Ministry of Education, Youth & Information

STUDENT CAMP 2022

ABILITY ASSESSMENT

BOOKLET 4
(STUDENT)

PREPARED BY CURRICULUM UNIT, MoEYI

 INTRODUCTION

Dear Students,

The Curriculum Unit of the MoEYI welcomes the opportunity to help you prepare for your

final examination, the PEP Ability Test. We know that you have been facing some difficult

times, but also that your faith in God has been keeping you strong. For some persons, doing a

test is like doing a puzzle that is fun, but for others, it is a time of discomfort due to troubling

emotions. Despite these differences, there is so much you can learn about yourself and about

life from doing a test! So be encouraged as you are not alone and there are many persons

waiting to support you because they, like us, want you all to taste the pleasure that comes with

learning success.

This assessment booklet was designed to help you to succeed. It contains different kinds of

tasks that will help you decide how ready you are and what you need to do to excel. The tasks

will also require you to integrate the skills you have developed and the understandings you

have gained from learning about different aspects of life through the various time-tabled

subjects, the co-curricular activities and also from using what you have been taught in your

everyday living. To benefit from each activity, remember to reflect on what you know, remain

focused and optimistic and visualize yourself persevering to reach your goal. Above all, do

your BEST by bringing every relevant strategy and technique you know to unravel the secret

code that each test item tries to hide. If you are baffled by any item, treat the experience as a

message that is pointing you to seek help from other sources of ideas.

As you learn and make progress towards achieving your goals, share new insights with

members of your learning circle – family, friends, and faithful teachers/mentors.

So get ready, knowing that we are looking forward to hearing your story of VICTORY!

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 TIPS FOR PARENTS

General Note:
These booklets are developed by the Core Curriculum Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth
and Information (MoEYI) to support your child/ward in developing key skills for the upcoming
PEP Ability Test. The Unit has tried to make the booklets as simple and user- friendly as
possible so that your child will be able to work through most of the tasks independently.
However, your role may become important at different points based on the ability of your child.
Some tips are set out below for you:

 Schedule time slots for your child/ward to review/ revise work in the booklet. If the

child also has online classes, you will need to carefully help them balance their time.

 Give your child breaks between activities. Do not crowd the child with too many tasks

in one block.

 Guide your child/ward in going through the steps/ processes as outlined in the given

examples for each activity. Avoid short-cuts.

 Have your child explain their thinking behind selected responses.

 Play a supportive role but allow your child/ward to do the work required.

 You may seek support from the child’s teacher where you are unable to assist the child

on your own with some areas of the tasks.

 Praise your child’s efforts.

Have fun while learning with your child!

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 TIPS FOR TEACHERS

General Note:
These booklets are developed by the Core Curriculum Unit of the Ministry of Education, Youth
and Information (MoEYI) to supplement the preparation of your students for the upcoming
PEP Ability Test. Some tips on the role you may play are outlined below:

 Familiarize yourself with the booklet and try as far as possible to align it to your lessons.

 You may use this resource in addition to other resources that you are currently using.

 As often as is required the activities recommended in the booklet should be

differentiated to meet the diverse needs of your students.

 You can use this booklet in your Student Camp sessions (virtual or face-to-face) or for

take home activities for students to complete.

 Encourage them to ask questions during class time about any aspect of the booklet that

they may find difficult.

 Mark/Assess the work that students have done in the booklet and supply them with

feedback.

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 “The human mind once stretched by a new idea never goes back to its original
dimensions”
Oliver Wendel
Homes
Objectives
The activities in this booklet are designed to:

• Develop quantitative and verbal reasoning skills within the Social Studies
context
• Help students to reason and process information

Focus Areas
This booklet is intended to assist students preparing for the Grade 6 Ability Test. The
Ability Test is designed to assess thinking in two broad categories: Quantitative
Reasoning and Verbal Reasoning

Quantitative Reasoning Verbal Reasoning

Problem Solving Analogy
Data Analysis Classification
Approximation/Estimation Essential Part
Comparing Quantities Sequencing
Representing Quantities Text Completion
Patterns Reading
Artificial Language
Logical Deductions

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 Verbal Reasoning

An Analogy is a word problem that is made up of two pairs of words.

