Cognitive Ability Test 1

Speak, sing, yell

Cognitive Ability Test

These three words go together. Which of the words below fits
best with the list of words above?

Challenge Cards a. Time

b. Voice

c. Space

d. Food

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Cognitive Ability Test 2 Cognitive Ability Test 3

Which of the letters below can be added to the word bother A gaggle of geese.
to create a new word?
A pack of .
a. r
a. donkeys
b. e
b. lions
c. a
c. dogs
d. t
d. monkeys
e. none of the above

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Cognitive Ability Test 4 Cognitive Ability Test 5

Which of the following is not the opposite of hard? Rearrange the words to form a complete sentence. Is it true
or false?
a. Easy
sun grow trees towards the
b. Simple

c. Uncomplicated a. True

d. Difficult b. False

c. Unable to answer

d. A sentence cannot be formed

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Cognitive Ability Test 6 Cognitive Ability Test 7

Teeth are to mouth as hair is to . It was a beautiful day the sky was bright the birds

were
a. feet
a. basking
b. head
b. drinking
c. stomach
c. swimming
d. wrist
d. singing

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Cognitive Ability Test 8 Cognitive Ability Test 9

Which of the following is the odd one out? The following three words are related in some way.

a. Ice Hannah, kayak, madam

b. Water Which of the words below is related to these words?

c. Cold
a. Swing
d. Hot
b. Refer
e. Snow
c. Boat

d. Girl

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Cognitive Ability Test 10 Cognitive Ability Test 11

Rearrange the words to make a complete sentence. What Spied is to spy as looked is to .
word follows for?

Eat for love I chocolate to breakfast a. spying

a. love b. looking

b. eat c. saw

c. breakfast d. look

d. chocolate e. see

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Cognitive Ability Test 12 Cognitive Ability Test 13

Thought is to think as bought is to . Which letter can be removed from the word METAL, to create
a new word without rearranging the letters?
a. thunk

b. brang a. M

c. brought b. E

d. buy c. T

e. none of the above d. A

e. L

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Cognitive Ability Test 14 Cognitive Ability Test 15

(wood trunk) (howl wail) Find the odd one out in the following series of words:

Which of the following words goes equally well with both of

a. Speak
the pairs above?
b. Talk
a. Tree
c. Listen
b. Shout
d. Say
c. Cut

d. Bark

e. Call

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Cognitive Ability Test 16 Cognitive Ability Test 17

The following three words are related in some way. Girl is to boy as up is to .

ward, desserts, live a. mum

Which of the words below is related to these words? b. high
a. Stink c. next
b. Both d. down
c. Sweets

d. Never

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Cognitive Ability Test 18 Cognitive Ability Test 19

Which of the following words is not related to destruction? The definition of the saying “make it up” is:

a. Sadness a. Bluffing
b. Hope b. Betrayal
c. Fear c. Hiding out
d. Bomb d. To triumph

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Cognitive Ability Test 20 Cognitive Ability Test 21

Which of the following word pairs is the odd one out? A word of four letters is hidden at the end of one word and the
beginning of the next word. Which pair of words contains the
a. brake : break hidden word?

b. scent : sent The shampoo left bubbles in the bath.

c. affect : effect a. The shampoo

d. see : sea b. shampoo left

c. left bubbles

d. bubbles in

e. in the
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 Cognitive Abilities Test (CAT) Challenge Cards - Answers
1. b. Voice 13. c. T

2. a. r 14. d. Bark

3. c. dogs 15. c. Listen

4. d. Difficult 16. a. Stink

5. a. True 17. d. down

6. b. head 18. b. Hope

7. d. singing 19. a. Bluffing

8. d. Hot 20. c. affect : effect

9. b. Refer 21. b. shampoo left

10. c. breakfast

11. d. look

12 d. buy

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