Year selective Verbal Reasoning | Victorian Curriculum 2.0
Word analogies
Topic 01 | Verbal reasoning | Answer key

Each answer names the relationship first, then the matching term for the second pair.

Timed drill

    1. (b) joey. Adult : its young. Cow:calf :: kangaroo:joey. Cub=bear, foal=horse, pup=dog/seal.
    2. (c) foot. Part : whole. Fingers belong to a hand; toes belong to a foot.
    3. (b) painting. Venue : what is stored/displayed. Library holds books; gallery holds paintings.
    4. (c) nest. Creature : home. Bee lives in a hive; bird lives in a nest. “Tree” is a location but not the home itself.
    5. (c) cut. Tool : its action. Pens write, scissors cut.
    6. (b) hot. Bodily response : cause. Shivering is caused by cold; sweating by heat.
    7. (c) heartbroken. Feeling : stronger version. Ecstatic is intense happy; heartbroken is intense sad.
    8. (c) courtroom. Professional : workplace. Chef works in a kitchen; judge works in a courtroom.
    9. (b) sleep. Need : action that fixes it. Thirsty leads to drinking; tired leads to sleeping. Yawn is a symptom, not the fix.
    10. (c) desert. Thing : surrounding environment. An island sits in a sea; an oasis sits in a desert.
    11. (c) saw. Craftsperson : characteristic tool. Sculptor uses a chisel; carpenter uses a saw.
    12. (c) sprint. Quiet/slow : loud/fast. Whisper is a quiet form of shout; jog is a slow form of sprint.
    13. (c) exhausted. Feeling : extreme version. Starving is extreme hungry; exhausted is extreme tired.
    14. (a) fish. Outer covering : animal. Feathers cover birds; scales cover fish.
    15. (c) symphony. Creator : their work. Author writes a novel; composer writes a symphony. Piano is a tool, orchestra is performers.
    16. (c) garage. Object : where it is stored. Cups live on shelves; cars live in garages.
    17. (c) student. Role : person they serve. Doctors have patients; teachers have students.
    18. (b) food. Disaster : the thing in short supply. Drought = no rain; famine = no food.
    19. (c) sew. Tool : its action. Knives slice; needles sew. Thread is the material, not the action.
    20. (c) play. Small unit : larger whole. Chapters make up books; scenes make up plays.

Challenge

    1. (b) gale. Mild version : extreme version. Drizzle is mild rain, downpour is heavy; breeze is mild wind, gale is heavy.
    2. (c) temperature. Instrument : what it measures. Clocks measure time; thermometers measure temperature.
    3. (b) wine. Raw ingredient : processed product. Wheat becomes flour; grapes become wine. Jam is usually from berries, not grapes.
    4. (b) idea. Mental action : the thing it produces. Sleeping produces dreams; thinking produces ideas.
    5. (c) blaze. Early/small stage : full stage. A tremor is a small earthquake; a smoulder is the early stage of a blaze.
    6. (b) ocean. Tiny : huge version. Pebble to boulder; puddle to ocean. Pool is same-scale as puddle.
    7. (b) dictionary. Expert : what they compile. Cartographers make maps; lexicographers make dictionaries.
    8. (c) bird. Starting stage : adult form. A seed grows into a tree; an egg hatches into a bird.
Year selective Verbal Reasoning study companion | Answer key