To solve the problem you need to find out the relationship between the
first pair of words. The relationship between the first pair of words and
the second is the same.

1. Africa is to Nigeria as North America is to _________

a. Jamaica
b. Canada
c. Panama
d. Ghana

2. Chinese is to China as British is to _________

a. Japan
b. Spain
c. United Kingdom of Great Britain
d. United States of America

3. Diwali is to the East Indian as Easter is to the _______

a. British
b. African
c. Taino
d. Chinese

4. Pudding is to British as escovitch fish is to ___________

a. French
b. Spanish
c. Dutch
d. American

Success Criteria
I can:
Tell the relationship between pairs of words [ ]
Use the relationship between the first pair of words to tell the
relationship between the second pair of word [ ]

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second pair of words

 A classification is a grouping of objects based on similarities or a set of rules.
.

5. Which country does not belong to the group?

a. St. Kitts
b. St. Vincent
c. Barbados
d. Cuba

All of the persons in the box have one thing in common.

Paul Bogle Marcus Garvey

Alexander Bustamante Nanny of the Maroons

6. Which of the following persons could be included in the box?

a. Michael Manley
b. Norman Manley
c. Usain Bolt
d. Robert Nesta Marley

7. Which does NOT belong to the group?

a. Red Hills
b. George’s Plain
c. Long Mountain
d. Jos Plateau
8. Which term BEST describes the following; Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Moneague Lake, Yallahs
River?
a. Landmass
b. Landform
c. Waterbodies
d. Water cycle

Read the sentence in the box, then answer question 9.

Each parish capital has a parish library.

9. Which of the following would NOT have a parish library?

a. Montego Bay
b. Mandeville
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c. Linstead
d. Morant Bay
10. Which one does not belong?
a. Dinki mini
b. Kumina
c. Dukunu
d. Jonkunu

Success Criteria
I can:
Identify the similarities among a group of things. [ ]
Put all the things that are similar together. [ ]

An Essential Part is an absolutely necessary or very important part or feature

of an object, process or concept.

11. Which is the most important feature of a mountain?

a. There are landslides
b. There are several peaks
c. It is more than 600m high
d. It has snow on its peak
12. Which is an essential feature of a river?
a. It has a long body of water
b. It has a narrow body of water
c. It flows in a narrow valley
d. It has a flowing body of freshwater
13. Which feature must all maps have?
a. Key
b. Rivers
c. Mountains
d. Plains

14. Which is an essential feature of a forest?

a. Monkeys
b. Trees
c. Snakes
d. Flat land

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 15. Which is the most important feature of a plain?

a. It is flat land
b. It is inland
c. It is along the coast
d. It is between two highland areas

Success Criteria
I can identify the most important or essential feature of a landform or object. [ ]

A Sequence is a set of things that are arranged or done in a particular

order.

Look at the pictures labelled A, B, C, D and answer question 16.

A B C D

16. Write the letters in the order in which the events are MOST LIKELY to occur.
_______________________________________________________________
Read the information in each box and answer question 17.

Rainfall Warm moist air Wind blows over Air cools and
occurs moves up the the warm sea condenses
mountainside

1 2 3 4

17. Write the numbers in the order in which Relief Rainfall occurs.
________________________________________________________________

Success Criteria
I can arrange events in a logical sequence. [ ]

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 Text completion involves using the context to determine best choice of words based on variation
in spelling/usage/meaning.

18. Which of the following is the BEST meaning for “migration”?

a. Movement of people from one place to another to live
b. A trip from Kingston to Montego Bay to visit friends
c. A group of American tourists visiting Negril for a week
d. A voyage from Spain to Jamaica which lasted for two months

Read the paragraph below and answer question 19.

Crop Over started in Barbados during slavery to mark the end of the sugar crop. It is celebrated
every year from June to August. The celebrations include a parade with music and dancing.
There are many private and public events.

