SSAT Middle Level Verbal Question of the Day

Practice SSAT Middle Level Verbal with the production-style question-of-the-day selection for this public URL.

Question 1

Complete this analogy.

Shovel is to dug as paintbrush is to .

painted
paint
painter
painting
handle

Explanation: One might use a shovel to dig something, and "dug" is the past tense of "dig," so we need to pick out a word that both a.) is a verb describing what someone might do with a paintbrush and b.) is in the past tense. While "paint," "painter," "painted" and "painting" may all seem like potentially correct answers, "paint" is either a noun or a present-tense verb, "painter" a noun meaning a person who paints, and "painting" a present progressive verb, so the only answer choice that fulfills both our requirements is "painted."

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SSAT Middle Level Verbal

SSAT Middle Level Verbal Question of the Day

Practice SSAT Middle Level Verbal with the production-style question-of-the-day selection for this public URL.

Question 1

Complete this analogy.

Shovel is to dug as paintbrush is to .

painted
paint
painter
painting
handle

Explanation: One might use a shovel to dig something, and "dug" is the past tense of "dig," so we need to pick out a word that both a.) is a verb describing what someone might do with a paintbrush and b.) is in the past tense. While "paint," "painter," "painted" and "painting" may all seem like potentially correct answers, "paint" is either a noun or a present-tense verb, "painter" a noun meaning a person who paints, and "painting" a present progressive verb, so the only answer choice that fulfills both our requirements is "painted."