All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #5 : Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Basketball is to sport as _________.
bird is to sky
Jazz is to genre
bulb is to light
tiger is to jungle
toy is to child
Jazz is to genre
The correct answer is "jazz is to genre."
The first part of the analogy shows that basketball is a type of sport.
Jazz is a specific genre of music, making it the correct answer to complete the analogy.
Example Question #6 : Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Asphyxiation is to __________ as malnutrition is to food.
lungs
oxygen
meal
water
warmth
oxygen
"Malnutrition" is a condition that results from too little "food," it is the lack of proper nutrition, an inadequate supply of food. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine what the condition "asphyxiation" results from too little of. "Asphyxiation" is choking and it results from a lack of "oxygen."
Example Question #782 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Counterfeit is to __________ as feint is to attack.
ailing
legal
money
lawyer
equitable
money
A fake attack is known as a "feint." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine what fake "money" is known as. The correct answer is "counterfeit" which means a reproduced copy of something valuable, like money or property, designed to trick others into believing it is the real thing. Additionally, "equitable" means fair and equal; "ailing" means sick, unhealthy, unwell.
Example Question #1 : Other Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Ignorant is to __________ as naked is to clothes.
money
emotion
education
energy
family
education
Someone without "clothes" is "naked." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine what it is that someone is lacking if they are described as "ignorant." Well, "ignorant" means not having knowledge of something. So, the correct answer is "education."
Example Question #661 : Determining Meaning From Type Of Relationship
Complete this analogy.
Classroom is to teacher as ________________.
ballet is to dancers
house is to family
play is to director
highway is to car
clerk is to register
play is to director
The correct answer is "play is to director."
This analogy discloses the relationship of an individual and leadership. A classroom is led by/directed by a teacher; a play is led by/directed by a director.
Example Question #1 : Action And Object Acted Upon
Bake is to pie as sauté is to __________.
soup
water
potato
stew
ice cream
potato
One cooks a pie by baking it, so we need to pick out an answer choice that one might cook by sautéing. “Sauté,” when used as a verb, means “fry quickly in fat or grease,” so we can infer that only solid foods can be sautéed. So neither “soup” nor “stew,” or “water” can be the correct answer, because they either involve or are liquids. In choosing between “ice cream” and “potato,” one can infer that if one attempted to fry ice cream with a little hot fat, it would melt, so “potato” is the correct answer, because just as pies can be baked, potatoes can be sautéed.
Example Question #2 : Action And Object Acted Upon
Complete this analogy.
Fire is to extinguish as flood is to __________.
drown
water
dam
burn
river
dam
"Extinguish" is an action you take to prevent or eliminate a fire, so to solve this analogy you have to determine which of these answer choices is an action you take when you need to prevent or eliminate a flood. The correct answer is “dam.” To "dam" something means to block or impede it.
Example Question #3 : Action And Object Acted Upon
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Money is to spend as food is to __________.
Purify
Mock
Absorb
Consume
Elicit
Consume
"Money" is an object and "spend" is an action involving the use of that object. Therefore, to solve this analogy, you have to determine which of the answer choices is an action related to the use of the object "food." The correct answer is “consume.” Consume means to eat or to take in. For clarification, "mock" means ridicule or make fun of, "purify" means make pure or clean, and "elicit" means to extract or to obtain.
Example Question #4 : Action And Object Acted Upon
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Ship is to sail as plane is to ___________.
Flew
Founder
Sink
Pilot
Fly
Fly
One sails a ship, so to solve this analogy, you have to determine what action one can do to a plane to control the direction in which it goes. The correct answer is “fly.” Be wary of words in the incorrect tense, like "flew." For clarification, "founder" means sink and often refers to ships.
Example Question #1 : Action And Object Acted Upon
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Quench is to thirst as satiate is to __________.
divide
sleep
hunger
ailment
poverty
hunger
If you “quench” your thirst, you use a liquid to stop or appease it. When you are full with food, you are “satiated," so “satiate” is related to "hunger" as "quench" is related to "thirst." An “ailment” is an illness, and "poverty" is the state of being very poor and having too few resources.
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