Grade 2 practice questions · Typical Level C
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Practice group 1 Questions 1–6
Listen: Start with the words seed, leaf, flower. Say the last word first, then the middle word, then the first word.
Adult reads: seed → leaf → flower.
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Answer: C. Last is flower, middle is leaf, and first is seed. Follow that order.
Listen: Choose a number greater than 10 but smaller than 15. Which choice follows BOTH directions?
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Answer: D. 13 is greater than 10 and smaller than 15. The endpoints themselves do not meet both rules.
Listen: In the row fern, moss, oak, pine, choose the word just before the last word.
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Answer: A. Pine is last. Oak is immediately before pine.
Listen: All the lanterns in this room are switched off. Sora switches on one lantern. What is now true?
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Answer: B. One lantern has been switched on, so at least one is on. The clue does not switch on any others.
Listen: A parcel is too wide for the small box but fits the large box. Which box should Dara choose to pack it?
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Answer: C. Use the box the parcel fits. The clue rules out the small box.
Listen: Imani is taller than Ravi. Ravi is taller than Bo. Who is the shortest of these three?
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Answer: D. Order the heights: Imani, Ravi, Bo. Bo is shorter than the other two.
Practice group 2 Questions 7–12
Listen: A class has twelve paint pots. Four are put away and three are brought back. How many pots are out now?
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Answer: A. Start with 12, subtract 4, then add 3: 12 − 4 + 3 = 11.
Listen: Three baskets each contain five peaches. Two peaches are eaten. How many peaches remain?
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Answer: B. Three groups of five make 15. Take away 2 to leave 13.
Listen: A ribbon is eighteen centimeters long. Six centimeters are cut off. The rest is cut into two equal pieces. How long is each piece?
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Answer: C. After cutting off 6, there are 12 centimeters left. Half of 12 is 6.
Picture group 3: Which answer belongs with the three pictures?
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Answer: A. The group shows things worn on the body. A glove is worn on a hand.
Which surface can BOTH pictured tools make marks on?
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Answer: A. Pencils and brushes can make marks on paper. Paper is the surface named in the question.
Tool pairs 3: Match the tool to what it works with. Which picture completes the second pair?
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Answer: C. A pencil is used with paper. A key is used with a lock. Match each tool to the object it works with.
Practice group 3 Questions 13–18
Figure pair 3: Apply the same change to the second shape.
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Answer: A. The first pair changes an outline shape to a filled shape, keeping its shape and size. Fill the second shape without changing its shape or size.
Shape group 3: Which choice has the same SHAPE as all three figures?
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Answer: B. Ignore size and shading. All three figures share the same shape; the matching answer has that shape too.
Working pairs 3: Match the object to what it is used with.
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Answer: D. A brush is used to apply paint; a watering can is used to water a flower.
Matrix 3: Each row keeps its shape but changes outline to filled. Fill the missing box.
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Answer: B. Read across each row: outline becomes filled, while shape and size stay the same. The bottom-right box must be the filled bottom-left shape.
Count matrix 3: Each row adds one matching shape. What belongs in the last box?
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Answer: C. In the top row, 3 becomes 4: add one. The bottom row must change 4 to 5, keeping the bottom-row shape.
Figure pattern 3: The shading repeats filled, outline. Which figure comes next?
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Answer: D. The shape and size stay the same. The shading alternates filled, outline, filled, outline, so filled is next.
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