Following Directions and Aural Reasoning questions evaluate children’s ability to listen carefully and choose the best figural or picture representation of a description. It requires knowledge of basic vocabulary, use of logic, inference and reasoning skills. It focuses on use of prepositions, order ranking, “negative words”, arithmetic terms, and comparative terms. Some of the common words that the child should be familiar with include: “left”, “right”, “up”, “down”, “next to”, “behind”, “in front”, “under”, “below”, “above”, “on top”, “least”, “most”, “short”, “tall”, “soft”, “hard”, “slow”, “fast”, “inside”, “outside”, “on”, “off”, “between, first”, “second”, “third”, “last”, “neither/nor”, and many other similar terms.
Which picture shows a big bear in between two small mice?