Ontario G1 Test study materials
Ontario G1 Test study resources

Ontario G1 Test study plan

Ontario G1 Test · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 6 hours per week

Week 1

Road Signs and Signals

  • Identify each sign shape (octagon, triangle, diamond, rectangle, pentagon, circle, X-crossbuck, vertical rectangle) and state what each shape tells a driver

  • Sort a set of 40 signs into regulatory, warning, and temporary categories and justify each placement by colour and shape

  • Explain the difference between a warning sign and a regulatory sign using three self-chosen examples

  • Draw from memory the standard layout of a railway-crossing warning and a school-crossing zone, labelling each part

Your checkpoint

A one-page hand-drawn sign reference sheet plus a 30-item self-quiz matching signs to meanings, scored at 90% or better with every miss rewritten correctly

Week 2

Road Signs and Signals & Rules of the Road

  • Interpret every traffic-light phase, including flashing red, flashing amber, green arrow, and advance green, and state the required driver action for each

  • Describe right-of-way at a four-way stop, an uncontrolled intersection, and a merge lane

  • Recite the posted default speed limits for urban roads, rural roads, and school zones, and the two-second following-distance rule

  • Match common pavement markings (solid, broken, double solid, yellow, white, crosswalk bars) to their passing and stopping rules

Your checkpoint

A 50-item mixed quiz covering signs, signals, markings, and right-of-way, scored at 85% or better, with an error log listing the rule behind each miss

Week 3

Rules of the Road

  • State the signalling, mirror-check, and position steps required before a turn or lane change

  • Explain the rules for passing another vehicle, being passed, and returning to the right lane

  • Describe when a driver must stop for a school bus, an emergency vehicle, and a pedestrian crossover

  • List at least eight parking restrictions and the distances involved (fire hydrant, crosswalk, stop sign, railway crossing)

  • Rank 20 right-of-way situations from 'I proceed' to 'I must yield' and defend each ranking

Your checkpoint

A written 25-scenario right-of-way decision table with the correct action for each, plus a 30-question rules quiz scored at 85% or better

Week 4

Rules of the Road & Safe Driving Practices and Hazard Awareness

  • Apply right-of-way rules to 20 unseen written scenarios under a one-minute-per-question time limit

  • Describe the three-second urban scanning pattern (mirror, ahead, mirror, instrument) and when to shorten it

  • List the five most common causes of collisions and the specific driver behaviour that triggers each

  • Explain how alcohol, cannabis, and fatigue each degrade reaction time, judgement, and lane control

Your checkpoint

A timed 40-question practice test covering domains 1 and 2, scored at 80% or better, with a written correction for every error

Week 5

Safe Driving Practices and Hazard Awareness

  • State the following distance to use in rain, at night, and behind a large vehicle, and explain why each increases

  • Identify the conditions that legally require headlights and the conditions that require lowering high beams

  • Explain the rules on hand-held devices and the practical effects of distraction on hazard detection

  • Describe the space and yielding obligations a driver owes to pedestrians, cyclists, and crossing guards

  • Predict the correct evasive action for 10 written hazard scenarios (child at curb, ball rolling out, brake lights ahead)

Your checkpoint

A 30-question domain 3 test scored at 85% or better plus a one-page hazard-response sheet listing 10 scenarios and the correct reaction for each

Week 6

Safe Driving Practices and Hazard Awareness & Vehicle Handling, Sharing the Road and Emergency Situations

  • Explain the steering and throttle inputs used to recover from a skid on ice, on wet pavement, and on gravel

  • Describe progressive braking and the correct action when brakes lock or a tire blows at highway speed

  • List the legal duties of a driver involved in a collision, in the order they must be performed

  • Explain how hydroplaning starts and the two actions that end it

  • Describe how to share the road safely with a heavy truck, including blind spots and turning radius

Your checkpoint

A written emergency-procedure card covering five situations (skid, blowout, brake failure, hydroplaning, collision scene) plus a 25-question quiz scored at 85% or better

Week 7

Vehicle Handling, Sharing the Road and Emergency Situations

  • Describe the adjustments required for rain, fog, snow, high wind, and night driving, including speed and lighting changes

  • Explain the correct handling of a vehicle that drifts onto a soft shoulder and of a vehicle entering a construction zone

  • List the specific rules for sharing the road with motorcycles, cyclists, streetcars, and school buses

  • Explain how vehicle load, tire condition, and trailer towing change stopping distance and steering response

  • State the steps for a safe roadside stop and for reporting a disabled vehicle

Your checkpoint

A 30-question domain 4 test scored at 85% or better, with every missed item rewritten as a rule statement in a personal review sheet

Week 8

Road Signs and Signals & Rules of the Road & Safe Driving Practices and Hazard Awareness & Vehicle Handling, Sharing the Road and Emergency Situations

  • Complete three full-length timed mock tests under exam conditions with no notes

  • Re-sort the personal error log by domain and re-test only the weakest two domains

  • Recite from memory every number that appears in the rules (speed limits, following distances, parking distances, demerit thresholds)

  • Explain out loud, in plain language, any rule that was missed more than once across all prior quizzes

Your checkpoint

Three timed full-length mock tests with all scores at 90% or better and an error log showing zero repeated misses

Milestones

Week 2: Score 85% or better on the first 50-item mixed paper and correctly name all eight sign shapes without notes

Week 4: Score 80% or better on a timed 40-question test drawn only from domains 1 and 2, finishing inside 40 minutes

Week 6: Score 85% or better on separate domain 3 and domain 4 quizzes taken on the same day, showing no drop-off from fatigue

Week 8: Three consecutive full-length mock tests at 90% or better, with no number-based rule (speed, distance) missed twice