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CAT4 verbal reasoning PracTice tests

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RECOMMENDED FREE test CAT4 practice tests

In the table below you will find free sample CAT4 test examples for your child’s age. We advise CAT4 parents and CAT4 tutors to review the CAT4 samples. Then to buy the corresponding CAT4 practice tests (in the right hand column). 

THE BEST CAT4 Practice Tests

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Sample CAT4 test sample for Year 2 
and CAT4 Year 2 sample test.		 BUY CAT4 Year 2 practice tests pack,
and CAT4 test practice for Year 2.
Free CAT4 test sample for Year 3
or CAT4 Year 3 sample test.		 Year 3 CAT4 practice tests bundle, 
or CAT4 test practice Year 3.
Sample CAT4 test Year 4
and CAT4 Year 4 sample test.		 BUY CAT4 Year 4 practice tests pack,
and CAT4 test practice for Year 4.
Free CAT4 sample test Year 5
or CAT4 Year 5 sample test.		 Year 5 CAT4 test practice bundle or CAT4 test practice for Year 5.
Sample CAT4 test for Year 6
and CAT4 Year 6 sample test.		 BUY Year 6 CAT4 test practice and CAT4 test practice for Year 6.
CAT4 test sample for Year 7, or free CAT4 test sample for Year 7. CAT4 test practice Year 7 and CAT4 test practice for Year 7.
Sample CAT4 test for Year 8 and CAT4 Year 8 sample test. BUY CAT4 Year 8 practice tests pack or CAT4 test practice for Year 8.
Free sample CAT4 test Year 9 and CAT4 Year 9 sample test. Year 9 CAT4 practice tests bundle and CAT4 test practice for Year 9.
CAT4 test sample Year 10 or Year 10 CAT4 sample test. BUY CAT4 Year 10 test practice pack and CAT test practice for Year 10.
Free sample CAT4 test for Year 11, Year 11 CAT4 sample test. CAT 4 Year 11 Practice Tests Pack or CAT4 test practice for Year 11.
CAT4 practice tests by pupil age, school year or school grade, including:
Free sample 2026 CAT4 Level x and 2026 CAT4 Level x practice tests pack.

Why parents trust our CAT practice tests

  • Age-specific accuracy – Each paper is tailored to your child’s school year and the correct CAT4 difficulty level.
  • Replica-style questions – Designed to closely mirror the real CAT4 exam format, so your child knows exactly what to expect.
  • Instant downloads – Get immediate access to high-quality test papers—no delays, no fuss.
  • Proven results – Trusted by thousands of parents and tutors to build confidence and improve scores.
  • Clear explanations – Many papers include answer guides to help you support your child’s learning effectively.

CAT4 familiarisation papers

The CAT4 is substantially different from any other curriculum so familiarising students with the testing material before the exam is extremely important.

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Our freely available CAT4 resources and premium CAT4 practice tests help focus students on passing the GL Assessment CAT4 test:

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An Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, Rob Williams is a Chartered Psychologist with over 25 years of experience working and designing tests.

He is also the author of five psychometrics books and has worked for the  school entrance test publishers ISEB, Hodder and GL Assessment, the CAT4 publisher.

 

Our free CAT4 test samples for every pupil age

Here are our CAT4 Practice Test Guides for each school age group:

This the range of GL Assessment’s CAT4 battery for which CAT4 test practice is available.

 

Our FREE CAT4 preparation resources

  • First, Find out more about the Year 4 CAT4 Level A test.
  • Second, Find out more about the Year 5 CAT4 Level B test.
  • Third, Find out more about the Year 6 CAT4 Level C test.
  • And then next, Find out more about the Year 7 CAT4 Level D test.
  • Plus also, Find out more about the Year 8 CAT4 Level E test.
  • And also, Find out more about the Year 9 CAT4 Level F test.
  • Then next, Find out more about the Year 10 CAT4 Level F test.
  • Finally, Find out more about the Year 11 CAT4 Level G test.

 

Interpreting the Verbal Reasoning Thinking Styles of pupils

  • The CAT4 Verbal Reasoning Battery necessarily requires some reading ability. However, CAT 4 limits the reading requirements to a modest level throughout.
  • Hence, the vocabulary demands of the CAT4 Verbal Analogies and CAT4 Verbal Classification tests have been kept as low as possible.
  • Consequently, scores on the CAT4 Verbal Reasoning Battery will usually reflect students’ ability to use words as a medium of thought.
  • The exceptions will be when students have poor reading skills or grew up apart from mainstream UK society.
  • All the instructions for the CAT 4 batteries are presented orally to students. So any influence of reading skills is limited solely to the items in the CAT4 Verbal Reasoning Battery.
 

What do the other three CAT4 batteries assess?

The CAT4 Verbal Reasoning Battery assesses reasoning ability with words representing objects or concepts. The CAT4 assessments in this CAT4 battery do not focus on the physical properties of the words themselves, such as the alphabetical position of their first letters.

Likewise, the CAT4 Quantitative Reasoning Battery assesses reasoning with numbers, with the numbers representing the relevant numerical concept,  rather  than being used for their physical properties such as whether they consist of two  digits or one.

The CAT4 Nonverbal Reasoning and CAT4 Spatial Ability Batteries are somewhat different in that the shapes themselves are the focus of the assessment rather than the shapes symbolising something else.