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Free Gifted Screening practice test — Grade 1

10 original Gifted Screening-style questions for Grade 1, with answers and full explanations. No signup needed.

A broad gifted-screener practice set covering the reasoning formats district screeners draw on — verbal, quantitative, and figural.

Use it when you know a screening is coming but not which instrument: the overlapping formats cover the common ground of CogAT, NNAT, and OLSAT.

Question 1Verbal Reasoning
Complete the analogy: PUMPKIN is to ORANGE as CHERRY is to ___
  1. Awhite
  2. Bred
  3. Cbrown
  4. Dgreen
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Correct answer: B

The relationship is "thing to its usual color." pumpkin → orange, so cherry → red.

Question 2Quantitative Reasoning
What number comes next? 7, 6, 5, 4, ___
  1. A3
  2. B0
  3. C1
  4. D8
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Correct answer: A

The numbers count down by 1 each time. 4 − 1 = 3.

Question 3Number Analogies
Find the missing number: 4 → 9 ; 5 → 10 ; 2 → ___
  1. A4
  2. B11
  3. C10
  4. D7
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Correct answer: D

Each number increases by 5. 2 + 5 = 7.

Question 4Nonverbal Reasoning

Look at how the first figure changes into the second. Which answer changes the bottom figure the same way?

?
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
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Correct answer: B

In the top row, the figure's fill darkens one step. Applying the same change to the bottom figure gives B. The others each make a specific mistake: A applies the change twice; C copies the top row's result instead of transforming the bottom figure.

Question 5Verbal Reasoning
Complete the analogy: CUB is to BEAR as PIGLET is to ___
  1. Apig
  2. Bcow
  3. Chorse
  4. Dcat
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Correct answer: A

The relationship is "young animal to its adult." cub → bear, so piglet → pig.

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Question 6Quantitative Reasoning
What number comes next? 5, 4, 3, 2, ___
  1. A4
  2. B2
  3. C6
  4. D1
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Correct answer: D

The numbers count down by 1 each time. 2 − 1 = 1.

Question 7Number Analogies
Find the missing number: 2 → 7 ; 4 → 9 ; 3 → ___
  1. A9
  2. B8
  3. C5
  4. D10
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Correct answer: B

Each number increases by 5. 3 + 5 = 8.

Question 8Nonverbal Reasoning

Look at how the first figure changes into the second. Which answer changes the bottom figure the same way?

?
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: C

In the top row, the figure's fill darkens one step. Applying the same change to the bottom figure gives C. The others each make a specific mistake: A the bottom figure with no rule applied; B right change, wrong figure shape.

Question 9Verbal Reasoning
Complete the analogy: HARD is to SOFT as OPEN is to ___
  1. Alow
  2. Bclosed
  3. Cempty
  4. Ddark
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Correct answer: B

The relationship is "opposites." hard → soft, so open → closed.

Question 10Quantitative Reasoning
What number comes next? 10, 8, 6, 4, ___
  1. A0
  2. B5
  3. C4
  4. D2
Show answer & explanation

Correct answer: D

The numbers count down by 2 each time. 4 − 2 = 2.

Gifted Screening FAQ

Which test will my district use?

Districts choose their own screener — CogAT, NNAT, and OLSAT are the most common. Ask the gifted office; until you know, broad format practice covers the shared ground.

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