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Study skills

A. Read the phrases. Each set has a relationship unique to it. Match the type of
relationship to each phrase.

Phrase Relationship type

1. arrive is to depart as cautiously is to carelessly a) part to whole

2. dog is to tame as tiger is to wild b) characteristic
3. entire is to total as glance is to look c) types

4. spade is to gardener as gun is to police d) object to function

5. waves is to sea as plants is to garden e) antonyms

6. pen is to write as brush is to paint f) synonym

7. bed is to hard as bedsheet is to soft g) tool to worker

The two pairs of words in each phrase illustrate similar relationships. Such phrases are called
analogies.

B. Now, complete these analogies.

1. buttercup : garden :: : tree

2. tyre: car :: : branch

3. stone : :: glass : smooth
4. pen : letter:: keyboard :

5. success: :: active: lazy

6. table : furniture :: notebook :

Time to listen

Listen to Billy and Kelly talk about the book The Witches by Roald Dahl. Complete the
sentences by choosing the most appropriate option.*

1. The boy has to live with his grandmother because .

she is old he loves her he has no one else

2. The grandmother tells the boy stories about witches who children.

love hate kill

* For listening text, turn to page 168.
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