Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
December 1964 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1964
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1964'which somehow felt worse than shouting' - whose feelings does this phrase most likely describe?
- 2nd December 1964'a loose sign clattered like something trying to get out' - what does this simile suggest to the reader?
- 3rd December 1964'His refusal to apologise surprised his classmates.' What verb is 'refusal' built from, and what does the whole word mean?
- 4th December 1964Explain the difference in meaning between 'to jump on the bandwagon' and 'to hit the nail on the head'.
- 5th December 1964Why might a writer choose to quote the rangers' caution rather than simply reporting the record numbers alone?
- 6th December 1964Sentence completion: 'The manual gave a highly ___ account of how to assemble the furniture, listing every screw and panel.' Choose the best word: vague, detailed, brief, casual.
- 7th December 1964In the line 'The tide slides in on silver feet', how many lines are quoted?
- 8th December 1964Complete the sentence with the correct correlative word: "The soup was (1)_______ too salty but also far too thin." A) not only B) either C) neither
- 9th December 1964Give a synonym for 'ancient' that is stronger/more formal than 'old'.
- 10th December 1964What does the word 'finally' suggest about how long Amara had been waiting?
- 11th December 1964'She remembered the exact moment the letter arrived: the postman's knock, the crackle of the envelope, the way her hands shook as she opened it.' What signal phrase shows this is a flashback, and why does the sentence slow down here?
- 12th December 1964Rank these three words for anger from mildest to strongest: furious, irritated, angry.
- 13th December 1964What had happened to Noah's sandcastle by the time he noticed it?
- 14th December 1964Choose the correct verb form: 'By the time the bus arrived, the queue ___ around the corner.' A) stretches B) had stretched C) stretch
- 15th December 1964Choose the correct word: "Signing the peace treaty was a (1)_______ moment for both countries." A) historic B) historical
- 16th December 1964What is unusual about the light in the corridors, according to the extract?
- 17th December 1964'the hinges shrieking in protest' - name the technique used here.
- 18th December 1964Give an antonym for 'brave'.
- 19th December 1964Find 1% of 600.
- 20th December 1964Find the difference in temperature between -7 degrees C and 6 degrees C.
- 21st December 1964Which of these numbers is NOT divisible by 9: 342, 630, 451?
- 22nd December 1964State the two steps you should always take before calculating the area of a compound shape made of several rectangles.
- 23rd December 1964Find the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 7 cm by 4 cm.
- 24th December 1964A train travels at a constant speed of 80 km/h for 3 hours. How far does it travel?
- 25th December 1964A Venn diagram shows 40 pupils in total. 25 play football, 18 play tennis, and 10 play both. How many play neither sport?
- 26th December 1964Solve: 5x = 35.
- 27th December 1964Write 7/20 as a decimal.
- 28th December 1964Solve 3x + 8 = 29.
- 29th December 1964A bar chart shows a shop sold 35 umbrellas in April and 20 in May. How many more umbrellas were sold in April than May?
- 30th December 1964Solve 4(x + 1) = 2(x + 9).
- 31st December 1964A total bill of 56 pounds is split equally between 4 friends, but one friend also owes an extra 5 pounds for a drink they had alone. Find how much that friend pays in total.