Discover Where Your Intelligence Lies

Give each answer a mark out of seven

in order of preference
(one – most preferred, seven – least preferred)

1. Which subjects are you best at?

a) PE

b) Languages

c) Maths

d) Art/Design

e) Music

f) Drama

g) English

h) Geography

2 Which activities are you good at?

a) Sport

b) Writing letters

c) Planning journeys

d) Map reading

e) Playing an instrument

f) Helping others with their personal problems

g) Keeping a diary

h) Looking after animals

3 Given the choice how would you prefer to learn a particular subject?

a) Role play

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b) Putting it into your own words

c) Turning it into graphs, charts or tables

d) Turning it into a poster

e) Putting it to music

f) Working as a team to learn it

g) Working through it quietly on your own

h) Being outside to learn

4 Which career appeals to you most?

a) Furniture maker

b) Journalist

c) Computer programmer

d) Interior decorator

e) Musician

f) Teacher

g) Poet

h) Vet

5 Who do you admire most?

a) Paula Radcliffe

b) Eminem

c) Carol Vordeman

d) Picasso

e) Sting

f) Anita Roddick

g) Mother Theresa

h) Steve Irwin

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Next...

...add up your scores for all the as, the bs, the cs etc..

This will give you a rough indication of the sort of intelligence and learning strengths you
have. The higher the score, the stronger your intelligence in that area.

Letter Score Intelligence Good with…

A Body/physical Your hands
B Verbal /linguistic Words
C Logical/mathematical Numbers
D Visual/spatial Pictures
E Musical Music
F Interpersonal People
G Intrapersonal Feelings
H Naturalistic Animals

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