Answering verbal analogy exercises measures one's reasoning ability. Like getting the meanings of unknown words though lexical and contextual clues, these exercises will enrich your understanding of word relationships. Words or expressions that complete an analogy depend on the relationship the pair of words convey.
All analogies consist of four parts which bear a relationship with one another. To complete an analogy accurately, remember the following tips
1. Read the analogy as a sentence.
2. Determine the relationship between the pair of words.
3. You may also ask questions like: Does the second word describe the first word? Do the words in the pair have the same meaning?, etc.
4. Take note of the commonly used types of relationships which can be:
Complete the analogy by encoding the pair of word/s that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the original pair. Type your answer following the format of the given pair. Partnership : Partners :: Corporation : _________
