1.7 Vocabulary - Forming Words Using Given Clues

 Forming Words Using Given Clues

In this exercise . you will be given a variety of clues and you will have to find out the correct answers based on these clues . It is a Vocabulary exercise that will improve your word Power.

 1.  Choose the correct option to complete the relationship :

         Cat is to kitten as whale is to.................

(1) wigling       (2) fish     (3) calf      (4) tadpole

Explanation : This clue is based on relationship. A kitten is the young one of a cat. So we have to find the young one of the whale. Hence option (3) is the answer 

2. Find the odd man out:

    widower, abbot, groom, spinster

(1) widower     (2) abbot     (3) groom     (4) spinster

Explanation : Only the noun 'spinster' is in the feminine gender. The others are all in the masculine gender. Hence option (4) is the answer.

  3. Choose two options that will complete the comparison !

    as black as....................

(1) a crow    (2) lead     (3) coal     (4) ink

Explanation : Coal and crow are considered to be very black. Hence options (1) and (3) are the answers. 

 4. Which are the correct 3 letters that will form sensible words from the

following first letters: W - - . - - -

(1) are     (2) ake     (3) ist     (4) ast

Explanation : Only if you take the letters 'ake' will you get four sensible words: make, cake, bake and take. Hence option (2) is the answer.