Printable worksheet for practicing analogies, featuring ten questions with multiple-choice answers.
A worksheet titled "Selecting Analogies" with ten analogy questions, each with three word choices to complete the analogy, and spaces for name and date at the top.
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Let's solve each analogy step by step and explain the reasoning behind each answer.
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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 like milk goes with cereal, bread is a key part of a sandwich.
✔ Answer: sandwich
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Options: wet, hot, warm, hard
- Analysis: A blanket is soft; a floor is typically hard (in contrast).
- Answer: hard
→ Softness is a property of a blanket; hardness is a property of a floor.
✔ Answer: hard
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Options: storm, sun, day, night
- Analysis: Rain is a feature of a monsoon. Similarly, wind is a feature of a storm.
- Answer: storm
→ Monsoon is a season with heavy rain; storm is an event with strong wind.
✔ Answer: storm
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Options: sugar, petal, snow, sky
- Analysis: A sweater is made *from* yarn. A snowball is made *from* snow.
- Answer: snow
→ Yarn is the material used to make a sweater; snow is the material used to make a snowball.
✔ Answer: snow
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Options: quart, straw, sprinkles, summer
- Analysis: Pepperoni is a topping on pizza. Sprinkles are a topping on ice cream.
- Answer: sprinkles
→ Both are flavor-enhancing toppings.
✔ Answer: sprinkles
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Options: heavy, light, heave, lightness
- Analysis: "Darkness" is the noun form of the adjective "dark." Similarly, "heaviness" is the noun form of "heavy."
- Answer: heaviness
→ But wait — the structure is: *Darkness is to dark* (noun to adjective). So we need the adjective that corresponds to *heaviness* → heavy.
Wait — actually:
- "Darkness" is the noun, "dark" is the adjective.
- So “darkness” : “dark” = “heaviness” : “heavy”
But the question says: Darkness is to dark as heaviness is to _________
So: darkness → dark (noun → adjective)
Then: heaviness → ???
→ Heaviness is the noun, so the corresponding adjective is heavy.
But the options are: heavy, light, heave, lightness
So the correct word is heavy.
✔ Answer: heavy
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Options: slippery, freezing, solid, snow
- Analysis: Water is a type of liquid. Ice is a type of solid.
- Answer: solid
→ State of matter: water = liquid; ice = solid.
✔ Answer: solid
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Options: locate, search, lose, drop
- Analysis: "Allow" and "permit" are synonyms. So we need a synonym for "find".
- Answer: locate
→ "Find" and "locate" mean the same thing.
✔ Answer: locate
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Options: flake, drift, float, blizzard
- Analysis: A droplet is a small unit of water. A flake is a small unit of snow.
- Answer: flake
→ Just as a droplet is a single unit of water, a flake is a single unit of snow.
✔ Answer: flake
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Options: stores, forests, beds, houses
- Analysis: Bats live in caves (their habitat). Humans live in houses (their habitat).
- Answer: houses
→ Caves are homes for bats; houses are homes for humans.
✔ Answer: houses
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1. sandwich
2. hard
3. storm
4. snow
5. sprinkles
6. heavy
7. solid
8. locate
9. flake
10. houses
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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 like 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).
- Answer: hard
→ Softness is a property of a blanket; hardness is a property of a floor.
✔ 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.
- Answer: storm
→ Monsoon is a season with heavy rain; storm is an event with strong wind.
✔ 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.
- Answer: snow
→ Yarn is the material used to make a sweater; snow is the material used to make a snowball.
✔ 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
→ Both are flavor-enhancing toppings.
✔ Answer: sprinkles
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6. Darkness is to dark as heaviness is to _________.
Options: heavy, light, heave, lightness
- Analysis: "Darkness" is the noun form of the adjective "dark." Similarly, "heaviness" is the noun form of "heavy."
- Answer: heaviness
→ But wait — the structure is: *Darkness is to dark* (noun to adjective). So we need the adjective that corresponds to *heaviness* → heavy.
Wait — actually:
- "Darkness" is the noun, "dark" is the adjective.
- So “darkness” : “dark” = “heaviness” : “heavy”
But the question says: Darkness is to dark as heaviness is to _________
So: darkness → dark (noun → adjective)
Then: heaviness → ???
→ Heaviness is the noun, so the corresponding adjective is heavy.
But the options are: heavy, light, heave, lightness
So the correct word is 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.
- Answer: solid
→ State of matter: water = liquid; ice = 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. So we need a synonym for "find".
- Answer: locate
→ "Find" and "locate" mean the same thing.
✔ 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.
- Answer: flake
→ Just as a droplet is a single unit of water, a flake is a single unit of snow.
✔ 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 (their habitat). Humans live in houses (their habitat).
- Answer: houses
→ Caves are homes for bats; houses are homes for humans.
✔ 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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Parent Tip: Review the logic above to help your child master the concept of analogy worksheet for 5th graders.
