Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
October 1961 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1961
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1961Choose the word closest in meaning to AMBIGUOUS. A) clear B) obvious C) unclear D) simple E) direct
- 2nd October 1961(9 + 3) x 2 = [ ] - 4. Find the missing number.
- 3rd October 1961THERMOMETER is to TEMPERATURE as SPEEDOMETER is to ( ? ) A) Car B) Speed C) Distance D) Engine E) Dashboard
- 4th October 1961A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'He made a big pot of carrot soup yesterday.' A) ROTS B) ROUP C) OTSO D) TSOU E) ROTO
- 5th October 1961Find the word that completes both compound words: NOTE____ and ____MARK.
- 6th October 1961Find the next number: 6, 18, 54, 162, ( ? )
- 7th October 1961Which word can mean both 'to fasten firmly' and 'a small piece of metal used to join pieces of wood'? A) Hit B) Nail C) Hook D) Punch E) Pin
- 8th October 1961H ( ? ? ? ) ROID. A) AND B) OWL C) ILL D) ARE E) OAR
- 9th October 1961Which word can mean both 'a place where legal cases are judged' and 'to try to win someone's affection'? A) Judge B) Court C) Woo D) Trial E) Charm
- 10th October 1961If the code for CRAYON is ZOXVLK, what is the code for PHONE, using the same rule? A) LDKJA B) NFMLC C) MELBK D) BKLEM E) MELKB
- 11th October 1961For a non-fiction writing task such as a letter or a report, which planning tool is usually more useful than a story mountain?
- 12th October 1961Find and correct the single error: 'Each of the puppies were given a new home.'
- 13th October 1961Sentence completion: 'The witness gave a ___ account of the accident, recalling every small detail.' Choose the best word: vague, detailed, brief, confusing.
- 14th October 1961'The rain had turned the lane to mud, and by dusk the last light had drained from the sky entirely.' What two changes does this sentence describe: one to the setting, one to the time of day?
- 15th October 1961'The scheme has cut short car journeys by a fifth in its first year.' According to this sentence, by how much have short car journeys fallen?
- 16th October 1961Explain what would change in meaning between 'My sister who lives in Leeds is a doctor' and 'My sister, who lives in Leeds, is a doctor', assuming the speaker has more than one sister.
- 17th October 1961'children breathe them in on their way to class' - what effect does mentioning children specifically have on the reader?
- 18th October 1961Convert to direct speech: David said that he had lost his keys the day before.
- 19th October 1961Add the correct suffix, applying the doubling rule: 'run' + '-ing' = ?
- 20th October 1961Find the misspelled word: 'It was definately the best match of the season.'
- 21st October 1961Why might a writer choose to give a specific figure, such as 'almost a third', rather than simply saying polytunnels 'save energy'?
- 22nd October 1961Rephrase the idiom "under the weather" in plain words, as used in: "Maya stayed home from school because she was feeling a little under the weather."
- 23rd October 1961Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor, using an example of each.
- 24th October 1961According to the extract, what two examples of material can be pulped to make paper?
- 25th October 1961True or False: Extract B is written mainly to entertain the reader with a story.
- 26th October 1961Explain why finishing a story with the character waking up to find it had all been a dream is usually a weak ending.
- 27th October 1961True or False: a poem describing repeated physical work often uses repeated words or phrases to mirror that repetition.
- 28th October 1961State whether questions about a character's feelings are more likely to appear for a fiction extract or a factual non-fiction extract.
- 29th October 1961A shop's till shows a bill of 179.40 pounds for 6 identical items. Estimate the price of one item by rounding the total to the nearest 10 pounds first.
- 30th October 1961A 2-litre bottle of squash costs 3.00 pounds and a 3-litre bottle costs 4.20 pounds. Which is better value per litre?
- 31st October 1961Convert 3.6 km to metres.