Each answer names the relationship first, then the matching term for the second pair.
Timed drill
- (b) joey. Adult : its young. Cow:calf :: kangaroo:joey. Cub=bear, foal=horse, pup=dog/seal.
- (c) foot. Part : whole. Fingers belong to a hand; toes belong to a foot.
- (b) painting. Venue : what is stored/displayed. Library holds books; gallery holds paintings.
- (c) nest. Creature : home. Bee lives in a hive; bird lives in a nest. “Tree” is a location but not the home itself.
- (c) cut. Tool : its action. Pens write, scissors cut.
- (b) hot. Bodily response : cause. Shivering is caused by cold; sweating by heat.
- (c) heartbroken. Feeling : stronger version. Ecstatic is intense happy; heartbroken is intense sad.
- (c) courtroom. Professional : workplace. Chef works in a kitchen; judge works in a courtroom.
- (b) sleep. Need : action that fixes it. Thirsty leads to drinking; tired leads to sleeping. Yawn is a symptom, not the fix.
- (c) desert. Thing : surrounding environment. An island sits in a sea; an oasis sits in a desert.
- (c) saw. Craftsperson : characteristic tool. Sculptor uses a chisel; carpenter uses a saw.
- (c) sprint. Quiet/slow : loud/fast. Whisper is a quiet form of shout; jog is a slow form of sprint.
- (c) exhausted. Feeling : extreme version. Starving is extreme hungry; exhausted is extreme tired.
- (a) fish. Outer covering : animal. Feathers cover birds; scales cover fish.
- (c) symphony. Creator : their work. Author writes a novel; composer writes a symphony. Piano is a tool, orchestra is performers.
- (c) garage. Object : where it is stored. Cups live on shelves; cars live in garages.
- (c) student. Role : person they serve. Doctors have patients; teachers have students.
- (b) food. Disaster : the thing in short supply. Drought = no rain; famine = no food.
- (c) sew. Tool : its action. Knives slice; needles sew. Thread is the material, not the action.
- (c) play. Small unit : larger whole. Chapters make up books; scenes make up plays.
Challenge
- (b) gale. Mild version : extreme version. Drizzle is mild rain, downpour is heavy; breeze is mild wind, gale is heavy.
- (c) temperature. Instrument : what it measures. Clocks measure time; thermometers measure temperature.
- (b) wine. Raw ingredient : processed product. Wheat becomes flour; grapes become wine. Jam is usually from berries, not grapes.
- (b) idea. Mental action : the thing it produces. Sleeping produces dreams; thinking produces ideas.
- (c) blaze. Early/small stage : full stage. A tremor is a small earthquake; a smoulder is the early stage of a blaze.
- (b) ocean. Tiny : huge version. Pebble to boulder; puddle to ocean. Pool is same-scale as puddle.
- (b) dictionary. Expert : what they compile. Cartographers make maps; lexicographers make dictionaries.
- (c) bird. Starting stage : adult form. A seed grows into a tree; an egg hatches into a bird.