Naglieri General Ability Tests

NGAT practice tests

The NGAT (Naglieri General Ability Tests) is three short tests of reasoning, Verbal, Nonverbal and Quantitative, published by MHS. Every question is pictures, shapes or numbers, with wordless animated directions, so a child does not need to read English to show how they think. School districts use it to find children for gifted and talented programs, often in place of the NNAT.

Our NGAT practice tests follow MHS's published shape: three tests of 40 questions each, 30 minutes up to Grade 2 and 35 minutes from Grade 3, with a form for each grade from Kindergarten to Grade 9. Each test is new when your child starts it, and the score shows straight away.

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A look at the test

Questions in the NGAT style

Written by us in the style of the published NGAT question types.

Grade 2, Verbal: which one does not belong
Five of these pictures go together. Which picture does NOT belong?
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
6. F
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AnswerB
1. Name each picture to yourself.
2. Five of them are things that carry people from place to place.
3. Final answer
  A spoon, the only picture that is not one of the things that carry people from place to place.
Remember
Name every picture to yourself first.
Grade 1, Nonverbal: shape patterns
Which picture belongs in the empty box?
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. E
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AnswerE
1. Look along the top row and say what changes from each box to the next.
2. Check that the same change happens in the next row.
3. Here the shape changes color each time.
4. Final answer
  A small yellow circle.
Remember
Look along a full row and name what changes from each box to the next: the color, the size or the way a shape points.
Grade 4, Quantitative: number pairs
[ 24 → 19 ] [ 8 → 3 ] [ 16 → ? ]
Find the rule that turns each first number into the second. Which number should replace the question mark?
1. A13
2. B10
3. C12
4. D6
5. E11
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AnswerE11
1. Look at the first pair
  24 becomes 19. Think of rules that could do that.
2. Test each rule on the second pair
  8 becomes 3. Only "subtract 5" works for both.
3. Use the same rule on 16.
4. Final answer
  11.
Remember
Find a rule that turns the first number into the second in the first pair.

The test

Three tests

Test	Grades	Questions	Time	What is on it
Verbal	Kindergarten to Grade 8	40	30 or 35 minutes	Six pictures of everyday things: five share an idea, and the child picks the one that does not belong, as on MHS's test.
Nonverbal	Kindergarten to Grade 8	40	30 or 35 minutes	Shapes and patterns that change in shape, color, order and direction: pick the piece that completes a pattern or a grid, or the shape that comes next in a row.
Quantitative	Kindergarten to Grade 8	40	30 or 35 minutes	Number and picture patterns built on simple math, with no word problems: counting pictures and bead patterns up to Grade 2, then number series, pairs and puzzles, with balance scales at every grade.

The three tests, their length and their time (30 minutes up to Grade 2, 35 from Grade 3) are MHS's published figures, and MHS gives a form for each grade. MHS does not publish the question types inside the Nonverbal and Quantitative tests or how hard each grade's form is: those are our estimate.

By grade

Free practice for each grade

Pricing

Three free practice tests. Unlimited tests and answers are US$49.

A free account includes 3 practice tests. A plan opens unlimited tests and shows your child what they got right, the right answers and how to reach them, on every CogAT, NNAT, OLSAT and NGAT test. Practicing for more than one kind of test? The US bundle covers them all for US$99.

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US$49

for 6 months

Which questions your child got right, after every practice test
The right answer to every question
A worked solution for every question, step by step
CogAT from Kindergarten to Grade 8, all three batteries
NNAT from Kindergarten to Grade 8, OLSAT to Grade 12, NGAT to Grade 9

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US$99

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Everything in every US pack, in one payment
CogAT, NNAT, OLSAT and NGAT, for gifted and talented programs
ISEE and SSAT, for private school entry
Math contest practice, Grades 1 to 8
MAP Growth practice, by grade and subject
SHSAT practice for Grades 8 and 9, English and math
Iowa practice for Grades 3 to 8, all five Core tests

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Questions

What parents ask

Are these real NGAT questions?: No. NGAT questions are secure. We write our own questions in the style of the three tests MHS describes, at the same length and time limit.
Which form should my child practice?: The form for your child's grade on test day. MHS gives each grade from Kindergarten its own form; choose your child's grade below.
How is the NGAT different from the NNAT?: The NNAT (Pearson) is one test of shapes. The NGAT (MHS) has three tests, Verbal, Nonverbal and Quantitative, still built from pictures, shapes and numbers rather than reading. Some districts have moved from the NNAT to the NGAT.
Is the NGAT used in Canada?: Yes. In Ontario, the Peel District School Board gives the NGAT to Grade 4 students, usually in the fall, to screen for gifted programs. Our page on Ontario gifted tests shows which test other boards give.
My child cannot read yet. Is that a problem?: No. The NGAT has no reading in the questions. Up to Grade 2, our tests also read each question's one-line direction aloud.
Is it free?: A free account includes 3 practice tests. A plan opens unlimited NGAT tests and shows which questions were right, the right answers and a worked solution for each. The gifted pack (US$49 for six months) covers CogAT, NNAT, OLSAT and NGAT. The US bundle (US$99) covers every US test we offer.

NGAT and Naglieri General Ability Tests are published by Multi-Health Systems Inc. (MHS). Scholar Tests is not affiliated with or endorsed by MHS or any school district. Our practice questions are written by us in the style of the published NGAT question types; they are not real NGAT questions, and a practice score is not an NGAT score.