All SSAT Middle Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #711 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Drive is to drove as eat is to __________.
Hungry
Food
Eaten
Eating
Ate
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 #712 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Library is to book as __________.
money is to bank
bee is to hive
zoo is to monkey
museum is to painting
tree is to forest
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 #713 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Milk is to dairy as bread is to __________.
edible
sandwich
bakery
harvest
toast
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 #714 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Bedroom is to sleep as kitchen is to __________.
hungry
dance
refrigerator
snooze
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 #715 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Emaciated is to food as __________ is to education.
ignorant
hungry
teacher
school
homework
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 #716 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Anemic is to energy as __________ is to hair.
sleep
fur
shave
old
bald
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 #717 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
South America is to continent as _________.
show is to television
notebook is to student
carpet is to floor
Houston is to city
duck is to pond
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 #718 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Metropolitan is to city as __________ is to countryside.
farmer
agrarian
commute
suburban
urban
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."
Example Question #719 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Insomnia is to __________ as anorexia is to food.
sleep
work
education
friends
sports
sleep
"Anorexia" is a medical condition that arises from a lack of food. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine what "insomnia" arises from a lack of. The correct answer is "sleep."
Example Question #720 : Ssat Middle Level Verbal
Complete this analogy.
Sow is to before as __________ is to after.
erect
grouse
elongate
reap
boast
reap
You may have heard the expression "you reap what you sow" which will have helped you solve this analogy (always use whatever tools you have at your disposal when solving analogies, they are primarily about critical thinking and reasoning). If you did not make this connection it becomes necessary to know the following: The verb "sow" means to plant seeds that will later grow and need to be harvested. This is something you do "before" the crops can grow. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these is an action that might be taken after the crops have grown. The correct answer is "reap" which means to harvest, to cut and collect crops. Additionally, "erect" means set up, stand up, put together; "elongate" means make or become longer; "grouse" means carp, complain, whine; "boast" means brag about, talk loudly about things you have achieved.
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