Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
August 1967 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1967
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1967Choose the correct word: 'The cat licked (its / it's) paw.'
- 2nd August 1967In the line 'The river sings a silver song', how many lines are quoted here?
- 3rd August 1967The word 'light' appears in 'Please turn on the light.' and 'The suitcase felt surprisingly light.' Explain the two meanings.
- 4th August 1967True or False: repeated sounds or rhythms in a poem about travel can be used to mimic the movement being described.
- 5th August 1967A writer describes a character's home as "cosy" rather than "cramped". What impression is the writer trying to create?
- 6th August 1967Identify the conjunction in the sentence 'I wanted to go outside, but it was raining.'
- 7th August 1967In a discursive essay, how many main viewpoints should generally be presented before the concluding paragraph?
- 8th August 1967'Every night I feed the light its steady diet of flame.' Which word is the key metaphor, borrowed from looking after a living creature?
- 9th August 1967Correct the punctuation and capitalisation in this line of speech: can you help me asked leo
- 10th August 1967In the sentence 'Surely no reasonable person could disagree that recycling should be compulsory', which genre is most likely being used: fiction, non-fiction, or persuasive?
- 11th August 1967How many lines are quoted in 'The apple tree empties its pockets of red and gold, / tired now, having given everything it had'?
- 12th August 1967Choose the correct word: 'There were (fewer / less) students in the class today.'
- 13th August 1967Give the correct sign-off for a formal letter that began "Dear Sir/Madam,".
- 14th August 1967True or False: Extract B includes a character whose feelings the reader must infer.
- 15th August 1967Complete the gap: 'The recipe called for two eggs, but Tom had only (1)_______ , so he halved the other ingredients too.'
- 16th August 1967A savings account of 500 pounds earns 4% interest in a year. Work out the amount in the account after one year.
- 17th August 1967Explain why it is important to identify which step, the fraction or the ratio, happens first in a combined ratio and fraction problem.
- 18th August 1967A rectangle has length 9 cm and width 6 cm. Calculate its area.
- 19th August 1967The difference between two people's ages is 6 years. In 10 years' time, what will the difference between their ages be?
- 20th August 1967Point D is at (1, 4). Translate D by 2 right and 3 down. Write down the new coordinates.
- 21st August 1967Three buses depart Sycamore Road at 08:10, 08:35 and 09:00. Which is the latest one that Priya can catch if she must depart by 08:40 at the latest?
- 22nd August 1967Six numbers have a mean of 9. Work out their total.
- 23rd August 1967Using the nth term rule 4n - 3, find the 10th term of the sequence.
- 24th August 1967A pupil answers 42 questions correctly out of 50 on a mock paper. What percentage did they score?
- 25th August 1967Find the nth term of the decreasing sequence 20, 17, 14, 11, ...
- 26th August 1967A factory makes 480 toys on Monday and 25% more on Tuesday. How many toys does it make on Tuesday?
- 27th August 1967Solve: x + 12 = 30.
- 28th August 1967A car travels 180 miles using 6 gallons of fuel. How many miles does it travel per gallon?
- 29th August 1967Share 84 pounds in the ratio 3:4.
- 30th August 1967What is 88 / 11?
- 31st August 1967Layla saves 3 pounds a week. How much has she saved after 8 weeks?