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Free verbal reasoning worksheet, grade 4 (ages 9–10, UK Year 5)

10 puzzles on page one, the answers and the rules on page two. Ask your child to say the rule before you check it — that’s the part that sticks.

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Verbal reasoning worksheet, grade 4 (ages 9–10, UK Year 5)

Name: ____________________

  1. 1.

    Mouse is to hole as plane is to ____

    • Afly
    • Bwheel
    • Cleg
    • Dspider
    • Esky

  2. 2.

    Potato, pea, bean ______

    • Avegetables
    • Bbanana
    • Csalad
    • Dcarrot
    • Egarden

  3. 3.

    Bird is to nest as bee is to ____

    • Awing
    • Bteacher
    • Croof
    • Dworm
    • Ehive

  4. 4.

    Spade is to dig as scissors is to ____

    • Atool
    • Bslow
    • Cbrush
    • Dcut
    • Ekey

  5. 5.

    Run, hop, skip ______

    • Aways of moving
    • Btrain
    • Clegs
    • Djump
    • Emotion

  6. 6.

    Roof is to house as oven is to ____

    • Abake
    • Bcarrot
    • Cclimb
    • Dbuilder
    • Ekitchen

  7. 7.

    The kittens were very puzzled, so they ______.

    • Adrank
    • Bate
    • Chid
    • Dscratched
    • Easked

  8. 8.

    Bed, desk, chair ______

    • Afurniture
    • Bspade
    • Ctable
    • Dwood
    • Eroom

  9. 9.

    We stayed in the shade ______ it was far too hot.

    • Athen
    • Bbefore
    • Cwhile
    • Duntil
    • Ebecause

  10. 10.

    The brothers were very sleepy, so they ______.

    • Ascratched
    • Bwashed
    • Casked
    • Dyawned
    • Edrank

Answers, and the rule behind each one

  1. 1. E — sky. Rule: where something belongs. A mouse is found in the hole. A plane is found in the sky, the same way.
  2. 2. D — carrot. Rule: they are all vegetables. Potato, pea and bean are all vegetables. Carrot belongs with them for the same reason.
  3. 3. E — hive. Rule: where something belongs. A bird is found in the nest. A bee is found in the hive, the same way.
  4. 4. D — cut. Rule: a thing and what it does. A spade is what you dig with. A scissors is what you cut with, the same way.
  5. 5. D — jump. Rule: they are all ways of moving. Run, hop and skip are all ways of moving. Jump belongs with them for the same reason.
  6. 6. E — kitchen. Rule: a part and its whole. A roof is one part of a house. An oven is one part of a kitchen in the same way.
  7. 7. E — asked. Rule: what the first part makes happen. Being puzzled is the clue — that is why they asked.
  8. 8. C — table. Rule: they are all furniture. Bed, desk and chair are all furniture. Table belongs with them for the same reason.
  9. 9. E — because. Rule: the joining word. The second half of the sentence gives the reason for the first half, and "because" is the word that gives a reason.
  10. 10. D — yawned. Rule: what the first part makes happen. Being sleepy is the clue — that is why they yawned.