Analogies- Animal/Bird/ and sound

There are different words in English to describe the sounds made by different animals and birds.

One type of Analogy questions tests your knowledge of these words

EX: lion:roar::cat:mew

A lion roars;a cat mews

donkey:bray::horse:neigh

A donkey brays;a horse neighs 

ape	gibber	hog	grunt
bee	hum	lamb	bleat
camel	grunt	mouse	squeak
cow	moo, low	raven	croak
dove	coo	thrush	whistle
elephant	trumpet	bear	growl
frog	croak	bull	bellow
hen	cluck	cock	crow
jackal	howl	donkey	bray
lion	roar	eagle	scream
pig	grunt	fox	yelp
squirrel	chirp	goose	cackle
ass	bray	horse	neigh
bird	twitter, chirp	lark	sing
cat	mew	owl	hoot
dog	bark	serpent	hiss
duck	quack	turkey	gobble
fly	buzz	goat	bleat

Analogies-Habitat

English language has specific words for places where particular animals, birds, insects, plants or trees either naturally or are grown by us.

EX: dog:kennel::pig:sty

dogs are grown in a kennel;pigs are grown in a sty

bat	cave	owl	barn
convict	prison	rabbit	burrow, hutch, warren
dove	cote	soldier	barrack
fish	aquarium	tree	arboretum
horse	stable, corral	bird	nest
lunatic	asylum	delinquent	reformatory
nun	convent	eskimo	igloo
pig	sty	gondola	canal
sheep	fold, pen	lion	den
student	dormitory	mouse	hole
bee	hive, apiary	pea	pod
cow	byre	spider	web
eagle, hawk	aerie	wolf	lair
fowl	coop	monk	abbey, monastery
Indian	tepee, teepee

Analogies-Young and the Grown up

English language has different single words for referring to the same animal when it is young and when it has grown up.

EX: cub:tiger::calf:cow
A cub is a young tiger; a calf is a young cow

       chicken:hen::cygnet:swan
A chicken is a young hen; a cygnet is a young swan

acorn	oak	lamb	sheep
child	man	poult	turkey
cygnet	swan	sapling	tree
fingerling	fish	tadpole	frog
gosling	goose	caterpillar	butterfly
kitten	cat	cub	tiger, lion, bear
plant	tree	fawn	deer
pup	dog, seal	foal	horse
squab	pigeon	joey	kangaroo
calf	cow	piglet	pig
colt	filly	pullet	chicken
duckling	duck	shoat	pig
fledgling	bird	whelp	dog
heifer	cow	owllet	owl

Analogies- Person and Tool

If you know these categories, we can easily identify the relation between the given pair of words.

EX 1: Carpenter:saw::Writer:Pen

A carpenter uses a saw; A writer uses a pen


EX 2: cowboy:lasso::auctioneer:gavel

       

angler	tackle	archer	arrow, bow, quiver
artist	brush	auctioneer	gavel
baker	owen	biologist	microscope
blacksmith, farrier	anvil	boatman	oar
boxer, pugilist	glove	carpenter	chisel, saw, drill, sand paper
cobbler	last	cowboy	lariat, lasso
diver	flippers	farmer	plow, scythe, sickle, hoe
fisherman	net, seine	gardener	rake
golfer	club, spikes	mason	trowel, shovel
painter	brush	referee	whistle
plumber	wrench	physician	sethoscope
sculptor	chisel	sailor	sextant
seamstress	needle	spinner	spindle
surgeon	forceps,  lancet, scalpel	trapper	snare
weaver	loom	woodsman	axe

Material to crack verbal

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7yZOU3gyDrPT3lfMVpteEptdE0/view?usp=sharing

Idioms and phrases

to make clean breast of	to confess without of reserve
child's play	a very easy thing
bird's eyeview	to general view from above
to scale up	to measure
to clear the air	to remove tension
to chew the chud	to think deeply
to keep one's temper	to be in good mood
tipped off	given advanced information
between the devil and the deep sea	to be in dilemma
to cut the crackle	to stop talking and start
out and out	absolutely
the cold shoulder	ignored me
passed himself off	pretended to be
no axe to grind	to act selflessly
hanging fire	going on slowly
die in harness	die while still working
to play foul	to do something wrong
to give currency to	to pay much attention to
big draw	a huge attraction
a fool's paradise	to live in illusions
the alpha and the omega	the beginning and the end
lost heart	became discouraged
to miss the boat	to miss an opportunity
to have cold feet	to be reluctant
let the grass grow under his feet	loitered around
with might and main	with full vigour
on the nod	on credit
back stairs influence	secret and unfair influence
to see red	to find fault with
rainy days	unlucky times
let on	reveal
a good samaritan	a genuinely helpful person
blue blood	an aristocrat
at one's wit's end	to be completely confused
to play with	fool
black sheep	an unworthy person
pillar to post	one place to another
a snake in the grass	an unrecognizable enemy
have a go	make an attempt
to turn over a new leaf	to change one's behaviour for the better
oily tongue	flattery
lions share	greater share of a thing
to bury the hatchet	to make up a quarrel
at sea	perplexed
in deep water	in real trouble
to look blue	to look sad
stem from	originate
take it ill	to be offended
in a delicate state	hanging by a hair
to bell the cat	to take lead in danger

Verb forms

Base form	past tense	past participle
be	was/were	been
begin	began	begun
break	broke	broken
bring	brought	brought
buy	bought	bought
build	built	built
choose	chose	chosen
come	came	come
cost	cost	cost
cut	cut	cut
creep	crept	crept
do	did	done
draw	drew	drawn
drive	drove	driven
eat	ate	eaten
feel	felt	felt
find	found	found
get	got	got
give	gave	given
go	went	gone
have	had	had
hear	heard	heard
hit	hit	hit
hold	held	held
keep	kept	kept
know	knew	known
leave	left	left
lead	led	led
let	let	let
lie	lay	lain
lose	lost	lost
make	made	made
mean	meant	meant
meet	met	met
pay	paid	paid
put	put	put
run	ran	run
say	said	said
see	saw	seen
sell	sold	sold
send	sent	sent
set	set	set
sleep	slept	slept
sit	sat	sat
speak	spoke	spoken
spend	spent	spent
stand	stood	stood
swear	swore	sworn
swim	swam	swum
swing	swung	swung
take	took	taken
teach	taught	taught
tell	told	told
think	thought	thought
understand	understood	understood
wear	wore	worn
win	won	won
write	wrote	written