Location, Time, or Context - SSAT Middle Level Verbal

"Metropolitan" means related to the city, urban. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these words means related to the countryside, rural. The correct answer is "agrarian."

"Anorexia" is a medical condition that arises from a lack of food. So, to solve this analogy you need to determine what "insomnia" arises from a lack of. The correct answer is "sleep."

The correct answer is "track is to racing."

The activity of football takes place on a field. We want to look for a similar relationship for the second part of the analogy.

The activity of racing takes place on a track, completing the analogy.

A "morgue" is a place where the "dead" are kept before being buried. To solve this analogy you need to determine which of these might be kept or found in a "hospice." The correct answer is "sick" people. A "hospice" is a place where sick or old people are cared for.

"Dehydrated" means dried, deprived of "water," thirsty, in need of "water." So, to solve this analogy you need to determine which of these one might require if one were "malnourished." Well, "malnourished" means not supplied with enough "food" to be healthy, starving.

Since a bedroom is a room in which one sleeps, we need to pick out a word that describes an action that typically takes place in a kitchen. Of the possible answer choices that are verbs - "dance," "cook," and "snooze," "cook" makes the most sense. Since just as you sleep in a bedroom, you cook in a kitchen, "cook" is the correct answer.

Since an exhibit is part of a museum, we need to find another pair of words in which the first word represents something that is a constituent part of the second. While "book is to cover" may look like a good answer, the words appear in the wrong order, so it can't be the right answer. (A book is not part of a cover, a cover is part of a book). "Page is to book," on the other hand, does have its words in the correct order, and since a page is a constituent part of a book, "page is to book" is the correct answer.

Since nurses work at hospitals, we need to pick out a noun that describes where artists work. While "gallery" and "studio" may both look like potentially correct answers, a "gallery" is "a room or building for the display or sale of works of art," whereas a "studio" is "a room where an artist, photographer, or sculptor works." So, "studio" is the correct answer, because just as nurses work in hospitals, artists work in studios.

One would expect to find a knight in a castle, so we need to pick out an answer choice that describes where one would expect to find a surgeon. Because one would expect to find a surgeon in a hospital, "hospital" is the correct answer.

“Ill” is an adjective that can mean “not in full health; sick,” so if one is feeling ill, one might logically go to a hospital. So, we need to pick out an answer choice that consists of an adjective and a noun that describes a place one might logically go if one were feeling how the adjective conveys. While “exercise is to gym” and “hungry is to restaurant” might each look like a potentially correct answer, “exercise” is not an adjective, but a verb, so “exercise is to gym” cannot be the correct answer. If one is feeling hungry, however, one might logically go to a restaurant, just as if one were feeling ill, one might logically go to a hospital, so “hungry is to restaurant” is the correct answer.

A bullfrog would likely live in a pond, so we need to pick out an answer choice in which the second word is an animal and the first word that animal’s likely habitat. While “ocean is to whale” and “glacier is to toucan” might each look like a potentially correct answer, “toucan” is defined as a colorful tropical bird notable for its large bill, and because it is “tropical,” it lives in rain forests and would not likely live on a glacier. Whales, however, live in the ocean, just as bullfrogs can live in ponds, so “ocean is to whale” is the correct answer.

“Timber” is a noun that can mean “wood prepared for use in building and carpentry,” but when used as an exclamation, it can also mean “used to warn that a tree is about to fall after being cut.” So, we need to pick out an answer choice that either indicates something that is made from golf balls, or a word that is used to warn someone about a golf ball. All of the answer choices are words that someone might exclaim in different contexts, but “fore” is specifically a word that when used as an exclamation means “a warning to people in the path of a golf ball.” So, because one would logically shout “fore” to warn people in the path of a golf ball just as someone would logically shout “timber” to warn people near a falling tree, “fore” is the correct answer.

"Drove" is the past tense expression of the verb "drive," so to solve this analogy, you have to find the past tense expression of the word "eat." “Ate” is the past tense expression of "eat," so "ate" is the correct answer.

A "submarine" goes under the water, so to solve this analogy you have to determine which answer choice a subway goes under. The answer, of course, is that a subway goes underground.

"Sail" is an action undertaken on the ocean, so to solve this analogy, you have to determine where it is that someone is likely to drive. So, the answer is “highway.”

Milk is produced by cows at a dairy, but "dairy" could also refer to the group of food items to which milk belongs, as milk is a "dairy product." To figure out which of these analogies is at work, we should consider the answer choices through each lens to see in which way the correct answer relates to "bread." None of the answer choices describe a category to which bread belongs (like in the "milk is to dairy product" relationship), so we need to find an answer choice that describes the location at which bread is produced. Bread is produced at a bakery, just as milk is produced at a dairy, so "bakery" is the correct answer.

The occupation of an "actor" is to perform in a "play," so to solve this analogy, you have to determine which of these answer choices describes an occuption of someone who would be likely to perform in a circus. The correct answer is “clown."

A "teacher" works inside a "classroom," similar to how a "scientist" works inside a "laboratory." A scientist may study "biology" or perform "experiments," but he does not work inside either of them. To further help you, a "lavatory" is a washroom or bathroom; a "labyrinth" is a complex maze.

The best answer is "museum is to painting," as a museum houses paintings for public viewing, much like how a library keeps books for public reading. Some of the other answer choices may be tempting, but are switched in structure, such as "money is to bank" instead of "bank is to money." "Zoo is to monkeys," may also be a tempting answer choice, but is too specific ("Zoo is to animal" would be a much better choice).