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Free CAT4 practice tests for Levels D–G

A full-length practice test in the style of the CAT4 — 8 subtests, 168 questions, 72 minutes, timed the way the real thing is. Pick the level that matches your child's age, get results the moment they finish, and retake it as often as you like with fresh questions every time. No payment, no sign-up.

Unofficial practice test in the style of the CAT4 — not affiliated with GL Assessment; scores are practice feedback only.

New: Math practice

A ~15-minute arithmetic drill in three levels — separate from the CAT4 test above.

Practice one subtest

Which CAT4 level should my child take?

CAT4 levels go by age, not by ability. Start with the level for your child's age — if it feels far too easy, or leaves them guessing at everything, move a level up or down. Signed-in children get their level suggested automatically from their birth year.

LevelAgeTypical school year (UK)
Level D11 and underYear 7
Level E12Year 8
Level F13–15Years 9–10
Level G16 and overYear 11 and above

What's in the test

The CAT4 measures reasoning across four batteries — verbal, quantitative, non-verbal and spatial. This practice test covers all four, two subtests each, every one separately timed. You can sit the full 72-minute test or practise a single subtest on its own.

SubtestBatteryLength
Figure ClassificationNonverbal24 questions — 10 min
Figure MatricesNonverbal24 questions — 10 min
Verbal ClassificationVerbal24 questions — 8 min
Verbal AnalogiesVerbal24 questions — 8 min
Number AnalogiesQuantitative18 questions — 10 min
Number SeriesQuantitative18 questions — 8 min
Figure AnalysisSpatial18 questions — 9 min
Figure RecognitionSpatial18 questions — 9 min

CAT4 questions parents ask

What is the CAT4?
The Cognitive Abilities Test, Fourth Edition (CAT4) is a reasoning assessment published by GL Assessment. Many schools in the UK, the UAE and other international systems use it for entrance selection and for baseline profiling once a child has joined. Unlike a subject exam, it does not test what a child has been taught — it measures how they reason, across four areas: verbal, quantitative, non-verbal and spatial.
Which CAT4 level should my child take?
CAT4 levels are chosen by age. Level D suits ages 11 and under (Year 7), Level E age 12 (Year 8), Level F ages 13–15 (Years 9–10), and Level G ages 16 and over (Year 11 and above). This practice test suggests a level from your child's birth year and lets them move up or down a level at any time — so if a level feels far too easy or leaves them guessing, they can simply switch.
What does the CAT4 test?
Four batteries of reasoning. Verbal reasoning covers thinking with words; quantitative reasoning covers thinking with numbers; non-verbal reasoning covers spotting patterns in shapes; and spatial reasoning covers visualising and manipulating objects. This practice test covers all four, with 8 subtests in total — two per battery.
How long is the CAT4?
The real CAT4 takes about 72 minutes of testing time, usually split across three sittings. This practice test mirrors that shape: 8 subtests, 168 questions, 72 minutes in total, each subtest individually timed. You can also practise any single subtest on its own if you only have ten minutes.
Can you practise for the CAT4?
Not in the way you revise for a subject exam — the CAT4 measures reasoning, not memorised content, and no amount of practice turns into a different child. Familiarity is what practice buys. A child who has already seen how a figure matrix or a number series is put together, and who has felt what the clock feels like, loses fewer marks to surprise and to running out of time. That is what this test is for.
Is this the official CAT4 test?
No. This is an unofficial practice test written in the style of the CAT4. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to GL Assessment, who publish the real CAT4. The scores here are practice feedback to show which question types your child finds harder — they are not CAT4 SAS scores and no school will accept them.
Is it free?
Yes. Every level and every subtest is free, with no payment and nothing to download. You do not need an account to take a test. Signing in is optional: it saves results so you can compare attempts over time, and it can email a summary to a parent when a test is finished.
How many times can my child practise?
As often as they like. The questions are generated fresh for each attempt rather than drawn from a fixed paper, so a child who retakes a level gets new questions in the same style at the same difficulty, instead of re-answering a paper they have memorised.