Supplementary Study Materials for Underperforming Schools 
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
                                                  Verbal Aptitude for NPSE 
                                                                                                         
                                                                                                     
                         
                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                    March 2021 
                                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
                                                                                   
                                                                                     
                                                                                                     
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             CONTENTS 
             Teachers’ Guide 
             UNIT 1 Analogies 
             UNIT 2 Analogies Pair Review 
             UNIT 3 Word Groups  
             UNIT 4 Groupings     
             UNIT 5 Sentence Arrangements  
             UNIT 6 Word Patterns 1  
             UNIT 7 Word Patterns Review  
             UNIT 8 Four Key Block Letter Words (Vocabulary Development)  
             UNIT 9 Review on Four Key Block Letter Words (Vocabulary Development) 
             UNIT 10 Reading Comprehension 
             UNIT 11 Reading Comprehension Passages  
             UNIT 12 Review on Reading and Comprehension 
             UNIT 13 General Knowledge  
             UNIT 14 True Sentences  
             UNIT 15 Alphabetical Positions  
             UNIT 16 Alphabetical Order  
             UNIT 17 Correct Order of Words According to Size and Shape  
             UNIT 18 Sentences that Make Complete Sense 
             UNIT 19 Word Making 1 
             UNIT 20 Word Making Review 
             UNIT 21 Synonyms   
             UNIT 22 Antonyms 
             UNIT 23 Rhyming Words 
             UNIT 24 Code and Decoding 
             UNIT 25 Revisions on Grouping 
             UNIT 26 Revisions on Word Groups 
             UNIT 27 Revisions on Analogies                 
             UNIT 28 Relationship Between Two Words 
             UNIT 29 Revision on Reading and Comprehension 
             UNIT 30 Revisions on Word Patterns 
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                       Appendix 
                            i.         Answers to Activity Questions. 
                            ii.        References. 
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
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                     TEACHERS’ GUIDE 
                     Dear Teacher, 
                     The purpose of this material is to complement whatever teaching and learning materials you 
                     may have already utilised. Note that this is by no means different from what is required of your 
                     pupils to pass their exams. In fact, the materials were developed based on the current National 
                     Curriculum Framework. Also, it is intended for you the teachers to assist the pupils get the 
                     basic skills and knowledge they require to pass their exams with good grades. 
                     The Sierra Leone National Primary School Examination (NPSE) Verbal Aptitude Test is an 
                     improved version of the popular Selective Entrance test. The NPSE is set by the National 
                     Examination Council and it is compulsory for pupils intending to go to junior secondary school 
                     (JSS). Therefore pupils must pass the NPSE with very good grades in order to gain admission 
                     into the junior secondary schools of their choice. It is therefore important for all stakeholders 
                     (The TSC, MBSSE, teachers, parents and pupils) in education to play their parts for the success 
                     of the pupils. It is therefore in fulfilment of this goal that this material has been prepared and if 
                     you make good use of it, there is no doubt that your pupils will make good grades. 
                     The Verbal Aptitude Exams for the NPSE consists of eight sections with a total of 40 questions 
                     to be answered in just 30 minutes. The Verbal Aptitude is a subject that requires critical 
                     thinking, therefore, every section starts with an example and the skills required to answer the 
                     questions which you need to understand properly in order to help the pupils understand the 
                     concept. 
                     In that direction, you are expected to: 
                          -    Properly link this work to whatever you have been teaching. 
                          -    Digest the materials to your understanding so that you will be the master in your class. 
                          -    Explain the skills and techniques used to arrive at the answers. 
                          -    Make sure your lesson is pupil cantered and not teacher cantered by giving them 
                               activities in relation to the topic to provoke their understanding.  
                          -    Cover each topic to the understanding of the pupils before you go to another topic. 
                          -    Give your pupils classwork after each topic to evaluate your lesson. 
                          -    Make corrections and revise pertinent issues you observed from the corrections. 
                          -    Allow pupils to ask and answer questions. 
                          -    The pupils understanding of the concept should be your focus. 
                     Note that there are answers for all the activities at the back of the material for reference. Make 
                     sure the pupils only make reference to those answers after they have tried the questions on 
                     their own. 
                     In order to pass this paper with good scores, the candidate is expected to practice as many 
                     exercises as possible. In a bid to enhance that practice, this material contains thirty units of all 
                     what is required for your success in this paper. So if properly utilised by the teachers as well as 
                     pupils, there is no doubt that the results will be very good.  
                      
                                                                                      
                                                                                      
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