Analogies worksheets
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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.
Five grades, each its own sheet. Print one here, or open a grade for examples and teaching notes.
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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.
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5th grade Core grade
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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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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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7th grade
An analogy states a relationship and asks you to repeat it: hammer is to carpenter as scalpel is to surgeon. Seventh grade adds the relationships that need a second look, including degree, worker to tool, source to product, and cause to effect.
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8th grade
An analogy states a relationship and asks you to repeat it. Eighth grade adds relationships that take a second look: lack (destitute is to money), characteristic (a miser is stingy), manner (a scrawl is a messy way to write), and word form (deep is to depth). The words are harder too, so a student often has to know two new words before the relationship shows.
More on word relationships
- Antonyms 2nd–4th
- Compound words 1st–3rd
- Connotation and denotation 5th–8th
- Dictionary guide words 2nd–5th
- Homophones 2nd–5th
- Multiple-meaning words 2nd–5th
- Opposites K–1st
- Picture compound words 1st–2nd
- Shades of meaning K–3rd
- Spatial and time-order words 3rd
- Synonyms 2nd–4th
- Word sorts (categories) K–2nd
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