All SSAT Elementary Level Verbal Resources
Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Homonyms
Blue is to blew as . . .
electricity is to refrigerator
whiskers are to cat
buy is to bye
green is to grass
river is to water
buy is to bye
Since "blue" is pronounced in exactly the same way as "blew," the two words are called homonyms. We need to find another answer choice in which the two words are also homonyms. Because "buy" is pronounced in exactly the same way as "bye," they are homonyms and the correct answer is "buy is to bye."
Example Question #2 : Homonyms
Red is to read as hare is to
here
oxygen
hair
none of the other answers
heir
hair
Red and read are homonyms just as hare and hair are homonyms.
Example Question #3 : Homonyms
Bat is to batt as week is to
woke
weak
work
none of the other answers
wake
weak
Both sets of words are homonyms.
Example Question #1 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Aid is to aide as site is to __________.
help
anage
cite
love
assist
cite
"Aid" and "aide" are two words that sound the same, but mean different things. "Aid" means help, and an "aide" is an assistant. When two words sound the same but have different meanings, we call them homonyms. Which of these answer choices sounds most like "site"? The correct answer is “cite.” "Site," which means location, is a homonym of "cite," which means quote.
Example Question #2 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Sale is to sail as weigh is to __________.
Way
Vend
Demand
Measure
Sell
Way
"Sale" and "sail" are homonyms, so to solve this analogy, you have to find the word that sounds most like "weigh." The correct answer is “way.”
Example Question #4 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Some is to sum as plain is to __________.
fly
many
plane
bare
add
plane
"Some" and "sum" are two words that sound the same, but mean different things. So, they are homonyms. To solve this analogy, you have to find the answer choice that sounds like "plain." "Plain" and "plane" are homonyms, so "plane" is the correct answer.
Example Question #1 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Weak is to week as meat is to __________.
shy
introduce
pork
meet
strong
meet
"Weak" and "week" are two words that sound the same, but mean something different. So, they are homonyms. Which answer choice sounds the same as meat? The correct answer is “meet.” Meet and meat are also homonyms.
Example Question #4 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Pour is to poor as weight is to __________.
rich
heavy
wait
dense
scale
wait
"Pour" is a homonym of "poor"; homonyms are words that sound the same, but have different meanings. So, to solve this analogy, you need to pick out an answer choice that sounds the same as "weight." The only word that sounds like weight is “wait," so "wait" is the correct answer.
Example Question #3 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Eight is to ate as ___________.
dinner is to seven
door is to handle
song is to lyric
queen is to king
sew is to so
sew is to so
"Eight" and "ate" are homophones, or words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings. So, we are looking for an answer that has a pair of homophones. Thus, the best answer is "sew is to so"!
Example Question #4 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Hear is to here as __________.
card is to cord
card is to deck
look is to book
tour is to torn
read is to reed
read is to reed
"Hear" and "here" are homophones, or words that are pronounced the same, but have different meanings. So, we are looking for an answer that has a pair of homophones. Thus, the best answer is "read is to reed"!
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All SSAT Elementary Level Verbal Resources
