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Free CogAT Practice Test — Grade 11

Real-format sample questions with answers and explanations, matched to the grade 11 CogAT.

In grades 9–12 (CogAT Levels 15–17/18), the test uses advanced vocabulary, compound visual transformations, and challenging number patterns like cubes and second differences. 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 11 sample questions

Verbal · Sentence Completion easy

Question 1. Another word for concise is ___.

  1. Ahardworking
  2. Bboring
  3. Caverage
  4. Dbrief
  5. Eoutdated
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Answer: D — brief. brief means the same as concise.
Verbal · Sentence Completion medium

Question 2. The opposite of adversary is ___.

  1. Aconcise
  2. Bmalicious
  3. Cveteran
  4. Dextravagant
  5. Eally
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Answer: E — ally. adversary and ally are opposites.
Quantitative · Number Series easy

Question 3. What number comes next? 21 25 38 42 55 59 ▢

  1. A71
  2. B73
  3. C72
  4. D63
  5. E59
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Answer: C — 72. The pattern alternates: add 4, then add 13. The next step adds 13: 59 + 13 = 72.
Quantitative · Number Series medium

Question 4. What number comes next? 4 13 31 67 139 ▢

  1. A283
  2. B282
  3. C278
  4. D284
  5. E285
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Answer: A — 283. The rule is multiply by 2, then add 5: 139 × 2 + 5 = 283.
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: B. In the top row, the shape gets bigger AND becomes shaded. 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: D. In the top row, the shape rotates a quarter turn AND a dot appears inside. The same change must happen to the bottom figure.