Free Sample Verbal Practice Questions for Gifted Grade 5
Are you the proud parent of a fifth grader? Is your child preparing for the CogAT test? Don’t worry – we’ve got you covered! Our article is the ultimate guide to preparing your youngster for the gifted exam. This widely used group-administered aptitude test measures students’ eligibility for the gifted and talented program by assessing their thinking capacity through spatial and conceptual thinking. The CogAT is divided into 3 batteries – verbal, quantitative, and non-verbal and on the Gifted app, you can find the questions from all three batteries.
But in this blog, we will look at the verbal battery for fifth-grade students.
The verbal battery of the gifted test is designed to evaluate your kiddo’s ability to comprehend written information, identify patterns, and draw conclusions. There is less emphasis given to linguistic ability, making it a great option for learners who may not speak English as their first language. With our tips and tricks, your child will be ready to rock the verbal battery section of the CogAT test!
Fifth graders have a greater capacity to understand abstract concepts and are able to think more logically and systematically than they did in earlier years. Hence, the questions also get more challenging as they’re expected to have a greater capacity for abstract reasoning, numerical reasoning, and spatial reasoning than students in lower grades.
The three sections for verbal battery are – picture analogies, sentence completion, and picture classification. Let’s talk about them a little briefly –
Picture analogies – This section of the CogAT grade 5 verbal battery gauges a student’s ability to identify and understand relationships between visual concepts. In this, your child can be shown two pictures and asked to find the relationship between them. For example, a picture of a cat and a mouse, and then asked to choose which answer choice (such as a dog and a bone or a bird and a nest) has a similar relationship.
Sentence completion – This section evaluates the schoolgoer’s proficiency to comprehend and utilize language in various contexts. Your precious will be given an incomplete sentence and he/she must choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence from a list of options.
An example would be, a sentence such as “The ___________ ran quickly across the field,” and an appropriate word should be chosen from the options to complete the sentence.
Picture classification – The last area from the verbal battery is picture classification. This section helps to develop the juvenile’s ability to categorize and classify information, which is important for problem-solving and critical thinking. For example, a question has pictures of a lion, tiger, cheetah, and bear, and the child will be asked to identify which one is not a big cat.
To make it easier for you, we have shared a few questions from the verbal battery.
For, the CogAT practice test for grade 5, click here
For explained solutions, click here
Get ready to rock the CogAT test with the help of Gifted CogAT test prep! With a whopping 5500+ multiple-choice questions, your child can practice to his/her heart’s content. Scoring high on the gifted test can lay the groundwork for a bright future, so make sure your 5th grader is fully prepared and feeling confident before the big day.
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