College Prep Analogies

This worksheet is designed for students in Grades 6, 7, and 8 who are developing advanced vocabulary skills and logical reasoning in preparation for high school and college-readiness assessments. By analyzing word pairs and completing analogies, learners practice close reading, semantic precision, and higher-level thinking as they apply relationships such as synonymy, antonymy, degree, and part-to-whole connections in context.

Learning Goals

• Vocabulary Acquisition & Use (Grades 6-8) – Apply precise word knowledge to complete analogy relationships accurately.
• Word Relationships & Nuance – Analyze subtle differences in meaning involving intensity, opposition, and association.
• Analogical & Logical Reasoning – Identify patterns in word pairs and transfer them to new contexts.
• Reading Skills for Test Preparation – Practice careful reading and inference strategies used on standardized exams.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource – Designed by educators to support middle school and early college-prep ELA standards.
• Assessment-Style Format – Mirrors the reasoning demands of SAT®, ACT®, and other standardized tests.
• Reasoning Over Memorization – Encourages analysis of relationships rather than surface-level word matching.
• Flexible Use – Ideal for test prep, enrichment, small-group instruction, or independent practice.
• Low-Prep Design – Easy to print and implement in classroom or homeschool settings.

This printable worksheet helps students strengthen advanced vocabulary control and logical reasoning by working through college-prep style analogies. Through repeated analysis and application, learners improve reading accuracy, word sensitivity, and confidence with complex language tasks. Whether used in a classroom or homeschool environment, this activity provides meaningful practice that prepares students for high-level academic reading, writing, and standardized assessments.

This worksheet is part of our Analogy collection.