All SSAT Elementary Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #21 : Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Priest is to preaching as professor is to __________.
thinking
church
clergy
university
teaching
teaching
A “priest” is a religious leader, and someone who would be likely to be “preaching.” “Preaching” means speaking forcefully and giving advice on how to live one’s life. To solve this analogy, you need to figure out which of these answer choices is an action associated with being a “professor.” A “professor” is a well-educated teacher who works at a university, so you can assume that a “professor” is associated with “teaching.” To provide further help, “clergy” is a name for the group of all priests considered together, particularly in Christianity.
Example Question #22 : Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Student is to learn as teacher is to __________.
profession
class
school
lesson
instruct
instruct
Students learn, so you need to pick out an answer choice that is a verb and describes what teachers do. Teachers "instruct," which means teach, so "instruct" is the correct answer. While the other answer choices are all words that you might use when talking about teachers and students, none of them are verbs, and because "learn" is a verb, we know that the word that goes in the blank needs to also be a verb. The incorrect answer choices are all nouns.
Example Question #23 : Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Oral is to mouth as nasal is to __________.
teeth
ears
mouthwash
clean
nose
nose
"Oral" is an adjective that means related to the mouth. To solve this analogy you need to pick out a noun that relates to the adjective "nasal." The correct answer is “nose," because "nasal" means related to the nose.
Example Question #24 : Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Syrup is to pancakes as __________.
ketchup is to mustard
icing is to cake
egg is to egg whites
milk is to pasta
sour cream is to chocolate
icing is to cake
Syrup is commonly put on top of pancakes, so we are looking for an answer in which the first word is a popular topping put on the second word. Thus, the best answer choice is "icing is to cake" because many cakes have icing on them!
Example Question #25 : Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Blue is to green as __________.
purple is to blue
red is to orange
red is to yellow
brown is to black
gray is to white
red is to orange
Blue is a component color of green. (Green is created with a combination of blue and yellow.) Thus, the correct answer would be one in which the first word is a color that when combined with the color yellow, results in the second color.
When red is combined with yellow, the resulting color is orange. Therefore, "red is to orange" is the correct answer.
Example Question #26 : Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Tadpole is to frog as __________.
water is to pool
paper is to drawing
imagination is to creativity
batter is to cake
addition is to division
batter is to cake
In this problem, a tadpole is the stage that a frog is in before it becomes a frog. Similarly, batter is the stage that a cake is in before it becomes a cake. While a tadpole must grown and develop, a cake must bake. In both cases, there is a developmental stage that has to happen between each of the two pairs of words.
A tempting wrong answer is "addition is to division." While division is more complex than addition, there is not a stage of growth causes addition to become division.
Example Question #27 : Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Final is to competition as finale is to __________.
sport
book
companionship
performance
auction
performance
A “final” is the last match in a competition, so a “final” ends a “competition.” To solve this analogy, you have to determine which of these answers is ended by a “finale.” The best answer of the five is a “performance,” as a “finale” is the last part of a performance or the last in a series of events. To provide further help, “companionship” is friendship; and an “auction” is an event where things are sold to various people who place bids to buy things and compete to pay the least money possible for something.
Example Question #28 : Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Fall is to fell as __________.
swim is to swimmed
jump is to jumped
run is to runned
leave is to leaved
draw is to drawed
jump is to jumped
The relationship between the words "fall" and "fell" is that "fell" is the past tense of "fall."
Of the answer choices, all the past tense forms of the first word are incorrect except for "jump is to jumped." It is therefore the correct answer.
Example Question #29 : Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Loyal is to traitor as brave is to __________.
soldier
coward
knight
champion
nurse
coward
A "traitor" is someone who is not loyal or, in other words, someone who betrays someone else. So, to solve this analogy, you have to determine which of the nouns given answer choices describes someone who is not brave. The correct answer is therefore "coward," which means someone who is scared and not brave.
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