19. Which term BEST describes the activities in the paragraph?

a. Festival
b. Fair
c. Party
d. Parade

20. Inez Taylor was born in Jamaica in 1825, her grand- daughter Lorna was born in 1890. Inez Taylor is
BEST described as _________ of Lorna.

a. A descendant
b. An ancestor
c. An advisor
d. An offspring

Success Criteria
I can use the context in which a word is used to tell its meaning. [ ]

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 Artificial Language is a fun way to use a set of letters or an invented language, to
determine the meaning of other words in the language.

The words in bold come from the language spoken on a newly discovered planet. Look at the meaning
of each word, then answer question 21.

Weather station bafe huns

Weather instrument bafe filk
Wind speed bemt xanf
Wind direction bemt zegy

21. Which word would mean wind instrument?

a. filk bemt
b. bafe xanf
c. bemt bafe
d. bemt filk

Kimani and Kayla made a special alphabet which they use to send messages to each other. Use the
special alphabet to find the answers questions 22 – 24.
Δ Ώ Θ Ψ Π Ζ β λ ϑ Ж
P B U E L R D O A K

22. Which is the highest mountain range in Jamaica? Ώ Π Θ Ψ ___________ Mountains

23. Which plain is found in St. Elizabeth? Δ Ψ β Ζ λ ________ Plains

24. Which landform is surrounded by land? Π ϑ Ж Ψ _________

Success Criteria
I can decode messages by identifying patterns and reading symbols. [ ]

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 Logical Deduction involves using evidence to support a conclusion that is
given, OR drawing a conclusion based on evidence that is presented.

Read the extract and answer question 25.

Letter from Christopher Columbus 1493

Thirty three days after leaving Cadiz, I reached the Indian Sea, where I discovered many islands,
with hundreds of people. I quickly captured the islands in the name of King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella and planted the Spanish flag. The indigenous people did not resist.

25. Which of the following conclusions is correct?

a. There were no people living on the islands when Christopher Columbus arrived.
b. The people that Columbus met on the islands were aggressive.
c. Christopher Columbus did not discover the islands.
d. Christopher Columbus claimed the islands for himself.

Read the paragraph below and answer question 26.

Provision grounds were areas of land often of poor quality, mountainous or stony, and often
at some distance from the villages, which plantation owners set aside for the enslaved
Africans to grow their own food, such as sweet potatoes, yams and plantains. In addition to
using the produce to supplement their own diet, slaves sold or exchanged it, as well as
livestock such as chickens or pigs, in local markets.

26. Which of the following statements support the conclusion “The enslaved Africans were
industrious”?
a. The provision grounds given to the enslaved Africans were infertile.
b. The enslaved Africans had to travel long distances to the provision grounds.
c. The enslaved Africans grew their own food and made money from the provision grounds.
d. The provision grounds were given to the enslaved Africans by the plantation owner.

Success Criteria
I can draw logical conclusions based on evidence presented. [ ]

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 Quantitative Reasoning

Patterning involves identifying, generating and describing patterns in a given sequence.

Sometimes it requires completing/extending the pattern in a given sequence.

Look carefully at the map of the world and answer question 27.
Map of the World showing Climatic Zones

Cold

Warm

Hot

27. Which of the following is correct?

a. Warm countries are closest to the Equator and cold countries are closest to the poles.
b. Hot countries are closest to the Equator and cold countries are closest to the poles.
c. Cold countries are closest to the poles and warm countries are closest to the Equator.
d. Warm countries are closest to the poles and hot countries are closest to the Equator.

28. Which of the following completes the sequence? 00 15 0W, 50E 300W, 100E 450W, 150E 600W
a. 300E 750W
b. 200 E 450W
c. 450E 900W
d. 200E 750W

Success Criteria
I can:
Identify a pattern [ ]
I can complete a pattern [ ]

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 Representing Quantities involves making sense of quantities, understanding the meaning of
quantities (not just compute them) and using a variety of ways to create a coherent representation
of a problem.

