Analogies 101 b

ANALOGIES 101 SET B

The examples below will introduce you to analogies. Each analogy consists of two pairs of words. Your job is to make the second pair express a relationship between its two words that is as similar as possible to the relationship between the words in the first pair. For instance, in the analogy OWL : FOREST :: WHALE

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the best word to place in the blank would be OCEAN, because "ocean" names the habitat of a whale just as "forest" names the habitat of an owl. Now fill the blanks in the analogies below with the most suitable word or pair of words from those that are listed as choices. 1.

TENNIS : COURT :: HOCKEY :

a. b. c. d. e. 2.

FROWN : SCOWL :: SMILE :

a. b. c. d. e. 3.

4.

a. b. c. d. e. 5.

6.

10.

book pen paper reader word

salad spinach garden tomato bowl

MICROWAVEOVEN:CAMPFIRE::CLOCK:

a. b. c. d. e. 12.

pages information publisher index volume

MILK : GLASS GLASS :: LETTUCE :

a. b. c. d. e. 11.

sing dance play compose listen

SPONGE:WATER :: ENCYCLOPEDIA :

a. b. c. d. e.

ski slope canal tunnel rockslide barrier

GARDENER : SEED :: WRITER :

a. b. c. d. e.

9.

damp dry icy drenched moist

NOVEL : READ :: SONG :

a. b. c. d. e.

clouds downpour hurricane shower sunshine

RIVER : BRIDGE :: MOUNTAIN :

a. b. c. d. e.

8.

loaf butter toas knife cut

WIND : BREEZE :: RAIN :

BIG : HUGE HUGE :: WET :

a. b. c. d. e.

grin happy angry cry snarl

PUPIL : CLASS :: SLICE :

a. b. c. d. e.

7.

ice goal rink puck racquet

wristwatch computer time grandfather sundial

STOPWATCH : SECONDS :: MEASURING CUP:

a. b. c. d.

e.

volume pounds weight ounces tablespoon

13.

YESTERDAY : TOMORROW :: ALREADY :

a. b. c. d. e. 14.

ENERGETIC : LAZY :: CREATIVE :

a. b. c. d. e. 15.

16.

a. b. c. d. e. 17.

18.

19.

20.

21.

28.

playground : children books : bookcase butter : refrigerator woodpile : logs store : toys

kitchen : mildew chips : paint old clothes : attic driveway : pothole weeds : garden

FORK : SPAGHETTI ::

a. b. c. d. e. 30.

ivy : wall paint : post wings : bird stocking : leg scales : fish

DUST : LIVING ROOM ::

a. b. c. d. e. 29.

mosquito bite : insect repellent aspirin : headache mittens : frostbite sunglasses : blindness cough : cough drop

BARK : TREE ::

a. b. c. d. e.

dog : poodle robin : bird fish : reptile kitten : cat mammal : man

FLOWERS : GARDEN :

a. b. c. d. e.

27.

porthole : boat door : house mirror : room skylight : ceiling knothole : board

SUNSCREEN : SUNBURN ::

a. b. c. d. e.

basket sunshine sandwiches ants grapes

TRUCK : VEHICLE ::

a. b. c. d. e.

26.

daffodil : tulip cat : mouse dog : puppy dandelion : weed fence : wall

WINDOW : WALL ::

a. b. c. d. e.

peas dessert leftovers oven serving

BEACH VACATION : SEAWEED :: PICNIC :

a. b. c. d. e.

25.

spoon : bowl pencil : eraser toaster : can opener dishwasher : sink lawn mower: leaf blower

ROSE : ROSEBUD ::

a. b. c. d. e.

tan pink brown black white

FIRE : ASHES :: DINNER :

a. b. c. d. e.

24.

forest : tree musician : orchestra continent : country sheep : herd case : pencil

FURNACE : AIR CONDITIONER ::

a. b. c. d. e.

inches yards length speed meters

LAVENDER : PURPLE :: TAWNY :

a. b. c. d. e.

23.

hospital pneumonia sneeze cold temperature

WRISTWATCH : TIME :: YARDSTICK :

FLOCK : GOOSE ::

a. b. c. d. e.

talented athletic unimaginative dreamy intelligent

MOUNTAIN : HILL:: FLU :

a. b. c. d. e.

22.

until soon after then before

hammer : nail hose : water shovel : soil toothbrush : teeth comb : brush

AIRPLANE : PILOT ::

a. b. c. d. e.

paintbrush : painter supermarket : cashier bookcase : carpenter nation : president captain : ship

ANALOGY FORMATS

Here are some of the kinds of relationships which analogies may express. Make up a second pair to match the first pair given in each example. 1.

ANTONYMS

sharp : blunt ::

2.

SYNONYMS

dry : arid ::

3.

PART : WHOLE

page : book ::

4.

WHOLE : PART

automobile : fender ::

5.

TOOL : ITS ACTION

scale : weighs ::

6.

TOOL USER : TOOL

sculptor : chisel ::

7.

TOOL : OBJECT IT’S USED WITH

needle : thread ::

8.

CATEGORY : EXAMPLE

emotion : grief ::

9.

EFFECT : CAUSE

obesity : overeating ::

10.

CAUSE : EFFECT

fire : heat ::

11.

INCREASING INTENSITY

bright : dazzling ::

12.

DECREASING INTENSITY

glare : glow ::

13.

ACTION : THING ACTED UPON

braid : hair ::

14.

ACTION : SUBJECT PERFORMING ACTION

sell : merchant ::

15.

OBJECT OR PLACE : ITS USER

museum : art lover ::

16.

NOUN : CLOSELY RELATED ADJECTIVE

swamp : soggy ::

Here are three important things to remember when you think about analogies: PARTS OF SPEECH.

If the words in the first pair express a “noun : adjective” or “verb : noun” or “adjective : adjective” relationship (for instance), the second pair should show the same relationship between parts of speech. WORD ORDER.

If the first pair expresses a “tool user : tool” relationship (for instance), the second pair must express the same relationship in the same order  (tool user first, tool second). EXACTNESS.

Sometimes two or more of the given choices would make fairly good sense in the blank. When this happens, you should choose the word or pair of words that most exactly  suits the relationship you’re expressing.

ANSWERS TO ANALOGIES 101 – SET B:

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rink grin loaf shower tunnel word drenched listen information bowl sundial ounces soon unimaginative cold length brown leftovers ants robin : bird books : bookcase forest : tree pencil : eraser dog : puppy skylight : ceiling mittens : frostbite scales : fish weeds : garden shovel : soil nation : president