Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
April 1961 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1961
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 19619 + 8 = 11 + [ ]. Find the missing number.
- 2nd April 1961R=6, S=2, T=5, U=38, V=40. Work out (R + S) x T - S. Which letter has this value?
- 3rd April 1961Zainab is older than Farah. Farah is older than Leon. Leon is older than Ivy. Who is the third oldest?
- 4th April 1961Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to TIMID. A) Shy B) Nervous C) Bold D) Quiet E) Careful
- 5th April 1961Here are five words: STOP, HOUSE, POTS, GARDEN, TOPS. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 6th April 1961LIFEJACKET is to DROWNING as HELMET is to ? A) Cycling B) Head C) Injury D) Safety E) Road
- 7th April 19613 (10) 7 | 5 (?) 9. The number in brackets is found the same way both times. What is the missing number?
- 8th April 1961DOCTOR is to HOSPITAL as TEACHER is to ? A) Student B) School C) Classroom D) Lesson E) Chalk
- 9th April 1961CATERPILLAR is to BUTTERFLY as TADPOLE is to ? A) Toad B) Pond C) Frog D) Egg E) Fish
- 10th April 1961A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The old cabin tolerated many harsh winters.' A) INTO B) SHED C) COLD D) WARM E) YEAR
- 11th April 1961Every senior pupil helps run the assembly. No pupil who helps run the assembly is late for registration. Priya is a senior pupil. What must be true about Priya?
- 12th April 1961Six runners finish a race. Priya finishes before Quinn. Quinn finishes before Reuben. Sara finishes before Priya. Who finishes first?
- 13th April 1961In this code, each letter's alphabet position is doubled, then 1 is subtracted. If the code for CAB is 5-1-3, what is the code for FED, using the same rule? A) 12-10-8 B) 11-9-7 C) 11-10-7 D) 10-9-8 E) 11-9-8
- 14th April 1961A=7, B=14, C=2, D=21, E=3. Work out B / A. Which letter has this value?
- 15th April 1961If the code for MOUSE is OQWUG, what is the code for RIVER, using the same rule? A) TKXGT B) TKXGU C) SKXGT D) TJXGT E) TKWGT
- 16th April 1961(SCARE) (GO). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) S B) C C) A D) R E) E
- 17th April 1961True or False: In the sentence 'Reluctantly, Sam handed over his last sweet', Sam gave the sweet away happily.
- 18th April 1961Explain in one sentence why the writer chooses to describe Amara's silence rather than having her shout.
- 19th April 1961'The Ferris wheel stood frozen against the darkening sky.' What does 'frozen' suggest about the Ferris wheel?
- 20th April 1961Using the verb 'create', what word class would you expect 'creation' to be, and what would it mean?
- 21st April 1961'She was over the moon when she heard she had passed the exam.' What does 'over the moon' mean?
- 22nd April 1961According to the extract, what change is credited with the rise in nesting pairs?
- 23rd April 1961Explain why 'get' might feel out of place in an otherwise formal passage that uses words like 'obtain', 'require' and 'therefore'.
- 24th April 1961A poem's last stanza returns to an image used in its first stanza. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 25th April 1961A cloze passage introduces "the pupils" in its first sentence. Which pronoun should a later gap use to refer back to them: "he", "she" or "they"?
- 26th April 1961Complete the analogy: Chapter is to book as scene is to ___.
- 27th April 1961'Through the frosted glass she could make out shapes moving, but no words reached her.' What does this sentence suggest about how much Amara could understand of what was happening inside?
- 28th April 1961'The years slipped by quickly after that: the children grew, the shop changed hands twice, and the town spread further along the river.' Is this sentence an example of summarised time or a closely detailed scene? Explain your answer.
- 29th April 1961"The children were (1)_______ upset when the trip was cancelled." Choose the word matching "slightly": A) devastated B) disappointed C) heartbroken
- 30th April 1961Give one word from the extract that shows Noah did not complain or make a fuss about the sandcastle being destroyed.