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Inferring Relationships

You will be given 10 minutes to solve 22 problems in this subtest.

Please read the instructions before you look at the model questions. When you take the TestAS, you will be given the same instructions in the test booklet.

"dark : light = hot : cold" – "dark" is the opposite of "light" and "hot" is the opposite of "cold". Between the first and the second word, therefore, there is an analogous relationship, as there is between the third and the fourth word.

Each of the following problems contains two gaps. Your task is to work out which words fill the two gaps in such a way that an analogous relationship results on the left- and the right-hand side of the "=" .

Example:

house : ______ = tree : ______

(A) window - apple tree
(B) villa - tree trunk
(C) roof - branch
(D) front door - furniture

Only if you choose "(C) roof - branch," there is an analogous relationship on the left and on the right-hand side. A roof is part of a house. A branch is part of a tree.

The first word always goes in the first space and the second word always in the second space.

Please note:
All verbs are expressed as „to“ plus the infinitive, e.g. „to drink“. If a word which can be either a noun or a verb appears without „to“, the noun form is intended. For example, „drink“ is intended in the sense of „beverage“.

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