Free 11+ non-verbal reasoning cheat sheet: what to look for (PDF)

Everything that can change between NVR figures, and how to check it, with a drawn example of each. For Years 4 to 6, preparing for a test with a non-verbal reasoning paper.

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A4 PDF, 2 pages, 640 KB.

The first page of the Non-verbal reasoning: what to look for.

What’s in it

A two-page checklist of what to look for in non-verbal reasoning: the features that change between figures, in the order to check them, then how to tell a turn from a flip, how mirror lines work, and the first moves for series, matrices, cube nets, fold and punch and codes.

Every rule matches Rush’s non-verbal reasoning guides, every turn, flip and fold is drawn exactly, and every drawing prints clearly in black and white. Print it back to back and keep it by the desk.

The 13-point checklistShape, shading, outline, size, direction, shape inside, dots and lines, corner shape, position, turns, flips, overlap and symmetry
Turned or flippedQuarter and half turns, clockwise and anticlockwise, on one L
Mirror lines beside, under and corner to corner, and series
Nets (all 11), fold and punch step by step, matrices and codes
The line to remember for each other question type