Printable worksheet for practicing analogies, featuring ten questions where students select the correct word to complete each analogy.

Let's solve each analogy step by step and explain the reasoning behind each answer.

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1. Milk is to cereal as bread is to _________.

Options: egg, sandwich, meat, cake

- Analysis: Milk is a common accompaniment or topping for cereal. Similarly, bread is a component of a sandwich.
- Answer: sandwich
→ Just as milk goes with cereal, bread is a key part of a sandwich.

✔ Answer: sandwich

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2. Blanket is to soft as floor is to _________.

Options: wet, hot, warm, hard

- Analysis: A blanket is soft; a floor is typically hard (in contrast).
- This is a contrast analogy — soft vs. hard.
- Answer: hard

✔ Answer: hard

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3. Rain is to monsoon as wind is to _________.

Options: storm, sun, day, night

- Analysis: Rain is a feature of a monsoon. Similarly, wind is a feature of a storm.
- Monsoon = heavy rain event; Storm = strong wind event.
- Answer: storm

✔ Answer: storm

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4. Sweater is to yarn as snowball is to _________.

Options: sugar, petal, snow, sky

- Analysis: A sweater is made from yarn. A snowball is made from snow.
- This is a "made from" relationship.
- Answer: snow

✔ Answer: snow

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5. Pizza is to pepperoni as ice cream is to _________.

Options: quart, straw, sprinkles, summer

- Analysis: Pepperoni is a topping on pizza. Sprinkles are a topping on ice cream.
- Answer: sprinkles

✔ Answer: sprinkles

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6. Darkness is to dark as heaviness is to _________.

Options: heavy, light, heave, lightness

- Analysis: "Darkness" is the state of being "dark." Similarly, "heaviness" is the state of being "heavy."
- But note: The analogy is *noun to adjective*.
- Darkness : dark → Heaviness : heavy
- However, “heavy” is an adjective; “heaviness” is a noun.
- So we're matching the noun form to its adjective.
- But wait: “darkness” is a noun, “dark” is an adjective → same pattern.
- So “heaviness” corresponds to “heavy.”
- But let’s check the options:
- heavy — correct adjective
- lightness — opposite meaning
- We need the adjective that matches the noun.
- So: darkness → dark; heaviness → heavy
- Answer: heavy

✔ Answer: heavy

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7. Water is to liquid as ice is to _________.

Options: slippery, freezing, solid, snow

- Analysis: Water is a type of liquid. Ice is a type of solid.
- This is a category relationship: water is in the category of liquids; ice is in the category of solids.
- Answer: solid

✔ Answer: solid

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8. Allow is to permit as find is to _________.

Options: locate, search, lose, drop

- Analysis: "Allow" and "permit" are synonyms.
- "Find" and "locate" are synonyms.
- So this is a synonym analogy.
- Answer: locate

✔ Answer: locate

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9. Water is to droplet as snow is to _________.

Options: flake, drift, float, blizzard

- Analysis: A droplet is a small unit of water. A flake is a small unit of snow.
- This is a part-to-whole or unit relationship.
- Answer: flake

✔ Answer: flake

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10. Bats are to caves as humans are to _________.

Options: stores, forests, beds, houses

- Analysis: Bats live in caves. Humans live in houses.
- This is a habitat analogy.
- Answer: houses

✔ Answer: houses

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✔ Final Answers:

1. sandwich
2. hard
3. storm
4. snow
5. sprinkles
6. heavy
7. solid
8. locate
9. flake
10. houses

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📝 Summary Explanation:

Each analogy follows a specific relationship:
- Part-to-whole (e.g., droplet → water)
- Synonyms (e.g., allow → permit)
- Made from (e.g., sweater → yarn)
- Habitat (bats → caves)
- Contrast (blanket → soft; floor → hard)
- Category (water → liquid)

By identifying the relationship in the first pair, you can apply it to the second pair to find the correct word.

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