Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
August 1966 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1966
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1966(SPIDER, WEB) (BEE, HIVE) (BIRD, ?) A) Nest B) Cage C) Branch D) Egg E) Feather
- 2nd August 1966ABUNDANT is to SCARCE as GENEROUS is to ( ? ) A) Kind B) Selfish C) Wealthy D) Cautious E) Friendly
- 3rd August 1966FOOT ( ??? ) ROOM. Choose the missing word from: A) Ball B) Step C) Path D) Print E) Hold
- 4th August 1966Which word is closest in meaning to ANCIENT? A) Modern B) Ageless C) Old D) Young E) New
- 5th August 1966If the code for APPLE is ZOOKD, what is the code for GRAPE, using the same rule?
- 6th August 1966Which word can mean both 'a group of musicians' and 'a strip of material used to hold something together'? A) Choir B) Band C) Orchestra D) Belt E) Team
- 7th August 1966D ( ? ? ? ) IST. A) ART B) OWL C) ILL D) ARE E) OAR
- 8th August 1966Which word is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to TACITURN (describing someone who says very little)? A) Shy B) Talkative C) Quiet D) Serious E) Calm
- 9th August 1966If the code for WALNUT is VZKMTS, what is the code for GRASS, using the same rule? A) EPYQQ B) HSBTT C) QFZRR D) RRZQF E) FQZRR
- 10th August 1966Why should a pupil check their plan against the title before starting to write?
- 11th August 1966Find and correct the single error: 'By next summer, she will have finish her exams.'
- 12th August 1966Sentence completion: 'The old bridge looked ___ , but engineers confirmed it was perfectly safe.' Choose the best word: sturdy, precarious, colourful, distant.
- 13th August 1966'She could not tell what Edward was thinking; his face, as ever, gave nothing away.' Does this sentence suggest the narrator has access to Edward's thoughts?
- 14th August 1966'The council responded cautiously, promising to review the parking changes within six months.' What does 'cautiously' suggest about how the council reacted?
- 15th August 1966Punctuate correctly: 'Mount Everest which is the tallest mountain in the world attracts thousands of climbers each year.'
- 16th August 1966Explain in one sentence why persuasive writing often links a problem directly to its effect on a sympathetic group, such as children, rather than describing the problem in general terms.
- 17th August 1966Convert to reported speech: 'I am standing right here,' shouted Jack.
- 18th August 1966Choose the correct spelling: 'She was hopping / hoping to win the race.' (wishing to win)
- 19th August 1966Choose the correctly spelled word: A) occured B) occurred C) ocurred D) occurrred
- 20th August 1966According to the extract, how much energy do polytunnels save compared with traditional greenhouses?
- 21st August 1966Explain what is meant by the idiom "burn the midnight oil" in the sentence: "The whole team had to burn the midnight oil to finish the project before the deadline."
- 22nd August 1966Explain why "as cold as ice" is generally considered a weak simile to use in creative writing.
- 23rd August 1966True or False: according to the extract, the sheet of paper is used before it has fully dried.
- 24th August 1966Why might a mixed-genre paper pair a fiction extract about hesitation at a pool with a persuasive extract about closing pools?
- 25th August 1966Explain why an opening line describing a character waking up and getting ready for the day is generally considered a weak choice for an 11+ story.
- 26th August 1966'The hammer sings its one bright note again and again.' Which word suggests the sound is repeated many times?
- 27th August 1966Which genre is being described: 'a short piece that explains a process using technical terms and no named characters'?
- 28th August 1966Round 17.68 to the nearest whole number.
- 29th August 1966Which is better value: 3 apples for 90p, or 5 apples for 1.40 pounds?
- 30th August 1966Convert 850 g to kilograms.
- 31st August 1966100 - 6_ = 37, where the underscore is the missing units digit of the two-digit number 6_. Find the missing digit.