Gifted and Talented Practice Test & Sample Questions

Have your child work with gifted and talented test sample questions if they have a test coming up. Experience with the question types can make a huge difference in their performance. Practicing will also build confidence when they are in a foreign environment.

If you need help figuring out what test your child will take – our Student Success Team can help. We have helped 1,000’s of families prepare their children for testing with fantastic results. You can move on to using our G&T practice tests once you know which questions to use.

Here are sample questions from the most popular gifted tests. They ascend in difficulty starting at Kindergarten up to 8th grade. There are 2 questions per grade level. Each section also contains a link to more free gifted sample questions for that grade level.

The CogAT, ITBS, OLSAT, NNAT are generally the most common tests administered. Don’t worry if you haven’t heard of the test your child take before. A Testing Mom membership includes practice to over 30 of the most popular tests. This is helpful because programs may use different tests in their application process.

Jump right to gifted and talented test sample questions with the links below:

Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
7th Grade
8th Grade

Kindergarten Sample Questions

For kindergarten students, gifted and talented assessments often focus on essential foundational skills such as attentive listening and comprehension of directions. The type of challenges they might face includes categorizing objects or ideas, solving analogies, identifying patterns, navigating number puzzles and completing sentences.

1st Grade Sample Questions

Once a child has experienced a year of kindergarten, the evaluation for gifted and talented abilities becomes more centered on “achievement,” indicating the knowledge that the child has already acquired. For instance, a question regarding “citrus” would be considered an achievement-based question, as understanding this concept is typically part of learned knowledge.

2nd Grade Sample Questions

In second grade, gifted and talented test prep intensifies. This preparation broadens their knowledge base and their ability to use it effectively. Students will be faced with more advanced gifted and talented practice questions, aimed at their growing ability to infer and deduce, often through problem-solving and pattern recognition tasks.

3rd Grade Sample Questions

As children progress to third grade, gifted and talented test prep becomes even more structured. The goal is to enable students to apply learned concepts in new ways. Gifted and talented practice questions at this stage may involve critical analysis, more complex problem-solving and identifying logical sequences.

4th Grade Sample Questions

Fourth-grade gifted and talented test prep will focus on the child’s ability to critically analyze situations and to approach problems from multiple perspectives. This advancement in test prep will entail gifted and talented practice questions that challenge the child’s abstract reasoning and cognitive flexibility.

5th Grade Sample Questions

For fifth-grade students, gifted and talented test prep starts emphasizing more on understanding intricate patterns, advanced logic, and problem-solving skills. Students will be challenged with gifted and talented practice questions that probe their cognitive depths and stimulate high-level thinking.

6th Grade Sample Questions

Sixth-grade gifted and talented test prep continues to develop students’ analytical abilities and creative thinking. The complexity of the gifted and talented practice questions increases, involving more sophisticated patterns, logical reasoning tasks and higher-order thinking.

7th Grade Sample Questions

In seventh grade, gifted and talented test prep takes a deep dive into the intricacies of complex problem-solving and reasoning skills. Gifted and talented practice questions become more elaborate, requiring students to showcase their critical thinking, logical deductions and ability to synthesize information.

8th Grade Sample Questions

By the eighth grade, gifted and talented test prep explores the pinnacle of problem-solving, analytical, and critical thinking skills. Gifted and talented practice questions at this level challenge the students to use their accumulated knowledge, experience and intellectual abilities to navigate through complex cognitive tasks.

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7 Responses

Hailey

I’ve had gifted testing before.

TestingMom.com

Great! We have tons of prep for gifted and talented testing! Glad you found us.

Avery Wang

Want to try more samples

TestingMom.com

Hi Avery,

Thank you for reaching out. Please email us at help@testingmom.com and we can walk you through the benefits of becoming a member. We have gifted and talented questions from tests such as the CogAT, the NNAT, and the OLSAT!

Maria Alencastro

Saludos

April Duplantis

My experiences are extraordinary. I really think I can make it into the 5th grade tag. I tried out all the test questions even for older grades and I got them all correct. Please add me into TAG. Please and thank you.

-April Duplantis

TestingMom.com

Hi April, that’s wonderful you did all the practice questions for higher grades and got them all correct! For entry into your school’s TAG program you’ll need to discuss this with your parents, your teacher and school TAG program director. They will be able to help you with the application process for the TAG program. Keep up the great work!

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