All SSAT Elementary Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #421 : Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete the analogy.
Musician is to song as artist is to __________.
entertainment
book
creator
stage
sculpture
sculpture
A musician produces songs. The answer, then, is what an artist produces. There are many options for what an artist may produce, but the only one listed is "sculpture." This is a better option than either "book" or "entertainment." "Author" or "writer" would have been used for "book." "Entertainment" is not very specific, but the first example, "musician" and "songs," is very specific.
Example Question #442 : Analogies
Tailor is to clothes as cobbler is to __________.
jewellery
clocks
shoes
glasses
horns
shoes
Tailors mend and make adjustments to clothes, while cobblers mend shoes. The relationship is that of a producer to a product.
Example Question #431 : Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Butcher is to meat as tailor is to __________.
clothes
cars
milk
loans
houses
clothes
A "butcher" is someone who sells "meat." So, to solve this analogy you need to figure out what it is that a "tailor" produces or sells. The correct answer is "clothes." A "tailor" is someone who makes sure clothes fit, especially things like suits.
Example Question #432 : Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Lava is to volcano as __________ is to cloud.
hot
sky
rain
stormy
weather
rain
"Lava" is the hot molten rock that comes out of a volcano when it erupts. So, "lava" comes from a "volcano." To solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is something that comes from a "cloud." The correct answer is "rain."
Example Question #433 : Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Baker is to bread as ______________.
police officer is to coffee
chef is to flowers
gardener is to jail
architect is to house
time is to watch
architect is to house
Since bakers bake bread, we are looking for an answer choice that includes an occupation (e.g., baker) and a product that they help to make (e.g., bread). The only answer choice that fits this criterion is "Architect is to house" because architects help to build houses.
Example Question #11 : Tool/Use, User/Tool, Product/Producer, And Subject/Object
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Ear is to hearing as hand is to __________.
Touching
Foot
Sensing
Arm
Smelling
Touching
An "ear" is the part of the body used to hear, so to complete the analogy, you need to pick out an answer choice that describes what a hand is used to do. A hand is something you use for “touching" things, so "touching" is the correct answer.
Example Question #501 : Ssat Elementary Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Clothes are to wear as food is to __________.
wash
drink
eat
create
demolish
eat
"Wear" is a verb that describes how you use clothes, so to solve this analogy you have to determine which of these answer choices is a verb that describes how you use food. The correct answer is “eat.” To help you, "demolish" means tear down or destroy.
Example Question #431 : Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Pen is to draw as __________.
click is to mouse
wood is to saw
thread is to needle
keyboard is to type
tail is to cat
keyboard is to type
One uses a pen to draw, so we need to pick out an answer choice in which the first word is an object and the second word a verb which one uses that object to do. While “keyboard is to type,” “click is to mouse,” and “wood is to saw” might each look like a potentially correct answer, one does not use a click to mouse or wood to saw, so neither “click is to mouse” nor “wood is to saw” can be the correct answer. One can use a keyboard to type, however, just as one can use a pen to draw, so “keyboard is to type.”
Example Question #13 : Tool/Use, User/Tool, Product/Producer, And Subject/Object
Complete this analogy.
Cook is to stove as __________.
washer is to wash
word is to sentence
idea is to consider
chill is to refrigerator
saw is to wood
chill is to refrigerator
One uses a stove to cook things, so we need to pick out an answer choice in which the second word is an object or tool that is used to do the first verb to things. While “washer is to wash” might look like a potentially correct answer, its two words are in an incorrect order compared to our example (“wash” is not used to “washer” things), so it cannot be the correct answer. Refrigerators are used to chill things, though, just like stoves are used to cook things, so “chill is to refrigerator” is the correct answer.
Example Question #5 : Tool To Use Or Use To Tool
Book is to read as song is to . . .
walk
sing
run
paddle
dream
sing
Since you read a book, we need to pick out a verb that describes what you do to a song. Since one sings a song just as one reads a book, "sing" is the correct answer.
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