BOND ASSESSMENT

SAMPLE PAPER
10-11 years

Supplied by Nelson Thornes, publishers of Bond Assessment Papers

September 2004

Fourth Non-verbal Reasoning Paper

Find the shape or pattern which completes the square. Circle the letter.
Example

?
a

?
3

?
4

?
5

?
1

?
a

?
8

?
9

?
10

?
11

?
12

?
2

Find the shape or pattern which completes or continues the given series. Circle the letter.
Example

??
a

13

14

15

16

17

18

?
a

19

20

21

22

23

Which shape is most similar to the shapes in the group on the left? Circle the letter.
Example

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

Find the shape or pattern which completes the second pair in the same way as
the first pair. Circle the letter.
Example

is to

as

is to

35

is to

as

is to

36

is to

as

is to

37

is to

as

is to

38

is to

as

is to

39

is to

as

is to

40

is to

as

is to

41

is to

as

is to
a

c
b

e
d

42

is to

as

is to
a

43

is to

as

is to

44

is to

as

is to

45

is to

as

is to

In which larger shape or pattern is the small shape hidden? Circle the letter.
Example

46

47

48

49

50

51

c
9

Look carefully at the shapes and codes given.

Select the code which matches the shape given at the end of each line.
Example

NO
UI

RO

RI

NL

UL

LE

CN

LO

CO

LN

XG

YH

YI

YG

XH

PG

IG

LH

PH

BH

JS

BQ

JE

BS

AX

BY

CX

AZ

DY

PO

PL

RT

PL

RT

52

53

54

55

56

57

10

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

10

40

11

41

12

42

13

43

14

44

15

45

16

46

17

47

18

48

19

49

20

50

21

51

22

52

CE

23

53

XI

24

54

IH

25

55

JQ

26

56

DZ

27

57

PL

28

29

30

c
11

Answers

Answers

Paper
Question type

Finding the most similar shape

Finding a shape within another

shape

Finding the shape to complete the

pair

Finding the shape to continue the

series

Finding the code to match the

shape

Finding the shape to complete the

square

Finding the shape that is a

reflection of a given shape

Finding the shape made when two

shapes are combined

Finding the cube that cannot be

made from a given net

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