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- Connecting Shapes
4 orbits · about 4 min
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11+ Non-Verbal Reasoning
Non-Verbal Reasoning Games for the 11+
Sequences, rotation, reflection, folding, hidden shapes and codes: the 11+ shape puzzles as games.
Temple of Patterns needs no account. The trial opens every game in the Arcade.
Temple of PatternsFree to play · 16 doors · about 5 min
Non-Verbal Reasoning games in the 11+ Arcade
Non-verbal reasoning asks children to spot patterns in shapes rather than words, and the skill improves quickly with regular, visual practice. Each game takes a group of NVR question types — sequences and grids, rotation and reflection, paper folding and hole punching, hidden shapes and overlaps, NVR codes, shape addition and subtraction — and builds a theme around it.
Origami Workshop
Paper-craft workshop: four stations and the grand lantern
- Folding
- Folding and Punching
- Spatial Reasoning
- Cube Counting
5 stations · about 4 min
Gallery Heist
Night-time gallery: three rooms of frames and the master vault
- Shapes
- Counting
- Shading and Line Types
- Order and Position
- Pointing
4 rooms · about 4 min
Shape Lab
Science lab: three labs, containment tests and a hologram reactor
- Shape Addition
- Shape Subtraction
- Similar Shapes
3 labs · about 4–5 min
Night Vision
Spy mission: scan four locations and crack the case
- Hidden Shape
- Types of Overlap
- Layering
- Silhouettes
16 scans · about 4–5 min
Skate Park Spins
Skate park: tricks, combos and a big-air final run
- Rotation
- Reflection
- Symmetry
3 heats and a final · about 4–5 min
Temple of Patterns
Jungle temple: crack pattern locks to open every door
- Sequences
- Complete the Grid
- Complete the Pair
- Odd One Out
- Figure Classification
16 doors · about 5 min
Non-Verbal Reasoning topics covered
Each topic, and the game that practises it.
- Vertical Codes
- Satellite Codes
- Horizontal Codes
- Satellite Codes
- Connecting Shapes
- Satellite Codes
- Folding
- Origami Workshop
- Folding and Punching
- Origami Workshop
- Spatial Reasoning
- Origami Workshop
- Cube Counting
- Origami Workshop
- Shapes
- Gallery Heist
- Counting
- Gallery Heist
- Shading and Line Types
- Gallery Heist
- Order and Position
- Gallery Heist
- Pointing
- Gallery Heist
- Shape Addition
- Shape Lab
- Shape Subtraction
- Shape Lab
- Similar Shapes
- Shape Lab
- Hidden Shape
- Night Vision
- Types of Overlap
- Night Vision
- Layering
- Night Vision
- Silhouettes
- Night Vision
- Rotation
- Skate Park Spins
- Reflection
- Skate Park Spins
- Symmetry
- Skate Park Spins
- Sequences
- Temple of Patterns
- Complete the Grid
- Temple of Patterns
- Complete the Pair
- Temple of Patterns
- Odd One Out
- Temple of Patterns
- Figure Classification
- Temple of Patterns
Non-Verbal Reasoning in the 11+
Non-verbal reasoning is set by GL Assessment, CEM, ISEB and many independent schools. FSCE and CSSE do not set reasoning papers.
For every question type and topic, with worked examples, see the 11+ non-verbal reasoning question types.
How to use non-verbal reasoning games for the 11+
- Ask your child to say which feature changes — shape, shading, size, position or number — before they choose an answer.
- For rotation and folding questions, let them check an answer with a cut-out or a folded sheet of paper after the round.
- Short, frequent rounds work best for NVR: pattern-spotting gets quicker with familiarity more than with long sessions.
Classic non-verbal reasoning games
The original Prep4All games: quick puzzles for a spare five minutes.
- Shape Shifter — Complete colourful patterns and have a blast! Free to play.
Non-Verbal Reasoning games: questions parents ask
Sequences, complete the grid, complete the pair, odd one out, figure classification, rotation, reflection and symmetry, paper folding and folding and punching, cube counting, hidden shapes, overlaps, layering and silhouettes, NVR codes, and shape addition and subtraction.
Yes. Temple of Patterns is free to play, with no account and no sign-up. The other non-verbal reasoning games are part of the full 11+ Arcade, included in every Prep4All plan with a 7-day free trial.
They help children get used to each question type, so spotting what changes between shapes becomes quicker. They do not replace timed practice papers, which show how your child copes with a full paper. Short, regular rounds alongside papers work well.
GL Assessment, CEM, ISEB and many independent schools set non-verbal reasoning. FSCE and CSSE do not, so families preparing only for those tests can skip these games.
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Play every non-verbal reasoning game
The full 11+ Arcade, with every game, level and daily challenge, is included in every Prep4All plan alongside lessons, practice tests and mock exams. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.