes between _

o J comes before _

o N comes between _

o W comes between _

o R comes after _

G T comes before _

Place the following words in alphabetical order.Example: Orange, Gropes, Banana, Cherry

Banana, Cherry, Gropes, Orange

o Jaguar Lion Tiger Fox

Rabbit Mouse Squirrel Guinea pig

e Pink Yellow Brown Orange

Trolley Scooter AirplaneCar

o Apiary Butterfly Flowers Honey bee

Lightning Clouds RainStorm

o Pencil Notebook Eraser Textbook

Monkey Ape LangurOrangutan

o Fan Table fan Air Cooler

• Octopus Sea Fish Violet

LeYsCode and Decode

A :8 C 0 E F G H I1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9J K L M N 0 P Q R

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18S T U V W x y Z19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Code the names of the sea creatures given below.

Example: G 0 L 0 F I 5 H7 15 12 4 6 9 19 8

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Gc 0 R A L

C R A B

Decode the names of the objects of the solar systemgiven below.

Example: 16 12 1 14 5~O-'~LANVp L A N E

8 1 12 1 24 25-'~A0G A L A X Y

19 21 14 . 13 1 18 19

13 5 18 3 21 18 25 10 21 16 9 20 5 18

22 5 14 21 19 16 12 21 20 15

, 5 1 18 20 8 . 19 20 1 18 19

13 15 15 14 • 13 9 12 11 25 23 1 25

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Vowels and Consonants

Vowelsaeiou

Consonantsbcdfghjklmn

pqrstvxyz

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Write the missing vowels.

Example: t ns _ Is utensils

Example: Headmaster

Caterpillar

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hdmstr

ctrpllr

How many consonants are there in each word?

o Disney land

o Mickey Mouse

o Minnie Mouse

o Pluto

o Donald Duck

o Daisy

G Goofy

Playhouse

Add a vowel t complete the words. Now change the voweland make a new word.

Example: P n ----.. P n

Pan ----- ••. Pen

T_p ---------+-. T _ P

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oB_g B_g

L_g L_g

C_p C_p

H t H t

C t C t

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Scramble andUnscramble~---•...

Unscramble the names of vegetables. J"--------

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Q bcabage totapo

ftowulierca asben

, toatom . cubermcu

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Practice Session I

Do you know? J'--------

Which is the third last letter of the alphabet?

e Which is the sixth letter of the alphabet?

e Which is the tenth last letter of the alphabet?

Which is the tenth letter from the beginning of the alphabet?

e Which is the twenty-third letter of the alphabet?

• Which is the seventh letter of the alphabet?

G Which letter comes right before the letter I?

o Which letter comes before the twenty-third letter of the alphabet? _

o Which letter comes after the letter L?

G> Which is the eight last letter of the alphabet?

Complete the letter series. J0 AA B CC D

e A Z B Y

e B D F ;0 Ll Nn Pp Rr

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Complete the names of some wild animals given belowwith missing vowels.

( B r e T_g_r

( L n Ch t h

( M_nk_y o L -p- rd

Take the help of the box below to answer the following questions .................................................................................................... .· . . . . . . . . .lA l B l C lD lE l F l G l H l l....................................................................................................· . . . . . . . . .~ 1 ; 2 ~ 3 ~ 4 ~ 5 ~ 6 ~ 7 ~ 8 ~ 9 ~....................................................................................................· .. .l J l K l L M l N lO l P l Q l R l................................. . .· .. .l 10 l 11 l 12 13 l 14 l 15 l 16 l 17 l 18 l................................. . .· .. .l S l T l U V l W l X l Y l Z l l...................................................................................................· .. .l 19 l 20 l 21 22 l 23 l 24 l 25 l 26 l l................................. . .

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Code the following party words. JCake J"-

e Candy J."

0 Ribbons J."

0 Balloon J"-

Children J"

0 Music J."

0 Dance J"

0 Guest J"

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H G F E

S J T J

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ZY A XW B dAZ BY CX DW

Complete the names of some wild animals given belowwith missing vowels.

