Analogies: Understanding Relationships
This worksheet helps fifth-grade students understand and complete analogies by identifying the relationships between word pairs.
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Analogies: Understanding Relationships
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Read each analogy carefully. Identify the relationship between the first pair of words, then choose the word that best completes the second pair to show a similar relationship.
1. Hot : Cold :: Up : ?
High
Down
Over
Above
2. Bark : Dog :: Meow : ?
Bird
Cow
Cat
Sheep
3. Finger : Hand :: Toe :
4. Pilot : Airplane :: Driver :
5. Day : Sun :: Night :
6. Explain the relationship in the analogy: 'Tiny : Small :: Huge : Large'.
Match each word pair to the type of relationship it represents.
7. Doctor : Hospital
a. Part to Whole
8. Page : Book
b. Object to Action
9. Scissors : Cut
c. Person to Place
10. Create two analogies of your own. For each analogy, identify the relationship between the word pairs.
Analogy 1:
Relationship:
Analogy 2:
Relationship: