BOND ASSESSMENT

SAMPLE PAPER

10-11 years
 Book 5 Paper
Underline the two words which are the odd ones out in the following groups of words. 6

Example black king purple green house

1 bang crash tinkle boom whisper
2 boy lady woman chap man
3 snail hare cheetah greyhound tortoise
4 laugh giggle guffaw sob sigh
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5 lamb dragon cow unicorn horse

Underline the two words from each group below which are most similar in type or 7
meaning.
Example dear pleasant poor extravagant expensive
6 gamble stroll run bet jump
7 car bicycle road map street
8 funny depressing sad distracting obvious
9 halibut lynx tarantula cricket sardine
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10 soft black sparkling shiny dull

Underline the one word in the brackets which will go equally well with both the pairs of 13
words outside the brackets.
Example rush, attack cost, fee (price, hasten, strike, charge, money)
11 mail, send pole, column (deliver, give, post, stake, picket)
12 carry, hold endure, tolerate (bear, lift, keep, ignore, make)
13 mark, brand trample, stomp (imprint, label, trudge, plod, stamp)
14 dance, party sphere, globe (disco, ball, orb, ballet, event)
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15 cage, crate biro, marker (paddock, sty, compound, pen, ballpoint)

Find the four letter word which can be added to the letters in capitals to make a new 14
word. The new word will complete the sentence sensibly. Write the four letter word.
Example England is a constitutional MONY. ARCH
16 He had to CER over the wall. LAMB
_______
17 She LOD the blinds. WERE
_______
18 Sam found lots of BARS at the antiques fair. GAIN
_______
19 It was not her fault – she was BLESS. LAME
_______
20 The empty crisp packet had been DISED. CARD
_______ 5
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Find the letters that will end the first word and start the second word. 15

Example BORR OW NER

21 ERR ____OR____ DER
22 GUI ____DE____ ARN
23 TRO ____OP
____ TION
24 CAST ____LE____ ND
25 IND ____EX____ CEPT 5

Underline the two words which are made from the same letters. 22

Example tap pet tea pot eat

26 cause course sauce excuse accuse
27 grain anger green range ringer
28 rushed brash brush shrub bushes
29 scales lances leans lenses cleans
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30 leafed field files filed deals

Find a word that can be put in front of each of the following words to make new, 24
compound words.
Example cast fall ward pour down
31 hood like bearing birth CHILD
_______
32 beat fall load pour GOWN
_______
33 come crop burst flank OUT
_______
34 nail print mark tip FINGER
_______
35 line long like time LIFE
_______
36 cat fire life fowl WILD
_______ 6

Write the four letter word hidden at the end of one word and the beginning of the next 25
word. The order of the letters may not be changed.
Example We had bats and balls. sand
37 The car drove away very quickly. CARD
_______
38 The candle added little to the ambience. LEAD
_______
39 The sparks ignited the dry paper. SIGN
_______
40 Her habit frequently took her into gambling dens. TOGA
_______
41 The mouse bit down hard on the piece of cheese. THEM
_______
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Look at the example. The word in the middle has been made from the other two words. 32
Complete each set of words in the same way.
Example BUSH SHOP OPEN
42 NEAR
PANE ____________ ARMS
43 DOLE
JUDO ____________ LEND
44 CHOP
ARCH ____________ OPEN
45 TEAM
GATE ____________ AMEN
46 FISH SHUN
____________ UNDO 5

Example SAPS SPOT BOOT 32

47 PILL PLAN
____________ CLAN
48
SKIN
SAKE ____________ THIN
49 FOAL
FROM ____________ COAL 3

Example SLOT LOOP TOPS 32

50 ISLE SLIP
____________ TIPS
51 CAPE
SCAB ____________ OPEN 2

Complete the sentence sensibly by selecting one word from each of the groups of 33
words given in the brackets. Underline the words selected.
Example The (fish, ant, dog) cut its (fin, leg, ball) in the (wind, water, fence).
52 The (day, sun, heat) shone (brightly, quickly, shadows) in the (storm, desert, night).
53 The (soldiers, mice, tents) made (cars, cheese, dinner) on the (campfire, moon,
pond).
54 The (candle, matches, torch) dripped (electricity, wax, wood) onto the (table,
combustion, wick).
55 His (tuba, tube, tub) playing was (cylinder, plastic, melodic) yet (waterproof,
loud, huge).
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56 She (caught, threw, dropped) a (hot, cold, warm) from her (friend, ball, sun).

