Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
August 1958 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1958
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1958'The committee reached a unanimous decision.' What does 'unanimous' mean?
- 2nd August 1958EF is to VU as IJ is to ? A) QR B) RS C) RQ D) QP E) SR
- 3rd August 1958APPRENTICE is to EXPERT as SAPLING is to ?
- 4th August 1958FOOT ( ) OUT - which word completes FOOT and begins OUT?
- 5th August 1958(15 - 6) x 3 = [ ] + 15. Find the missing number.
- 6th August 1958Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: TWI ( ? ) EAK
- 7th August 1958Jake, Kim and Leo each play exactly one instrument: piano, violin or drums. Jake does not play the violin. Kim does not play the piano or the drums. Leo does not play the drums. What instrument does Jake play?
- 8th August 19584 (17) 3 | 6 (?) 5. The first number is doubled, then three times the second number is added. Work out the missing number. A) 25 B) 27 C) 24 D) 30 E) 22
- 9th August 1958Which ONE word means both 'extra money charged for borrowing, or earned on savings' and 'a feeling of wanting to know more about something'? A) PROFIT B) CURIOSITY C) INTEREST D) CHARGE E) ATTENTION
- 10th August 1958Using the same alphabet-position rule (A=1, B=2, up to Z=26), which word has the code 6-9-5-12-4? A) FIELD B) FIELS C) GIELD D) FIELE E) EIDLF
- 11th August 1958M=7, N=3, P=10, R=21, S=31. Work out M x N + P. Which letter has this value?
- 12th August 19584 x 6 = [ ] + 9. Find the missing number.
- 13th August 1958Which word is most nearly opposite to ABUNDANT? A) Plentiful B) Scarce C) Large D) Common E) Wealthy
- 14th August 1958If the code for SPARK is URCTM, what is the code for FLAME, using the same rule? A) HNCOG B) DJYKC C) EKZLD D) GMBNF E) HNCPG
- 15th August 1958Find the word that completes both compound words: ARM____ and ____MAN.
- 16th August 1958A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The recipe always altered slightly depending on the cook.' A) LAMP B) MEAL C) SALT D) RATE E) COAT
- 17th August 1958Find the next letter: D, G, K, P, ( ? )
- 18th August 1958Complete the third pair using the same pattern as the first two: (LEAF, TREE) (PETAL, FLOWER) (FEATHER, ? ) A) Nest B) Wing C) Bird D) Sky E) Beak
- 19th August 1958Find the one word that can come before all three of these words to make a real compound word each time: ___BOARD, ___STORM, ___FALL. A) Snow B) Over C) Water D) Surf E) Chess
- 20th August 1958Find the letter that continues the series: V, R, N, J, ( ? ) A) G B) E C) F D) H E) D
- 21st August 1958Explain in one sentence why varying sentence length improves a piece of creative writing.
- 22nd August 1958In your own words, explain why some residents want the hives moved further from housing.
- 23rd August 1958'Counting the lanes to keep her mind from racing ahead of her body.' What does this phrase suggest Priya is trying to do?
- 24th August 1958What event brings Ellie back to the present moment?
- 25th August 1958How many lines are quoted in 'The sky clenches its grey fist, / holding its breath before the fall'?
- 26th August 1958'The summit finally offered its view as a reward.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
- 27th August 1958A prompt asks: "What if it never got dark?" Give one specific, interesting consequence a pupil could focus a story around, rather than trying to describe every effect of endless daylight.
- 28th August 1958'Her explanation, though technically accurate, felt somehow evasive.' Explain how the word 'though' helps you work out that 'evasive' has a negative rather than positive meaning here.
- 29th August 1958Find and copy the phrase that shows Mia has done this before.
- 30th August 1958Name two of the five senses that a pupil might use, other than sight, to describe a busy market.
- 31st August 1958Explain why a writer might choose to describe a small background sound, like a chair scraping, at a tense moment in a story.