CogAT-style Practice Test 1 — Verbal Battery (Grade 5, Level 11)
A free CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test, USA) practice paper for Grade 5 in the format of the real test: 64 questions in 30 minutes, covering Part 1 — Verbal Analogies: choose the word that is related to the third word in the same way the second word is related to the first (about 10 minutes); Part 2 — Sentence Completion: choose the word that best completes the sentence (about 10 minutes); Part 3 — Verbal Classification: the three words in bold are alike in some way; choose the word that belongs with them (about 10 minutes). 30 minutes in total — in the real test each part is timed separately at about 10 minutes. Choose the one best answer for each question and answer every question; there is no penalty for guessing. Attempt it online — every question is marked instantly and the correct answers are shown at the end.
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Q1. day → night : early → ?
Q2. puppy → dog : kitten → ?
Q3. pen → write : knife → ?
Q4. glove → hand : sock → ?
Q5. wheel → bicycle : petal → ?
Q6. bird → flock : fish → ?
Q7. teacher → classroom : chef → ?
Q8. Monday → Tuesday : June → ?
Q9. tiny → small : huge → ?
Q10. breakfast → lunch : morning → ?
Q11. seed → tree : caterpillar → ?
Q12. whisper → shout : walk → ?
Q13. wet → soaked : cool → ?
Q14. hammer → carpenter : stethoscope → ?
Q15. pebble → boulder : pond → ?
Q16. thermometer → temperature : clock → ?
Q17. author → novel : composer → ?
Q18. ancient → modern : rare → ?
Q19. chapter → book : verse → ?
Q20. drought → water : famine → ?
Q21. herbivore → plants : carnivore → ?
Q22. timid → bold : generous → ?
Q23. introduction → conclusion : dawn → ?
Q24. nomad → wander : miser → ?
Q25. The puppy was so ______ that it fell asleep as soon as it lay down.
Q26. Maya put on her coat because the wind outside was very ______.
Q27. Please speak ______ in the library so you do not disturb other readers.
Q28. Because the bridge was ______, the cars had to take a longer road around the lake.
Q29. The recipe was so ______ that even my little brother could follow it.
Q30. The ______ of the mountain was covered in snow, even in summer.
Q31. The class had to ______ the old books into two piles: those to keep and those to give away.
Q32. Although the test looked difficult, most students found it surprisingly ______.
Q33. Maria is very ______; she always tells the truth, even when it is hard.
Q34. Sam was ______ to win the race, so he trained every morning before school.
Q35. After hours of searching, the lost hikers were ______ to find the trail again.
Q36. The museum guard asked visitors not to touch the ______ vase because it could break easily.
Q37. The two friends had a ______ about which movie to watch, but they soon agreed to take turns choosing.
Q38. The heavy rain caused the river to ______ its banks and flood the nearby fields.
Q39. Owls are ______ animals; they sleep during the day and hunt at night.
Q40. The detective noticed a tiny clue that everyone else had ______.
Q41. The small village was so ______ that the nearest store was a two-hour drive away.
Q42. Because the instructions were so ______, nobody was sure what they were supposed to do.
Q43. The scientist was ______ about the results at first, so she repeated the experiment three more times.
Q44. Grandpa's advice was ______: it was short, but it said everything that mattered.
Q45. red, blue, green
Q46. dog, horse, cow
Q47. hammer, saw, wrench
Q48. piano, violin, drum
Q49. river, lake, ocean
Q50. April, July, October
Q51. happy, glad, cheerful
Q52. circle, square, triangle
Q53. carrot, potato, onion
Q54. doctor, nurse, dentist
Q55. copper, iron, silver
Q56. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter
Q57. sprint, dash, rush
Q58. whisper, mutter, mumble
Q59. anger, joy, fear
Q60. enormous, gigantic, massive
Q61. author, poet, journalist
Q62. timid, shy, bashful
Q63. ancient, aged, antique
Q64. predict, forecast, foresee
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