ABC patterns with shapes and colors worksheets

What is on this worksheet

Look at a row of shapes that repeats in an ABC pattern, where both the shape and the color change, and circle the one that comes next.

• What changes and what to do: Shapes and colors: circle the next one
• Pattern: ABC

You can change any of these settings above. Press "New problems" for a fresh set with the same settings, or pick Version A to Z to print different sheets for neighboring desks. The answer key always matches.

About shape and color patterns

Each pattern is a row of shapes that repeats: AB, AAB, ABB, ABC or AABB. Children either color in the empty shapes to finish the pattern, or circle the shape that comes next from three choices. The pattern can change by color, by shape, or by both together.

The black and white edition uses shading instead of color: dark, plain, striped and criss-cross, so the pattern means exactly the same thing. The wrong choices are close to the right one, for example the right shape in the wrong color.

Printing

US Letter or A4, portrait: choose your paper size above. Print at 100 percent (actual size). Use "Black and white" for the copier, or "Color" for display pages and mini books.