(( L n

0 T -g-r

e ( Ch t h

0 L -p- rd

B r

( M_nk_y

Take the help of the box below to answer the following questions ................................. .· . .: A : B :· . ................................. .· . .: 1 : 2 :· . ................................. .· . .: J : K :· ................................ .· .

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................................................................. .· . . . . .: E: F: G: H: :· . . . . .. .· . . . . .: 5 : 6 : 7 : 8 : 9 :· . . . . .. .· . . . . .M ~ N ~ 0 ; P ~ Q ~ R ~. .· . . . . .

: 14 : 15 : 16 : 17 : 18 :· . . . . . . . ....................................................................................................· . . . . . . . .: T: U: V: W: X: Y: Z: :· . . . . . . . ....................................................................................................· . . . . . . . .~ 20 ~ 21 ~ 22 ~ 23 ~ 24 ~ 25 ~ 26 ~ ~...................................................................................................

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New Words

Make new words that end with the letters given inthe center.

l Wage J l Jl J l Jl J l Jl J l Jl J l Jl . J l . J

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Word Play

With the help of the pictures given below, complete thewords beginning with 'so'.

0 s) 0) )s) 0) )s) 0) )

0 s) 0) )S) 0) ) )

+ = Football

Join the names of the objects to formnew words.Example:

Foot Ball

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Light

Fire

Sun

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Bow

Hosue

Fly

Light

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Match each word in column A with another word in columnB to form a new word.

Book I Land '.=

Grand Day •

r rBirth ~ BandI J

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Disney Mark~I

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ColumnA

Hair

Column B

Mother

Spell Well

Solve the following problems taking cues fromthe pictures.

Example:

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Parrot

o

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Picnic Piknic Picnik

Q2.Underline the correct spellings.Example:

0 Clwon Klwoun Clown

e Pigeon Pigoen Pigean

0 Calander Calendar Calender

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0 Library Librery Liebrary

0 Mowntain Mountean Mountain

0 Neighbor Neibor Neighbore

G Thrusday Thursday Tharsday

0 Bananaa Banaana Banana

Complete the spellings by looking at the picture clues.Write the first letter of each picture in the box next to it.Example:

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e (J{D00Q

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LeYs Classify

Where can you find the things written in the cloud? Listthem under the correct columns.

BedroomKitchen

BooksBathtub Pencils

Couch

Bench Television Playground ,Night lamp

Lunch break

School Home

Look at the following things carefully and classify theminto land things, sea things and sky things.

Land things Sea things Sky things

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Practice Session 11

Look at the things below.

Put the names of round things in the round bag, triangularthings in the triangular bag and the things that are squarein the square bag.

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Draw a line to join each word in Column A to a word inColumn B to make a compound word.

Column A Column B

0 Ear Fall

0 Gentle Dog

0 Land Lion

0 Butter Fly

0 Cow Rings

Broom Shine

0 Hot Man

Water Stick

0 Sea Lord

G) Sun Boy

Fill in the boxes with the first letter describing each pictureto form a new word.Example:

H A T HAT

of/~ 0D-~ 0

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D

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D D •D

Comparison

Meet Snowbell and Stuart. They are the pet cats of Peter.

Find words f om the box to describe each cat. Writethe words in the two columns.

Hairy Grey Brown Small

Fat Long tail

Floppy ears Black

Yellow collar Short tail

Snowbell

Stuart

Pointed ears Red collar

Big White

Identify Your Body Parts

Take the help of the box below and name different parts ofthe human body.

Eye

Elbow

Ear Nose Hand Finger Chest Hair Shoulder

Head Knee Toe Neck Leg Foot

___ A _

Name the body parts that perform the following functions.Choose words from the box.

o We see with our _

e We hear with our _

8 We smell things around us with our _

o We walk with the help of our _

8 We grab things with our _

(;) We stand on our _

o We can move our head with the help of the _

o Heart and lungs lie inside our _

Match the related words from Column A to Column B.

