This drill will test your ability to recognize easily the relationships between words and between things, an ability very necessary for both reading and thinking.

1. Write your name on the first line of your paper, and your grade on the second at the right. Beginning with the fourth line write the figures 1 to 10.

2. In each group below, the first two words have a certain connection in meaning. When you see this relationship between the first two words, you can find among the five words that follow two other words that bear the same relationship. Thus, in group one, the saw is a tool used by the carpenter. Now if you look among the word that follow, you will see that the words farmer and plough are connected in meaning in the same way. Write these four words after figure 1:

1. carpenter saw farmer plough

3. Look at group two. Hen and chicks are words that have a certain relation, and similarly, of the five words that follow, cat and kittens are the only two that are connected in the same way. Write these four words after figure 2:

2. hen chicks cat kittens

4. Complete the exercise by selecting the two words in each remaining group that are related in meaning in the same way that the given words are related in meaning. When finished, wait quietly for the others.

1. carpenter, saw (farmer, sky, plough, trees, field).
2. hen, chicks (corn, feed, cat, milk, kittens).
3. automobile, garage (wheel, horse, owner, stable, door).
4. cow, milk (sheep, pasture, grass, fence, wool).
5. aeroplane, air (sail, pilot, ship, sea, wind).
6. rail, steel (locomotive, window, house, door, glass).
7. spool, thread (shelf, librarian, books, picture, print).
8. poet, poem (verse, rhyme, brush, artist, picture).
9. wool, sweater (knit, silk, dress, seamstress, scissors).
10. summer, rain (winter, sled, December, snow, overcoat).