SSAT Elementary Level Verbal : Homonyms
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Example Question #1 : Homonyms
Blue is to blew as . . .
electricity is to refrigerator
buy is to bye
river is to water
green is to grass
whiskers are to cat
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 #1 : Homonyms
Red is to read as hare is to
oxygen
heir
none of the other answers
here
hair
hair
Red and read are homonyms just as hare and hair are homonyms.
Example Question #2 : Homonyms
Bat is to batt as week is to
wake
work
none of the other answers
weak
woke
weak
Both sets of words are homonyms.
Example Question #2 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Aid is to aide as site is to __________.
assist
anage
love
cite
help
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 #1 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Sale is to sail as weigh is to __________.
Sell
Way
Vend
Demand
Measure
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 #1 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Some is to sum as plain is to __________.
add
bare
fly
plane
many
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 #2 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Weak is to week as meat is to __________.
introduce
strong
meet
pork
shy
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 #3 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Pour is to poor as weight is to __________.
dense
wait
rich
scale
heavy
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 #7 : Homonyms
Analogies: Complete this analogy.
Eight is to ate as ___________.
sew is to so
dinner is to seven
door is to handle
queen is to king
song is to lyric
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
look is to book
card is to deck
read is to reed
tour is to torn
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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