ColumnA Column B

0 Food Toes

Q Helmet Hand

8 Bend Stomach

0 Plural of foot Head

Q Ten Feet

0 Watch Elbow

Synonyms andAntonym.-.s ...•....~

A synonym is a word which is similar in meaning to another word. For ex-ample, small is a synonym of tiny.An antonym is a word which has the opposite meaning of another word.For example, right is the antonym of left.

Find words from the box to fill in each blank.

Close Laugh Dull SlowSmall Bright Dry PrettySimple Open Hard-working

SadWeep

Damp Tough Swift UglyLarge Idle Cheerful

Words Synonyms

Mend IX

Big

Shiny

Fast

Shut

Happy

Beautiful

Easy

Cry

Lazy

Wet

Antonyms

Break

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Q2. Write the antonym of each of the following words.

Cold

Costly

Strong

Asleep

Hot

Day

Happy

Unscramble the letters to find the synonym of the followingwords. The first letter of the synonym is given in red.

Sugary wetes Sweet

Talk aspke

Finish cpleomte

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Tidy nacle

Lean thni

Anxious rroiedw

Present if:

Angry rcefie

Tall hhig

Find the Relationship

Draw lines to link the pair of things that match in ColumnA and Column B.

ColumnA Column B

0 Honey G Net

0 Fish G Bee

e Spider I G Pen

0 Boat l G) River

e Shoes rKennel. -

0 Cars I 0 Cheese

0 Money I CD Web

0 Dog J G Purse

0 Paper I 0 Garage

e Mouse I 0 Socks

Identify the word that best suits the picture:

Example:

Umbrella Clouds

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r:Grass

Mouse

Grains

Meal

( Shed'--Tortoise

Internet

Underline the words that are related to an elephant.

Gills

Tusks

Trunk

Huge legs

Fins

Tail

Spots

Floppy ears

Rhyme Time

Rhyming words are those words that have the same sound at the end. Forexample: cat, bat, mat, rat and fat.

Find the rhyming words for the following.

Example: Car rhymes with star. (rise, sun, star)

Bug rhymes with (mug, fig, truck)

Moon rhymes with -- (spoon, pipe, son)

Ring rhymes with (hinge, find, king)

0 Tap rhymes with -- (duck, cap, wasp)

Q Rain rhymes with -- (in, pain, game)

Power rhymes with -- (towel, tower, shovel)

Big rhymes with (dig, fan, string)

Red rhymes with -- (read, rose, bed)

Toy rhymes with (girl, boy, man)I

Ci) Honey rhymes with (coin, purse, money)

I Glue rhymes with (slow, blue, crawl)

e Wand rhymes with (sound,gone, pond)

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Now make a rhyme.

Example:

Where is the rat?

Under the mat.

Look at the cat!

It is in theWhere is the ball?

On the

Look at the rat!

It slides on aWhere is the fish?

In the

Logic of Actions

Complete the sentences with the help of the words givenin the box.

Jump Run Walk Brush Swim Climb

If Mary wants to clean her teeth, she has to _

e When she goes to the beach with friends, she likes to _

Kangaroos to move from one place to another.

If Mary wants to reach to the top of an apple tree, she has to it.

She is participating in a race. To win the race, she must __ fast.

Mary is tired, so she should at a slow pace.

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Practice Session III

Lookat the animals below.

Read the sentences carefully and write true and falseafter each sentence.

The giraffe has shorter ears than the elephant __

Q The giraffe is bigger than the elephant __

The giraffe has a longer tail than the elephant __

o None of these animals can hop __

The elephant has a very long nose called trunk __

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Fill in the blanks by choosing words from the box that bestsuit the names of the things given below .

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •: Penguin Key Wheels Food Fruit Milk :• •• •• Hole Leaf Moon Horse •• •• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Cow

o Earth _

o Tree

o Bus

6) Saddle

Cherry

~ Lock _

o Rice

o Snake

G Bird

Underline the two words that have similar meanings.

Food Breakfast Drink Meal

Slow Rapid Fast Stone

Enemy Friend Foe Brother

Airplane Ship Trolley Boat

Little Enormous Lovely Huge

Moist Dry Watery Rough

Honest Dishonest Polite Truthful

0 Messy Unclean Tidy Correct

Look at the picture below and identify the parts of 'head'and the rest of the 'body'.

