All SSAT Elementary Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #491 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Firefighter is to fire as __________.
librarian is to books
waiter is to food
doctor is to healthy
business is to businessperson
policewoman is to crime
policewoman is to crime
Since firefighters fight fires, we need to pick out another pair of words in which the first word is a job, and the second word is the thing that people who work that job try to stop. While "policeman," "librarian," "doctor," and "waiter" are all occupations, but "healthy" can't be the correct answer because it's an adjective, not a noun, and "librarian is to books" can't be correct either because a librarian doesn't try to stop books, he or she distributes them and helps people find them. Since a policewoman's job is to stop crime, just like a firefighter's job is to stop fires, "policewoman is to crime" is the correct answer.
Example Question #492 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Disinfect is to germs as __________ is to hair.
shave
create
unleash
suspend
delete
shave
To "disinfect" means to make something clean, to rid something of "germs." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these words means to get rid of hair, to remove one's hair. The correct answer is "shave." Additionally, "delete" means remove, cancel, get rid of; "suspend" means pause, halt until later; "create" means make, come up with, invent; "unleash" means release, set loose.
Example Question #6 : Subject To Object Or Object To Subject
Complete this analogy.
Casino is to __________ as chapel is to pray.
church
religion
spiritual
illegal
gamble
gamble
A "chapel" is a little church, it is a place where one might go to "pray." So, which of these is an activity that one might go to a "casino" to do? The correct answer is "gamble" which means bet, wager. Additionally, "illegal" means against the law, not legal; "spiritual" means religious, related to the soul.
Example Question #7 : Subject To Object Or Object To Subject
Complete this analogy.
Kitchen is to cook as bathroom is to __________.
fight
eat
wash
sleep
play
wash
An action that one might do in the "kitchen" is "cook." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is an action one might do in the "bathroom." The correct answer is "wash."
Example Question #8 : Subject To Object Or Object To Subject
Complete this analogy.
Colleague is to work as combatant is to __________.
sail
fight
try
practice
study
fight
To begin with the prefix co- means together, with. So, a "colleague" is someone you work with, two "colleagues" are two people who work together. Which of these is an action you might undertake with a "combatant?" The correct answer is that a "combatant" is someone you "fight" with.
Example Question #9 : Subject To Object Or Object To Subject
Complete this analogy.
Dehydrate is to __________ as deforest is to trees.
plants
animals
snow
water
heat
water
To begin with the prefix de- means away from, take from. So, to "deforest" means to remove "trees." Which of these is removed when you "dehydrate" something? Well, the root -hydra- means related to water. So, to "dehydrate" is to remove water.
Example Question #493 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Janitor is to clean as mechanic is to __________.
repair
cook
create
teach
protect
repair
A "janitor" is someone who cleans for a living. So, "clean" is an action that a "janitor" might undertake. Which of these is an action that a "mechanic" might undertake? Well, a "mechanic" is someone who fixes machines for a living. So, "repair" is the correct answer. "Repair" means fix, mend, make something no longer broken.
Example Question #494 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Skeleton is to bones as __________.
sharpen is to pencil
sky is to sunset
dirt is to worm
log cabin is to logs
thread is to cloth
log cabin is to logs
A skeleton is comprised of bones, so we need to pick out an answer choice in which the first word is made up of the thing the second word refers to. While "thread is to cloth" might look like a good answer choice because cloth is made up of thread, it can't be the correct answer because the two words are in the incorrect order—skeletons are made of bones, but thread is not made of cloth. Log cabins are made up of logs, however, so "log cabin is to logs" is the correct answer.
Example Question #495 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Snowflake is to snowdrift as raindrop is to __________.
desert
downpour
sky
leaf
fruit
downpour
Since a snowflake is a single unit of snow, and a snowdrift is composed of a lot of snowflakes, we need to pick out a word that describes something that is composed of a lot of water drops. Since "downpour" is the only answer choice that is made up of lots of raindrops, "downpour" is the correct answer.
Example Question #496 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Wind is to tornado as __________.
wriggle is to worm
rain is to rainbow
snow is to snowstorm
parrot is to talk
mile is to distance
snow is to snowstorm
"Tornado" is a noun that means "a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system." So, because a tornado is a natural disaster that consists of wind, we need to pick out an answer choice in which the second word represents a natural disaster caused by or composed of the first word. "Rain is to rainbow" might look like a potentially correct answer, but since a "rainbow" is not a natural disaster, it cannot be the correct answer. However, because a snowstorm is a natural disaster created by snow, just like a tornado is a natural disaster created by wind, "snow is to snowstorm" is the correct answer.