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Reading Blocks

Are you good at following instructions? Test your skills by placing a series of shapes in the right locations

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You may think you’re good at following directions (despite what your mom used to say), but here’s a way to test your abilities. On your screen you’ll see a grid, and in some of the squares you’ll find a variety of shapes, from triangles to circles. Read the instructions below the grid: they’ll tell you where to move the shapes, whether it’s to a corner, column or row. Think you can do it? 


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