A dog's tail is a part of its __ "

A dog's tongue is a part of its _

A dog's legs are attached to its _

A dog's nose is a part of its _

A dog's ears are a part of its __ "

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Find the antonym of the given words from the box andcircle them.

Tall Noisy Thin White Full After Old )

A C D V F G F

Q p L Z A N K

Q u I E T U C

S H 0 R T 0 A

E M P T Y Y L

B E F 0 R E B

Sam's mother is going to the market to shop for somehousehold it ms. Tick ( ../ ) after the things she willhave to do.

Watch TV ( )

Have to eat a sandwich ( )

Have lemonade ( )

Feed her pet cat ( )

Comb her hair ( )

Take a shower ( )

Get off the couch ( )

Leave the house ( )

Read a book ( )

, Pick up a grocery bag ( )

Drive to the supermarket ( )

Visit her friend ( )

Pick up her handbag ( )

Change her outfit ( )

Go to sleep ( )

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Answers

Chapter 1 2. 19 8 1 18 11 Q3.3. 2381 125 1. Top TapQ1.4.19172194 2. Bag Bug1.0 2.G

3. Leg Log5. 3 15 18 1 123. Nand P 4.R4. Cap Cup6. 3 18 1 25. X andZ 6.K5. Hat Hut7. M and 0 8. VandX Q2.6. Cat Cot9. Q 1O.U 1. Sun 2. Mercury

Q2. 3. Venus 4. Earth

1. Fox, Jaguar, Lion, Tiger 5. Moon 6. Mars Chapter 42. Guinea pig, Mouse, 7. Jupiter 8. Pluto Ql.

Rabbit, Squirrel 9. Stars1. Pumpkin

3. Brown, Orange, Pink, ]O. Milky Way2. Cabbage

Yellow3. Cauliflower

4. Airplane, Car, Scooter,Chapter 3 4. Tomato

Trolley5. Carrot

5. Apiary, Butterfly, Q1.6. Pea

Flowers, Honey bee 1. Umbrella7. Potato

6. Clouds, Lightning, Rain, 2. Elephant8. Beans

Storm, 3. Astronaut9. Cucumber

7. Eraser, Notebook, Pencil, 4. Uniform10. Okra

Textbook 5. AirplaneQ2.8. Ape, Langur, Monkey, Q2.

1. Turtle 2. CamelOrangutan 1. (7)dsnylnd3. Sheep 4. Snake9. Air, Cooler, Fan, Table

2. (6) m c k y m s5. Frog 6. Dearfan

3. (5) m n n m s10. Fish, Octopus, Sea, Violet

4. (3) pit

5. (7) d n Id d c k Chapter 5

Chapter 2 6. (3) d s y Q1.7. (3) g f y

LX 2.F 3.QQ1.8. (5) ply h s

4. J 5.W 6.G1. 6 9 19 8

7. H 8.Y 9.M

10. S

Q2.1. EE, F

3. J,L

5. E, f7. U,J

9. VU,C

Q3.1. Bear 5. Cheetah

2. Lion 6. Leopard

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4. Tt, Yv

6.D,C

8. oP, qR

10. EY, FU

3. Monkey

4. Tiger

Q4.l. 3 1 11 5

2. 3 I 14 4 25

3. 18 9 2 2 15 14 19

4. 2 I 12 12 15 15 14

5. 3 8 9 12 4 18 5 14

6. 13 21 19 9 3

7. 4 I 14 3 5

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Chapter 6Q1.A.

1. Wage 2.Page

3. Rage 4.Stage

5. Cage 6.Sage

B.

1. Fig

3. Wig

5. Jig

2. Dig

4. Big

6. Pig

C.

