Types of Picture Questions
📖 Learn
Pictures can ask us questions in many different ways! Learning to recognize these question types helps us become better thinkers.
Four Types of Picture Questions
1. "What's Different?" Questions
Look at pictures and find what changed or what doesn't belong.
Example: 🍎 🍎 🍊 🍎 - Which one is different?
2. "What Comes Next?" Questions
Find the pattern and guess what picture should come next.
Example: 🔴 🔵 🔴 🔵 🔴 ❓ - What comes next?
3. "Match It!" Questions
Find pictures that go together or are the same.
Example: Which picture matches? 🐱 goes with... 🐕 🐈 🐦
4. "Tell the Story" Questions
Put pictures in order or explain what is happening.
Example: 🥚 🐣 🐥 - What story do these pictures tell?
💡 Examples
Let's practice each type of question!
Example 1: What's Different?
🌟 🌟 🌟 ⭐ 🌟
Question: Which star looks different?
Answer: The 4th star! It has a different shape.
Example 2: What Comes Next?
🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ☀️ 🌙 ❓
Question: What comes after the moon?
Answer: ☀️ The sun! The pattern is moon, sun, moon, sun...
Example 3: Match It!
Find the match for: 🧤
A) 👟 B) 🧤 C) 🎩
Answer: B! Both are gloves - they match!
Example 4: Tell the Story
🌱 🌿 🌻
Question: What story do these pictures tell?
Answer: A seed grows into a plant, then becomes a flower!
✏️ Practice
Try these 10 questions! Say your answer out loud or point to it.
Question 1: What's Different?
🐶 🐶 🐱 🐶 🐶
Which animal is different from the others?
Question 2: What Comes Next?
🔺 🔺 🔻 🔺 🔺 🔻 🔺 🔺 ❓
What shape comes next in the pattern?
Question 3: Match It!
Find what goes with: 🍞
A) 🎸 B) 🧈 C) 🎨
Question 4: What's Different?
🚗 🚙 🚗 🚗 🚗
Which car looks different?
Question 5: What Comes Next?
❤️ 💙 💚 ❤️ 💙 💚 ❤️ 💙 ❓
What color heart comes next?
Question 6: Tell the Story
☁️ 🌧️ 🌈
What happens in this story?
Question 7: Match It!
Find what goes with: ✏️
A) 📝 B) 🍕 C) 🌺
Question 8: What's Different?
🌸 🌸 🌸 🌼 🌸 🌸
Which flower is different?
Question 9: What Comes Next?
👆 👇 👆 👇 👆 ❓
Which way does the next hand point?
Question 10: Tell the Story
🍳 🍽️ 😋
What story do these pictures tell?
✅ Answer Key
- The cat (🐱) - It's not a dog like the others
- 🔻 (down triangle) - Pattern is: up, up, down, repeating
- B) 🧈 (butter) - Bread and butter go together
- The 2nd car (🚙) - It's a different type of car
- 💚 (green heart) - Pattern is: red, blue, green, repeating
- Clouds bring rain, then a rainbow appears!
- A) 📝 (paper) - Pencil and paper go together for writing
- The 4th flower (🌼) - It's a different type of flower
- 👇 (down) - Pattern switches up and down
- Someone cooks food, puts it on a plate, and eats it!
🚀 Next Steps
- Practice naming the question type before you answer
- Look for patterns everywhere - in books, on walks, at home!
- Try the Quick Picture Practice lesson for timed exercises