Object Pair Analogies

Joyful Mathematics 2 — How Do We Reach School?. Tool-and-use pairs (key:lock, pen:write) mirror object relationships in daily-life chapters.

• An analogy shows how two things go together: A is to B as C is to D.
• Think: What does the first object do or match with?
• Format: Pen : Write :: Chair : ? → sit

Verbal: A is to B as C is to ? — say the link aloud: pen is for writing, so chair is for…?

Symbolic: Pen : Write :: Chair : Sit. Read A:B first, then match C:?.

Level 1 — Tool and use

Level 1 — Place and person

School : teacher :: Hospital : doctor

Level 2 — Part and whole

Wheel : bicycle :: Page : book

Level 2 — Read the arrow

:: means the same way as — find the matching fourth item.

Indian real life

Connect this idea to your daily routine at home, school, or the local market in India.

Book : Read :: Ball : ?

Step 1 — You **read** a book
Step 2 — What do you do with a ball? → **play** (or kick/throw)
Step 3 — Best match: **play**
Answer: play

• Shoe : Foot :: Glove : ?
• Bird : Nest :: Dog : ?
• Complete: Milk : Cow :: Wool : ?

Stretch: Complete: Milk : Cow :: Wool : ? Explain the farmer-animal-food link in one sentence.

Revision tip: Cover the fourth item — say the rule from the first pair before looking at choices.

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