1. Land 2. Band

3. Hand 4. Sand

5. Wand 6. Stand

D.1. Sat 2. Rat

3. Cat 4. Fat

5. Bat 6.Mat

Chapter 7

Q1.1. Socks

3. Soap

5. South

2. Sob

4.Son

Q2.1. Rainbow 2. Lighthouse

3. Firefly 4. Sunlight

5. Doorbell

Q3.Hairband

Bookmark

Grandmother

Birthday

Disneyland

Chapter 8

Q1.I. House

2. Bucket

3. Monkey

4. Bread

5. School

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Q2.1. Clown

2. Pigeon

3. Calendar

4. Library

5. Mountain

6. Neighbor

7. Thursday

8. Banana

Q3.1. WATER

2. PIPE

3. ZEBRA

4. BALLOON

5. TOMATO

Chapter 9

Q1.School

1. Lunch-break

2. Pencils

3. Bench

4. Books

5. Teacher

6. Playground

Home

1. Bedroom

2. Kitchen

3. Bathtub

4. Television

5. Couch

6. Night lamp

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Q2. 6. Broomstick Q3.Land things 7. Hotdog 1. Food Stomach

• Train • Lion 8. Waterfall 2. Helmet Head

• Car • Apple 9. Sealion 3. Bend Elbow

• Tree • Deer 10. Sunshine 4. Plural FeetSea things Q3. of foot

• Boat • Dolphin 1. MAN 2.CAP 5. Ten Toes• Yacht • Fish 3. RED 4.BIG 6. Watch Hand• Squid • Ship

Sky things

• Bird • Clouds Chapter 11 Chapter 13• Rainbow Q1. Q1.• Hot air balloon Snowbell Synonyms Antonyms• Stars • Sun Hairy I.Smail Large

Big 2. Dull Bright

Chapter 10 Short tail 3. Swift SlowRed collar 4. Close OpenQ1.Pointed ears 5. Wrong Correct

A. White• Coins • Earth 6. Pretty Ugly

Grey7. Simple Tough

• Plate • Wheel StuartB. 8. Weep Laugh

Small• Ice cream cone 9. Idle Hard-

Long tailworking• Birthday cap Floppy ears

• Hills 10. Damp DryYellow collar

c. BrownQ2.

• Table • Book Black 1. Cheap 2. Weak

• Door • Blackboard 3. Awake 4. Night

• Window 5. Sad

Q2. Chapter 12 Q3.l. Earrings Q2. 1. Speak

2. Gentleman 1. Eye 2. Ear 2. Complete

3. Landlord 3. Nose 4. Leg 3. Clean

4. Butterfly 5. Finger 6. Foot 4. Thin

5. Cowboy 7. Neck 8. Chest 5. Worried

6. Gift

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7. Fierce Q2.8. High 1. Hat 2.WaJl

3. Bat 4. Dish

Chapter 14Q1. Chapter 16

I. Honey - Bee Q1.2. Fish - Net 1. Brush 2. Swim3. Spider - Web 3. Jump 4. Climb4. Boat - River 5. Run 6. Walk5. Shoes - Socks6. Cars - Garage7. Money - Purse Chapter 17

8. Dog - Kennel Q1.9. Paper - Pen 1. True 2. False

10. Mouse - Cheese 3. False 4. True

Q2. 5. True

I. Engine 2. Stable Q2.3. Carrot 4. Clouds 1. Cow Milk5. Mouse 2. Earth Moon

Q3. 3. Tree Leaf

I. Trunk: 4. Bus Wheels

2. Tail 5. Saddle Horse

3. Tusks 6. Cherry Fruit

4. Huge legs 7. Lock Key

5. Floppy ears 8. Rice Food9. Snake Hole

10. Bird PenguinChapter 15 Q3.

Q1. 1. Food MealI. Mug 2. Spoon 2. Rapid Fast3. King 4. Cap 3. Enemy Foe5. Pain 6. Tower 4. Ship Boat7. Dig 8. Bed 5. Enormous Huge9. Boy 10. Money 6. Moist Watery

11. Blue 12. Pond

7. Honest8. Messy

TruthfulUnclean

Q4.1. Body

3. Body5. Head

2. Head4. Head

Q5.

A C 0 V F F

x P L Z A K

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S H 0 R T A

E M P T Y L

B E r 0 R r B