Free NNAT pattern completion worksheets

NNAT · Pattern completion · Grades 1–8

Pattern completion is the NNAT item where a design is unfinished. You might see a grid, a row of shapes, or a larger figure with one piece missing. The choices are other figures, and one of them is the piece that follows the pattern. Nothing in the item is a sentence to read. QuizPrint builds these from figure matrices and pattern items, for Grades 1 through 8. The sample is Grade 3, which is inside Level D. Pick another grade if you want a younger or older set. QuizPrint is not affiliated with Pearson, and these worksheets are not official NNAT questions.

Sample questions

4 questions. Choices stay unmarked. This preview does not include an answer key.

  1. 1.

    Look at the figures across the rows and down the columns. Which answer goes in the empty box?

    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D
  2. 2.

    12, 16, 20, ___, ___. What are the next two numbers?

    • A28, 32
    • B24, 24
    • C24, 28
    • D20, 24
  3. 3.

    3, 5, 7, ___, ___. What are the next two numbers?

    • A9, 9
    • B9, 11
    • C11, 13
    • D7, 9
  4. 4.

    Which figure belongs in the empty cell?

    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D

Common questions

What do students look at on a pattern completion item?
A figure pattern with something missing. They choose the figure that completes it. They do not write an explanation.
Which NNAT levels include pattern completion?
All of them in this catalog, Levels A through F. The question type is the same idea; the figures follow the grade.

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