29. Which continent is the largest?

a. South America 17.8 million square km
b. North America 24.5 million square km
c. Asia 44.6 million square km
d. Africa 30 million square km

30. Which ocean is the deepest?

a. Pacific Ocean 3970 m
b. Atlantic Ocean 3646 m
c. Indian Ocean 3741 m
d. Southern Ocean 3270 m

Look at the Relief Map of Jamaica and answer questions 31 and 32.
Relief Map of Jamaica

Symbol Meaning
/colour
Mountain peak
500 m and above
200 m
0-100m above sea level

31. Which mountain has the lowest peak?

a. Holly Mount
b. Blue Mountain Peak
c. Juan de Bolas Mountains
d. Mile Gully Mountain

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 32. Which statement is correct?

a. Most of the highlands are along the coastline

b. Most of the lowlands are along the coastline
c. The highest mountains are in the western section of the island
d. There is more lowland on the north coast than on the south coast

Comparing Quantities involves comparing numbers (fractional, whole or decimal) to determine

which is more, less or equal. It also involves comparing quantities based on their mass, length,
temperature or capacity.

33. The Rio Grande River is 34.3 km long. Which river is longer than the Rio Grande?
a. Plantain Garden 34.9 km
b. Buff Bay 22.2 km
c. Martha Brae 32.5 km
d. White River 27.4 km

Look at the pie charts showing ethnic groups in Trinidad and Jamaica and answer question 34.
Ethnic Groups Trinidad Ethnic Groups Jamaica

6 11.2

7
34
35

23 92

Blacks Mixed East Indians Other Blacks Mixed East Indian other

34. Which ethnic group has a larger percentage in Jamaica than in Trinidad?
a. Blacks
b. East Indians
c. Mixed
d. Other

Success Criteria
I can:
Solve problems using quantities [ ]
Compare quantities [ ]

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 Estimation involves using approximation/estimation to solve real-world and mathematical
problems

35. Which waterbody makes up almost 50% of the world’s oceans?

a. Indian Ocean 19.5%
b. Pacific Ocean 46.6%
c. Atlantic Ocean 23.3%
d. Southern Ocean 6.1%

Success Criteria
I can:
Use estimation to solve problems using quantities [ ]

Data Analysis involves sorting data based on characteristics. It also requires reading, interpreting
and making inferences from data presented in tables and/or graphs

Look carefully at the Table 1 and answer questions 36 and 37.

Table 1: Thirty (30) Year Average 1971 – 2000 for selected Rainfall Stations (mm)
Parish Rainfall Height January February March April May June July August
Station above
sea
level
Portland Millbank 182m 480 418 294 420 432 515 328 479
Clarendon Salt
Savannah 5m 43 30 50 42 109 82 46 101
St. Mary Langley 131 m 190 148 123 151 259 159 97 204
St. Bernard 13m 32 32 42 62 85 71 38 64
Catherine Lodge

36. Which rainfall station received the most rainfall over the period?
a. Bernard Lodge
b. Langley
c. Millbank
d. Salt Savannah

37. Which of the following is true?

a. The higher the weather station the more rainfall it receives.

b. The higher the weather station the less rainfall it receives.
c. The lower the weather station more rainfall it receives.
d. The height of the weather station does not affect the amount of rainfall it receives.
Success Criteria
I can:
Read and interpret data presented in Tables [ ]
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Problem Solving involves using mathematical knowledge and skills to solve real-world
mathematical problems. It requires making sense of problems, reasoning abstractly and
quantitatively and using mathematical models to interpret & solve problems.

Look at the graph and answer questions 38 and 39.

Average Rainfall 1971-2000

600

500

400

300

200

100

0
Salt Savanna Langley Bernard Lodge Milbank

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

38. Which of the following areas would be LEAST likely to depend on rainfall to water crops?
a. Bernard Lodge
b. Langley
c. Millbank
d. Salt Savannah

39. Which month would be BEST for cleaning drains?

a. March
b. May
c. June
d. August

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Look carefully at Figure 1 and answer question 40.

Figure 1: Composition of Waste

3% 9%

12%

11%
65%

compostables paper plastics glass other

40. Which would be the most effective way to reduce the amount of waste going to the
dump?
a. Recycle plastic bottles
b. Recycle paper
c. Reuse glass bottles
d. Establish composting centres

Success Criteria
I can:
Use mathematical skills to solve real world problems [ ]

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