Complete verbal analogies across 6 relationship types (CCSS L.8.5.b)
Exercise Difficulty 3 ~10 min eng.g8.f.ex_30

Analogy Completion

Prompt

Complete 12 verbal analogies. For each, identify the relationship type (function / member-of / cause-effect / degree-of / part-whole / action-actor). Examples: (1) pencil:write :: brush:___ (2) sonnet:poem :: novel:___ (3) rain:flood :: drought:___ (4) warm:hot :: cool:___ (5) petal:flower :: page:___ (6) write:author :: paint:___ (7) doctor:hospital :: teacher:___ (8) microscope:see :: telescope:___ (9) hot:warm :: freezing:___ (10) leaf:tree :: chapter:___ (11) compose:composer :: design:___ (12) hammer:carpenter :: scalpel:___

M-8-F-EX-30-A Interactive Physical / non-image

Analogy completion worksheet with 12 analogies + 12 relationship-type labels + 12 D-word slots. Print-ready 11x17.

Answer criteria
type classification
correct
  1. paint (function)
  2. book (part-whole)
  3. designer (action-actor)
  4. surgeon (instrument-user)
  5. fiction (member-of)
  6. famine (cause-effect)
  7. cold (degree-of)
  8. book (part-whole)
  9. artist (action-actor)
  10. school (location)
  11. see (function)
  12. cold (degree-of)
Hints
  1. Identify the relationship in the FIRST pair first.
  2. Find a parallel relationship for the second pair.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Tries to find a word that 'goes with' D without identifying the A:B relationship.
  • Misses degree-of vs. member-of distinctions.
Used in lessons