Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
October 1962 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1962
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1962True or False: it is always best to choose the first prompt listed on the paper without reading the others.
- 2nd October 1962Where should the apostrophe go in 'the students results' (referring to the results belonging to several students)?
- 3rd October 1962'Autumn empties its pockets of gold and rust.' Explain what is being compared to what in this metaphor.
- 4th October 1962Explain the difference in connotation between 'assertive' and 'bossy' when describing someone who gives instructions confidently.
- 5th October 1962'The carriages rocked like a cradle on wheels.' Name the simile in this line.
- 6th October 1962Give one word with a positive connotation and one word with a negative connotation that both mean "unusual".
- 7th October 1962Identify the word class of 'garden' in the sentence 'They plan to garden every weekend'.
- 8th October 1962State the main difference between persuasive writing and discursive writing.
- 9th October 1962How many lines are quoted in 'Every night I feed the light its steady diet of flame, / so that far-off ships need never fear the rocks below'?
- 10th October 1962Correct the punctuation error, given that three boys own the bikes: 'The three boys bikes were left outside.'
- 11th October 1962State whether inference questions (working out something not directly stated) are more commonly associated with fiction extracts or with straightforward factual non-fiction extracts.
- 12th October 1962True or False: a poem set in autumn or at harvest time often uses ideas of change or endings as well as describing the season itself.
- 13th October 1962Choose the correct pronoun: 'Jack and (I / me) are going to the cinema.'
- 14th October 1962Give the correct sign-off for a formal letter that began "Dear Mrs Owusu,".
- 15th October 1962In Extract B, give one fact stated about how long swifts can stay airborne.
- 16th October 1962Complete the gap: 'Although the museum was due to close, the curator (1)_______ the visitors to stay a few minutes longer.'
- 17th October 1962A company's profit falls from 250,000 pounds to 220,000 pounds. Express the fall as a percentage decrease of the original profit.
- 18th October 1962A journey of 320 km is split into two parts in the ratio 3 : 5. Given that 1/4 of the shorter part is on a motorway, how many km of the journey are on a motorway?
- 19th October 1962A rectangular lawn measures 12 m by 7 m. Fencing costs 3.50 pounds per metre. Calculate the total cost of fencing the whole perimeter.
- 20th October 1962A father is 30 years older than his son. If the son is 7, how old will the father be in 5 years' time?
- 21st October 1962Point C is at (5, -1). Reflect C in the y-axis. Write down the new coordinates.
- 22nd October 1962A train stops at three stations: Ashby (departs 10:05), Bilton (arrives 10:28, departs 10:33), Colworth (arrives 10:56). How long does the whole journey from Ashby to Colworth take, including the stop at Bilton?
- 23rd October 1962Class X has a mean test score of 62 and a range of 30. Class Y has a mean test score of 62 and a range of 12. Compare the two classes' scores in one sentence.
- 24th October 1962Find the nth term rule for the sequence 3, 6, 9, 12, ...
- 25th October 1962A pupil has 10 minutes left and 6 unanswered questions. Roughly how long can they spend on each remaining question?
- 26th October 1962Write the next two terms of the sequence 3, 8, 13, 18, ...
- 27th October 1962A data table lists three towns' populations: Ashby 12,400, Byton 9,800, Carwell 15,650. What is the combined population of Byton and Carwell?
- 28th October 1962Find the next two terms of the sequence 3, 7, 11, 15, ...
- 29th October 1962A shop sells notebooks at 1.60 pounds each. A pupil buys 3 notebooks and pays with a 10-pound note. How much change do they get?
- 30th October 1962Calculate: 27 x 16.
- 31st October 1962What is 6 + 7?