Analogies worksheets
Fifth graders meet the relations standardized tests love: cause and effect (spark is to fire), degree (damp is to soaked), and workers with their tools and products. The vocabulary stiffens too; solving an analogy now often teaches two words at once.
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What students need to know
An analogy is a word puzzle in two pairs: work out how the first pair fits together, then finish the second pair the very same way.
This skill runs from 4th grade through 6th grade. Pick a grade above for level-matched sentences, teaching notes, and worksheets.
Analogies across the grades
4th grade
Analogies compare two pairs of words that share one relationship: kitten is to cat as puppy is to dog. Fourth graders work the friendly relations (synonyms, opposites, part and whole, a tool and its job) and learn the key habit: say the first pair's relationship in a sentence before touching the answer choices.
5th grade
Fifth graders meet the relations standardized tests love: cause and effect (spark is to fire), degree (damp is to soaked), and workers with their tools and products. The vocabulary stiffens too; solving an analogy now often teaches two words at once.
6th grade
Sixth graders finish the set with materials, measures, and grammatical pairs (go is to went), where the relationship can be structural rather than about meaning. The whole skill is naming the relation precisely: "an X is a young Y" beats "they go together".
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