Question

what shape comes next?

Explanation:

Identify the sequence of shapes

The given sequence of shapes is:
Spade, Heart, Spade, Spade, Heart, Spade, Spade, Spade, Heart, Spade, [Blank]

Analyze the pattern structure

Let \(S\) represent Spade and \(H\) represent Heart:

• First group: \(S, H\) (1 Spade, 1 Heart)
• Second group: \(S, S, H\) (2 Spades, 1 Heart)
• Third group: \(S, S, S, H\) (3 Spades, 1 Heart)
• Fourth group starts with: \(S\) (Spade)

Following this growing pattern of increasing the number of Spades by 1 in each group:

• The next group should have 4 Spades followed by 1 Heart: \(S, S, S, S, H\).
• The first element of this group is a Spade, which is already shown.
• The next element in the sequence (the blank box) must be the second Spade of this group.

Answer:

• (A) Spade (Correct answer)
• (B) Heart