All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #691 : Analogies
Complete this analogy.
Play is to actor as circus is to __________.
entertainment
performance
clown
musician
athlete
clown
The occupation of an "actor" is to perform in a "play," so to solve this analogy, you have to determine which of these answer choices describes an occuption of someone who would be likely to perform in a circus. The correct answer is “clown."
Example Question #11 : Location, Time, Or Context
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Teacher is to classroom as scientist is to __________.
labyrinth
biology
lavatory
experiment
laboratory
laboratory
A "teacher" works inside a "classroom," similar to how a "scientist" works inside a "laboratory." A scientist may study "biology" or perform "experiments," but he does not work inside either of them. To further help you, a "lavatory" is a washroom or bathroom; a "labyrinth" is a complex maze.
Example Question #41 : Measurement, Storage, Location, And Material Composition
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Drive is to drove as eat is to __________.
Ate
Hungry
Eaten
Food
Eating
Ate
"Drove" is the past tense expression of the verb "drive," so to solve this analogy, you have to find the past tense expression of the word "eat." “Ate” is the past tense expression of "eat," so "ate" is the correct answer.
Example Question #12 : Location, Time, Or Context
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Library is to book as __________.
bee is to hive
tree is to forest
money is to bank
zoo is to monkey
museum is to painting
museum is to painting
The best answer is "museum is to painting," as a museum houses paintings for public viewing, much like how a library keeps books for public reading. Some of the other answer choices may be tempting, but are switched in structure, such as "money is to bank" instead of "bank is to money." "Zoo is to monkeys," may also be a tempting answer choice, but is too specific ("Zoo is to animal" would be a much better choice).
Example Question #41 : Measurement, Storage, Location, And Material Composition
Complete this analogy.
Milk is to dairy as bread is to __________.
edible
toast
sandwich
bakery
harvest
bakery
Milk is produced by cows at a dairy, but "dairy" could also refer to the group of food items to which milk belongs, as milk is a "dairy product." To figure out which of these analogies is at work, we should consider the answer choices through each lens to see in which way the correct answer relates to "bread." None of the answer choices describe a category to which bread belongs (like in the "milk is to dairy product" relationship), so we need to find an answer choice that describes the location at which bread is produced. Bread is produced at a bakery, just as milk is produced at a dairy, so "bakery" is the correct answer.
Example Question #691 : Analogies
Bedroom is to sleep as kitchen is to __________.
refrigerator
snooze
dance
hungry
cook
cook
Since a bedroom is a room in which one sleeps, we need to pick out a word that describes an action that typically takes place in a kitchen. Of the possible answer choices that are verbs - "dance," "cook," and "snooze," "cook" makes the most sense. Since just as you sleep in a bedroom, you cook in a kitchen, "cook" is the correct answer.
Example Question #45 : Measurement, Storage, Location, And Material Composition
Complete this analogy.
Emaciated is to food as __________ is to education.
school
homework
teacher
hungry
ignorant
ignorant
To solve this analogy you first need to know that "emaciated" means starving, extremely skinny due to lack of food. So, if someone who is denied "food" becomes "emaciated" what does someone become who is denied "education?" The correct answer is "ignorant," which means lacking in knowledge, not understanding something.
Example Question #46 : Measurement, Storage, Location, And Material Composition
Complete this analogy.
Anemic is to energy as __________ is to hair.
bald
old
sleep
shave
fur
bald
To solve this analogy you first need to know that "anemic" means lacking color and energy. So, someone who is lacking "energy" is "anemic," what is someone who is lacking "hair" called? The correct answer is, of course, "bald."
Example Question #47 : Measurement, Storage, Location, And Material Composition
Complete this analogy.
South America is to continent as _________.
notebook is to student
Houston is to city
duck is to pond
carpet is to floor
show is to television
Houston is to city
The correct answer is "Houston is to city."
The first part of the analogy expresses that South America is a continent, and deals with geographical content.
Houston is a city and also falls under the category of geography.
Example Question #48 : Measurement, Storage, Location, And Material Composition
Complete this analogy.
Metropolitan is to city as __________ is to countryside.
farmer
agrarian
commute
urban
suburban
agrarian
"Metropolitan" means related to the city, urban. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these words means related to the countryside, rural. The correct answer is "agrarian."
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