William likes Apples better than oranges and vanilla ice cream better than chocolate ice cream and baseball and football better than hockey - how do you know what he will like for a test question?

Answer 1

Questions like this one are asking you to look for similarities and differences. If William likes apples better than Oranges, what is different between the two words? * "Apples" has the following letters that "oranges" does not - P and L * "Apples" has one set of double letters (PP) that "oranges" does not * "Apples" has two syllables while "oranges" has three syllables. Then, look at the next set of words - "Baseball" and "football" compared to "hockey." which of the similarities from the first set of words is also true for this set? * All three words have the same number of syllables, so this is not going to be the right choice. * Neither "baseball" nor "football" contain the letter P, but both do contain the letter L. * Both "baseball" and "football" contain double letters, while "hockey" does not - this choice seems to be the best one! Look in the answers for a word that has double letters and mark this word as the one that William will like.