Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
May 1960 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1960
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1960'The city exhales its last warmth into the cold night air.' Explain what is being compared to what in this metaphor.
- 2nd May 1960Why should a pupil pick the prompt they have the most specific ideas for, rather than the prompt that sounds most impressive?
- 3rd May 1960Correct the punctuation: 'She had one request see her family before the operation.'
- 4th May 1960In the line 'The river sings a silver song', how many lines are quoted here?
- 5th May 1960The word 'light' appears in 'Please turn on the light.' and 'The suitcase felt surprisingly light.' Explain the two meanings.
- 6th May 1960True or False: repeated sounds or rhythms in a poem about travel can be used to mimic the movement being described.
- 7th May 1960A writer describes a character's home as "cosy" rather than "cramped". What impression is the writer trying to create?
- 8th May 1960What sentence type is 'What a fantastic goal that was!'?
- 9th May 1960Why is it a strength, not a weakness, for a persuasive piece to mention and then answer a counter-argument?
- 10th May 1960'Every night I feed the light its steady diet of flame.' Which word is the key metaphor, borrowed from looking after a living creature?
- 11th May 1960Correct the punctuation and capitalisation in this line of speech: can you help me asked leo
- 12th May 1960A mixed-genre paper asks pupils to compare the tone of a fiction extract and a non-fiction extract on a similar subject. What does 'tone' mean in this context?
- 13th May 1960How many lines are quoted in 'The apple tree empties its pockets of red and gold, / tired now, having given everything it had'?
- 14th May 1960Choose the correct word: 'There were (fewer / less) students in the class today.'
- 15th May 1960Give the correct sign-off for a formal letter that began "Dear Sir/Madam,".
- 16th May 1960True or False: Extract B includes a character whose feelings the reader must infer.
- 17th May 1960Explain why, in an open cloze passage with no word bank, checking word class before thinking of an exact word saves time.
- 18th May 1960A 60-pound coat has its price increased by 30%, then the new price is reduced by 30%. Work out the final price, and state whether it is the same as the original 60 pounds.
- 19th May 1960In a class of 30 pupils, 3/5 walk to school. Of the pupils who do not walk, the ratio who cycle to those who are driven is 1 : 3. How many pupils are driven to school?
- 20th May 1960A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Calculate its area.
- 21st May 1960The sum of two people's ages is 30 and their difference is 4. Find the two ages.
- 22nd May 1960Point E is at (-2, -5). Translate E by 4 right and 6 up. Write down the new coordinates.
- 23rd May 1960A ferry departs 21:50 and arrives 00:15 the next day. How long is the crossing?
- 24th May 1960Eight numbers have a mean of 7. Seven of them are 4, 6, 9, 3, 8, 10 and 5. Work out the eighth number.
- 25th May 1960The nth term of a sequence is 2n + 5. Which term of the sequence is equal to 23?
- 26th May 1960Estimate first, then calculate exactly: roughly what is 198 x 4? Then work out the exact answer.
- 27th May 1960Find the nth term of the decreasing sequence 20, 17, 14, 11, ...
- 28th May 1960A factory makes 480 toys on Monday and 25% more on Tuesday. How many toys does it make on Tuesday?
- 29th May 1960Solve: x + 12 = 30.
- 30th May 1960A car travels 180 miles using 6 gallons of fuel. How many miles does it travel per gallon?
- 31st May 1960Share 84 pounds in the ratio 3:4.