Figure classification
Three figures share a hidden feature. Pick the option that shares it too.
Parent guide
CAT4: all 8 question types, explained
CAT4 (the Cognitive Abilities Test, fourth edition) has four parts, called batteries, and each battery has two types of question. Here's what each one looks like, what it measures, and how to help your child feel ready, with free practice for every type.
Non-verbal reasoning
Figure matrices
A is to B as C is to…? Work out how one figure changes, then apply it.
Verbal reasoning
Verbal classification
Three words belong to a group. Pick the word that belongs with them.
Verbal analogies
Hot is to cold as up is to…? Find the word that completes the pair.
Quantitative reasoning
Number analogies
The same rule turns each first number into the second. Find the missing one.
Number series
Spot the pattern in a row of numbers and say what comes next.
Spatial reasoning
Figure analysis
Paper is folded and punched. What does it look like when it's opened?
Figure recognition
Find a target shape hidden inside one of five busy designs.
CAT4 levels by year group
Which level your child sits, from X and Y up to G, with UAE grade equivalents.
CAT4 scores explained
What SAS, stanines, percentiles and "verbal bias" on the report actually mean.
CAT4 test day
What happens on the day, whether to practise, and what to tell your child.
CAT4 score checker
Type in the four scores from the report and see what they mean.
CAT4 glossary
Every term on a CAT4 report, in plain English.
NGRT reading test
The reading test Dubai schools give three times a year, and how to read its report.
GL Progress Tests
The end-of-year English, maths and science tests, and how they differ from CAT4.
Free printable practice papers
Fresh worksheets with answer keys, for every question type and level.
See how your child does across all eight
Our free 20-minute practice test has three questions of every type, with explanations for each.
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