SCAT Practice Test (2nd and 3rd Graders)

shoe : foot

• glove : hand

• coat : hat

• buckle : belt

• eye : face

Answer explanation

you wear a shoe on your foot; you wear a glove on your hand

moon : evening

• comet : night

• rain : dusk

• fall : rain

• sun : morning

Answer explanation

you find the moon in the evening; you find the sun in the morning

big : huge

• heavy : light

• long : thin

• fat : round

• small : tiny

Answer explanation

they are synonyms

short : tall

• small : large

• soft : quiet

• fat : long

• little : brief

Answer explanation

they are opposites/antonyms

cold : winter

• twilight : night

• warm : afternoon

• autumn : leaf

• hot : summer

Answer explanation

cold and hot are temperatures; they describe winter and summer, which are seasons

abacus : calculator

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• plow : tractor

• pencil : pen

Answer explanation

the abacus is the early form of a modern calculator; the chariot is the early form of a vehicle, and an automobile is a modern vehicle

car : trunk

• meal : chef

• otter : plants

• sundae : ice cream

• bank : money

Answer explanation

a car has a trunk; a sundae has ice cream

happy : giggle

• smile : frown

• angry : sad

• cry : tears

• frustrated : moan

Answer explanation

when you are happy (adjective), you giggle (verb); when you are frustrated (adjective), you moan (verb)

tennis : court

• house : backyard

• ring : boxing

• football : field

• volleyball : net

Answer explanation

you play tennis on a court; you play football on a field

cola : drink

• carrot : vegetable

• hamburger : hot dog

• water : liquid

• coffee : caffeine

Answer explanation

cola is an example of a drink; carrot is an example of a vegetable