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Free CogAT Practice Test — Grade 1

Real-format sample questions with answers and explanations, matched to the grade 1 CogAT.

For kindergarten and first grade, the CogAT (Levels 5/6–7) is read aloud by the teacher and uses pictures and simple patterns. The samples below match that level: counting patterns, basic opposites, and single-change picture puzzles. The CogAT has three batteries — Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal — and the samples below include all three. Every question follows the official format: five answer choices, one correct answer.

Grade 1 sample questions

Verbal · Sentence Completion easy

Question 1. The opposite of up is ___.

  1. Aslow
  2. Bdown
  3. Csad
  4. Dsmall
  5. Ecold
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Answer: B — down. up and down are opposites.
Verbal · Sentence Completion medium

Question 2. A lion says ___.

  1. Ameow
  2. Bquack
  3. Cmoo
  4. Droar
  5. Ewoof
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Answer: D — roar. A lion says roar.
Quantitative · Number Series easy

Question 3. What number comes next? 30 32 34 36 38 ▢

  1. A40
  2. B42
  3. C41
  4. D36
  5. E38
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Answer: A — 40. The pattern is add 2 each time. 38 + 2 = 40.
Quantitative · Number Series medium

Question 4. What number comes next? 23 26 29 32 35 ▢

  1. A41
  2. B39
  3. C35
  4. D38
  5. E32
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Answer: D — 38. The pattern is add 3 each time. 35 + 3 = 38.
Nonverbal · Figure Matrices easy

Question 5. Look at how the top figure changes from the first box to the second box. Choose the picture that belongs in the empty space.

?
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
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Answer: A. In the top row, the shape gets bigger. The same change must happen to the bottom figure.
Nonverbal · Figure Matrices hard

Question 6. Look at how the top figure changes from the first box to the second box. Choose the picture that belongs in the empty space.

?
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
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Answer: B. In the top row, the shape is doubled — two copies appear. The same change must happen to the bottom figure.