The VARK Questionnaire – English Version (version 3)
How Do I Learn Best?
This questionnaire aims to find out something about your preferences for the way you work with
information. You will have a preferred learning style and one part of that learning style is your preference for
the intake and output of ideas and information.
Choose the answer which best explains your preference and circle the letter next to it. Please circle more than
one if a single answer does not match your perception.
Leave blank any question which does not apply, but try to give an answer for at least 10 of the 13 questions
When you have completed the questionnaire, use the marking guide to find your score for each of the
categories, Visual, Aural, Read/Write and Kinesthetic. Then, to calculate your preference, use the Scoring
sheet (available in the “advice to teachers” section of the VARK web site).
1. You are about to give directions to a person who is standing with you.
She is staying in a hotel in town and wants to visit your house later.
She has a rental car. I would:
a. draw a map on paper
b. tell her the directions
c. write down the directions (without a map)
d. collect her from the hotel in my car
2. You are not sure whether a word should be spelled 'dependent' or 'dependant'. I would:
a. look it up in the dictionary.
b. see the word in my mind and choose by the way it looks
c. sound it out in my mind.
d. write both versions down on paper and choose one.
3. You have just received a copy of your itinerary for a world trip. This is of interest to a friend. I
would:
a. phone her immediately and tell her about it.
b. send her a copy of the printed itinerary.
c. show her on a map of the world.
d. share what I plan to do at each place I visit.
4. You are going to cook something as a special treat for your family. I would:
a. cook something familiar without the need for instructions.
b. thumb through the cookbook looking for ideas from the pictures.
c. refer to a specific cookbook where there is a good recipe.
5. A group of tourists has been assigned to you to find out about wildlife reserves or parks. I would:
a. drive them to a wildlife reserve or park.
b. show them slides and photographs
c. give them pamphlets or a book on wildlife reserves or parks.
d. give them a talk on wildlife reserves or parks.