Underline the words that are palindromes. (A palindrome is a word that is the same
when written forwards or backwards.)
57 rather level toilet dogged singes
58 turret dandle mimic rotor bingo
59 madam yo-yo lived mammon bamboo
60 minimal timber sandal tenet neuron
61 libidinal minim cataract added render 5

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Fill in the crosswords so that all the words are included. You have been given one letter 40
from a word as a clue in each crossword.
62–63

fennel, helmet, romans,

rattle, terror, eleven

64–65

gander, earned, admire,

greens, engine, idlers 4

Underline the wrong number in each sequence.

Example 3 6 10 12 15
66 1 4 9 12 25 36
67 11 33 22 44 32 55
68 1 2 3 5 7 13
69 15 30 45 70 75 90
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70 –1 1 –2 0 –3 –2

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 71 Look at the words below and then write in the spaces the number of consonants
in each word.
SILVER SALVER SOLVER ELEVEN SALTER
4 4 4 4
_______ _______ _______ 3
_______ _______
72 L
Which consonant appears most often in these words? _______
73 Which vowel appears most often in these words? E
_______
74 Which of these words would be first in a dictionary? SOLVER
______________
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75 Which of these words would be last in a dictionary? ELEVEN
______________

The codes are not in the right order. Match the codes and words by writing the numbers 45

in brackets in the correct spaces below.

BEND TEND BAND TINT DENT
(1) 7298 (2) 7197 (3) 6298 (4) 8297 (5) 6498
76 3
BEND _______ 77 1
TEND _______ 78 5
BAND _______
79 TINT 2
_______ 80 4
DENT _______
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A, B and C together have 96 cherries. A and B together have 63 cherries. C and B 47

together have 60 cherries.
81 Who has the most cherries? B
_______
82 How many cherries does that person have? 36
_______
83 Who has the fewest cherries? A
_______

If the cherries were shared equally between A, B and C:

84 How many would A give to B? 4
_______
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85 How many would C give to B? 1
_______

If a=3 b=7 c=5 d=8 e=4 f = 2, find the value of the following. 49

Example a+b= 10
86 2d – (f × a) – c Answer as a letter. C
_______
87 (2c – e) + f Answer as a letter. D
_______
88 (b – e) × (f + a) Answer as a number. 15
_______
89 (d + e)2 Answer as a number. 124
_______
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90 (c × 2a) – (b × e) Answer as a letter. F
_______

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 91 If 17 is two more than three times this number, what is the number? 5
_______ 50

92 If 22 is one more than three times this number, what is the number? 7
_______
93 If 8 is one third of four times this number, what is the number? 6
_______
94 If 25 is four more than half of this number, what is the number? 42
_______
95 If 15 is five more than a third of this number, what is the number? 30
_______ 5

From the letters of the word GOVERNMENT form new words having the following
meanings:
96 A colour GREEN
______________
97 Poison VENOM
______________
98 A very large plant TREE
______________
99 A fairy tale monster ORGE
______________
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100 A thing to catch fish NET
______________

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TOTAL

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 55 tuba, melodic, loud
Answers 56 caught, cold, friend
1 tinkle, whisper 57 level
2 lady, woman 58 rotor
3 snail, tortoise 59 madam
4 sob, sigh 60 tenet
5 dragon, unicorn 61 minim
6 gamble, bet 62–63 T E R R O R
7 road, street
L O A
8 depressing, sad
H E L M E T
9 halibut, sardine
V A T
10 sparkling, shiny
F E N N E L
11 post
N S E
12 bear
13 stamp 64–65
G E I
14 ball
E A R N E D
15 pen
N G L
16 LAMB
A D M I R E
17 WERE
E N R
18 GAIN
19 LAME G R E E N S
20 CARD 66 12
21 OR 67 32
22 LE 68 13

Answers
23 OP 69 70
24 LE 70 –2 (last number)
25 EX 71 4, 4, 4, 3, 4
26 cause, sauce 72 L
27 anger, range 73 E
28 brush, shrub 74 ELEVEN
29 lances, cleans 75 SOLVER
30 field, filed 76 3
31 child 77 1
32 down 78 5
33 out 79 2
34 finger 80 4
35 life 81 A
36 wild 82 36
37 card 83 B
38 lead 84 4
39 sign 85 1
40 toga 86 c
41 them 87 d
42 NEAR 88 15
43 DOLE 89 144
44 CHOP 90 f
45 TEAM 91 5
46 SHUN 92 7
47 PLAN 93 6
48 SKIN 94 42
49 FOAL 95 30
50 SLIP 96 GREEN
51 CAPE 97 VENOM
52 sun, brightly, desert 98 TREE
53 soldiers, dinner, campfire 99 OGRE
54 candle, wax, table 100 NET

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