Determining the relationships between words is the purpose of this analogy worksheet. Learners puzzle through 10 different analogies by using bridge sentences and types to determine which pairs of words share the same relationships.

Concepts

analogies, word meanings, word relationships, word associations

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign this for homework or as a warm-up exercise

Classroom Considerations

• This is part of a series of analogy worksheets for middle school
• The example may be a bit confusing for some; the analogy and bridge sentences are not actually related
• Note that the exercise does get gradually more difficult as supports are removed

Pros

• Comes with an key that provides the answers and additional explanation for the answers
• The bridge sentences give support to pupils as they work on mastering word relationships; they can also keep this strategy with them for later analogy work

Cons

• None

Common Core

L.6.5.a L.7.5.a L.8.5.a