🔷 11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning
11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning Practice
Non-Verbal Reasoning is the subject most exam boards use to test raw pattern-spotting ability independent of vocabulary or arithmetic — which means it rewards focused, repeated practice more than any other 11+ subject, since the underlying logic in sequences, matrices, and rotations repeats across papers once a child learns to recognise it. It's also the subject that's hardest to practise well from a printed book, since diagrams need to be genuinely varied rather than reused with colours swapped. NobbyPlus's question bank uses freshly generated diagrams across every topic below.
Covers the diagram styles used by GL Assessment, CEM, and the major independent and grammar school entrance exams.
937
practice questions
20
practice papers
12
topics covered
Topics covered
Sample questions
1. A sequence shows shapes that rotate 90° clockwise each time. If the first arrow points UP, what direction does the THIRD arrow point?
- UP
- RIGHT
- DOWN✓ correct
- LEFT
Starting UP, rotating 90° clockwise: 1st = UP, 2nd = RIGHT, 3rd = DOWN. Each turn is a quarter turn clockwise.
2. How many faces does a cube have?
- 4
- 5
- 6✓ correct
- 8
A cube has 6 faces (top, bottom, front, back, left, right). Each face is a square of equal size.
3. What number completes the matrix? [2, 4, 6] [3, 6, 9] [4, 8, ?]
- 10
- 12✓ correct
- 14
- 16
Each row multiplies the first number by 1, 2, 3. Row 3: 4×1=4, 4×2=8, 4×3=12.
Practise all 937 Non-Verbal Reasoning questions
Sign up free to start adaptive practice, or see full papers on our free samples page.