SAT Test Analogy Questions

1.) BIRD : NEST ::

(A) dog : doghouse
(B) squirrel : tree

(D) cat : litter box
(E) book : library

2.) DALMATIAN : DOG ::

(A) oriole : bird

(B) horse : pony

(D) ant : insect
(E) stock : savings

3.) DOCTOR : HOSPITAL ::

(A) sports fan : stadium

(B) cow : farm

(D) criminal : jail
(E) food : grocery store

4.) CUB : BEAR ::

(A) piano : orchestra

(B) puppy : dog

(D) eagle : predator
(E) fork : utensil

5.) TENET : THEOLOGIAN ::

(A) predecessor : heir

(B) hypothesis : biologist

(D) arrogance : persecution
(E) guitarist : rock band

1.) C. If you used to general a sentence such as "A bird spends time in a nest", then you would have quickly seen the need to make your sentence more specific to eliminate some of the choices. In any event, choices D (cat : litter box) and E (book : library) should have been relatively easy to eliminate. If you chose the sentence "A bird lives in a nest", you would have had 3 equally good answers so you would need to revise your sentence. A bird builds a nest and a beaver builds a dam.

2.) A. This is a "type of" analogy question. You may have noticed how easily choices B and C could be eliminated because they are in the reverse order of the questioned pair. Choice E is sort of correct in that stocks are a type of savings instrument, but A is clearly better as the oriole is a species of bird and the analogy is between 2 living things just as the question is. Choice D is good, but once again choice A is better because A also is a "species of" in addition to a "type of".

3.) C. This is a "place where" analogy question. If you simply made a sentence around the preposition "is found in", (A doctor is found in a hospital) however, you would have quickly realized you had to become a little more specific. A doctor works in a hospital and a professor works in a college.

4.) B. A good question for this analogy would be "A cub is a young bear". Choice C is close, but the order is reversed. (If we had written C as kitten : cat instead of cat : kitten, we would have provided you with 2 equally correct answers.

5.) B. Ah, you say, they snuck in a vocabulary analogy they warned me about. A tenet is a belief and a theologian is someone who studies religion. A hypothesis is something a biologist will study as part of his or her professional endeavors. (If you faced a vocabulary issue with this analogy, we strongly recommend a SAT vocabulary book. In fact, even if you knew the meaning of these words, you should still check out a SAT vocabulary book as there are bound to be a few words with which you will not be familiar. Be sure to visit our books link to see our recommendations.)

NEIGHBOR : PROXIMITY

teammate : competitiveness
supervisor : obedience
comrade : victory
adversary : opposition
traitor : loyalty

· AUDACIOUS : BOLDNESS

remourseful : pride
deleterious : result
sanctimonious : hypocrisy
anonymous : identity
impressionable : temptation

· PUNCTURE : TIRE

retract : statement
inflate : balloon
catch : fish
pierce : ear
owe : favor

· CONTEMPORARIES : AGE

faculty : scholarship
idols : worship
kin : reunion
authors : anthology
housemates : residence

· SANDPAPER : ABRASIVE

remedy : prescribed
analgestic : irritating
anger : justified
emollient : soothing
revenge : sweet

· SELF-PORTRAIT : PAINTER

autobiography : writer
soliloquy :actor
interpretation : reader
manuscript : editor
philosophy : thinker

· REJUVINATE : YOUTH

re-elect : president
review : play
reimburse : money
recuperate : disease
reiterate : item

· PARTICLE : SMALL
water : wet
weather : cold
beggar : sly
clown : happy
lamb : vicious

· ARROW : ARCHER
sea : sailor
choir : organ
song : singer
needle : tailor
actor : stage
· SPEECH : INTRODUCTION

book : preface
speaker : audience
Preamble : Constitution
gun : race
overture : act

SAT Analogy Quiz #6

1) NEIGHBOR : PROXIMITY
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: adversary : opposition

2) AUDACIOUS : BOLDNESS
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: sanctimonious : hypocrisy

3) PUNCTURE : TIRE
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: pierce : ear

4) CONTEMPORARIES : AGE
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: housemates : residence

5) SANDPAPER : ABRASIVE
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: emollient : soothing

6) SELF-PORTRAIT : PAINTER
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: autobiography : writer

7) REJUVINATE : YOUTH
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: reimburse : money

8) PARTICLE : SMALL
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: water : wet

9) ARROW : ARCHER
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: needle : tailor

10) SPEECH : INTRODUCTION
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: book : preface

· ANARCHIST : LAWS

Your answer:
federalist : union
insurgent : rebellion
despot : leadership
partisan : allegiance
pacifist : war

· DEADPAN : EMOTION

Your answer:
mobile : movement
petty : openness
ambivalent : precision
lethargic : energy
distrustful : alertness

· ETERNAL : DURATION

Your answer:
harmonious : music
temporary : time
dry : water
omnipotent : power
weak : control

· SLUR : SPEECH

crack : pottery
scribble : writing
refresh : sleep
chirp : bird
fester : wound

· OIL : VEGETABLE

chocolate : cocoa
hive : house
bird : insect
sunlight : plant
net : fish

· SALUTATION : FAREWELL

army : navy
friendship : divorce
noon : midnight
plane : bus
birth : death

· PARIAH : OSTRACISM

gourmand : food
collector : ownership
idol : adulation
scapegoat : symbol
protaganist : narrative

· FLORID : PROSE

Your answer:
ornate : building
melodius : music
detailed : sketch
colorful : cliche
tragic : play

· STIMULANT : ACTIVITY

diagnosis : treatment
gravity : force
fertilizer : growth
symptom : disease
food : hunger

· TOURNIQUET : BLEEDING
relapse : condition
lotion : skin
hoist : elevating
splint : movement
inflation : expanding

SAT Analogy Quiz #5

1) ANARCHIST : LAWS
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: pacifist : war

2) DEADPAN : EMOTION
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: lethargic : energy

3) ETERNAL : DURATION
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: omnipotent : power

4) SLUR : SPEECH
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: scribble : writing

5) OIL : VEGETABLE
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: chocolate : cocoa

6) SALUTATION : FAREWELL
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: birth : death

7) PARIAH : OSTRACISM
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: idol : adulation

8) FLORID : PROSE
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: melodius : music

9) STIMULANT : ACTIVITY
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: fertilizer : growth

10) TOURNIQUET : BLEEDING
Your Answer: No answer given
Correct Answer: splint : movement

Please select the pair of words or phrases given in each questionthat best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the capitalized pair:

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