Selecting Analogies Worksheet | PDF | Snow | Ice - Free Printable

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 _________.

- Milk is often consumed with cereal — it complements or accompanies it.
- Similarly, bread is a component of a sandwich.
- So, just as milk goes *with* cereal, bread is *part of* a sandwich.
- Answer: sandwich

✔ Correct choice: sandwich

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

- A blanket is soft, so we're looking for a quality that describes a floor.
- Floors are typically hard, unlike blankets.
- This is a property comparison: soft vs. hard.
- Answer: hard

✔ Correct choice: hard

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

- Rain is a feature of a monsoon (a monsoon involves heavy rain).
- Similarly, wind is a feature of a storm.
- So, just as rain is part of a monsoon, wind is part of a storm.
- Answer: storm

✔ Correct choice: storm

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

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

✔ Correct choice: snow

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

- Pepperoni is a topping on pizza.
- Similarly, sprinkles are a topping on ice cream.
- So, this is a "has topping" relationship.
- Answer: sprinkles

✔ Correct choice: sprinkles

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

- Darkness is the state or quality of being dark.
- Similarly, heaviness is the quality of being heavy.
- But note: "heavy" is an adjective; "heaviness" is the noun form.
- We need the noun form of "heavy", which is heaviness.
- Wait — but “heaviness” is already used in the first part of the analogy.
- Let’s rephrase:
- "Darkness" is the abstract state of being "dark".
- "Heaviness" is the abstract state of being "heavy".
- So, just as darkness = state of being dark, heaviness = state of being heavy.
- The word that corresponds to "heavy" in the same way "dark" does to "darkness" is heavy.
- But wait — the analogy is:
Darkness : dark :: heaviness : ?
- That means: "Darkness" is the noun form of "dark", so "heaviness" is the noun form of heavy.
- Therefore, the missing word should be heavy.
- But "heavy" is in the choices.
- However, the structure is:
- Darkness → dark (adjective)
- Heaviness → ??? (should be the adjective)
- So: Darkness is to dark → Heaviness is to heavy
- So the answer is heavy

✔ Correct choice: heavy

Wait — let’s double-check:

- "Darkness" is the noun meaning "the condition of being dark".
- So "dark" is the adjective.
- Similarly, "heaviness" is the noun meaning "the condition of being heavy".
- So the corresponding adjective is heavy.

So the analogy is:
> Darkness (noun) is to dark (adjective) as heaviness (noun) is to heavy (adjective)

✔ Correct choice: heavy

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

- Water is a liquid.
- Ice is a solid.
- So, water → liquid (state), ice → solid (state).
- The relationship is: substance to its physical state.
- Answer: solid

✔ Correct choice: solid

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

- Allow and permit are synonyms.
- Find and locate are synonyms.
- So, this is a synonym relationship.
- Answer: locate

✔ Correct choice: locate

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

- A droplet is a small unit of water.
- Similarly, a flake is a small unit of snow.
- So, just as a droplet is a piece of water, a flake is a piece of snow.
- Answer: flake

✔ Correct choice: flake

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

- Bats live in caves — their natural habitat or shelter.
- Humans live in houses — their shelter.
- So, this is a habitat relationship.
- Answer: houses

✔ Correct choice: 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 of Reasoning:

| # | Analogy Type | Relationship |
|---|--------------|--------------|
| 1 | Companion/Component | Milk with cereal; bread in sandwich |
| 2 | Property | Soft vs. hard |
| 3 | Part of a phenomenon | Rain in monsoon; wind in storm |
| 4 | Made from | Sweater made of yarn; snowball made of snow |
| 5 | Topping | Pepperoni on pizza; sprinkles on ice cream |
| 6 | Noun to Adjective | Darkness = state of being dark; heaviness = state of being heavy → so "heavy" |
| 7 | State of matter | Water = liquid; ice = solid |
| 8 | Synonyms | Allow = permit; find = locate |
| 9 | Unit of substance | Droplet = small water; flake = small snow |
|10 | Habitat | Bats live in caves; humans live in houses |

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