Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
April 1968 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1968
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1968CROSS ( ) WORK - which word completes CROSS and begins WORK?
- 2nd April 19688 x 3 = 16 + [ ]. Find the missing number.
- 3rd April 1968Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: CHI ( ? ) OAL
- 4th April 1968Ben is older than Cara. Dev is older than Ben. Cara is older than Ellie. Who is the youngest?
- 5th April 1968Find the missing number that makes both sides equal: 15 + 9 = 13 + [ ]
- 6th April 1968Which ONE word means both 'to guide or show the way' and 'a heavy, soft grey metal once used in water pipes and paint'? A) GUIDE B) METAL C) LEAD D) STEER E) TIN
- 7th April 1968Using A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, the code for CLOUD is 3-12-15-21-4. What is the code for STORM, using the same rule? A) 18-19-14-17-12 B) 19-20-15-18-13 C) 20-21-16-19-14 D) 19-20-18-15-13 E) 13-18-15-20-19
- 8th April 1968Find the letter that continues the series: E, I, M, Q, ( ? )
- 9th April 1968All the trophies in the display cabinet are gold. The tallest trophy in the school is silver. What can you correctly conclude about the tallest trophy?
- 10th April 1968Which word is most nearly opposite to DILIGENT? A) Careful B) Lazy C) Clever D) Honest E) Quick
- 11th April 1968Using the rule that each letter's alphabet position (A=1 to Z=26) is doubled, the code for CAB is 6-2-4. What is the code for FED, using the same rule? A) 12-10-8 B) 6-5-4 C) 10-8-6 D) 12-8-10 E) 6-10-4
- 12th April 1968Find the missing number: (9 x 3) - 7 = 30 - ( ? ) A) 8 B) 10 C) 12 D) 20 E) 30
- 13th April 1968A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The opera terrified the young pianist backstage.' A) MEAL B) LAMP C) RATE D) DUST E) COAT
- 14th April 1968Find the next number in this woven series: 5, 20, 9, 16, 13, 12, ( ? )
- 15th April 1968Eight books are on a shelf. The dictionary is to the left of the atlas. The atlas is to the left of the novel. Which of these three books is in the middle?
- 16th April 1968A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The old piano vents were dusty.' A) Oven B) Iano C) Nove D) Anov E) Vent
- 17th April 1968Find the letter that continues the series: D, F, H, J, ( ? ) A) K B) L C) M D) J E) I
- 18th April 1968Give one example of figurative language you could use to describe a storm.
- 19th April 1968Give one word from the extract that means 'requested'.
- 20th April 1968Name the simile used to describe the coach's whistle.
- 21st April 1968True or False: Ellie is remembering a time when she was ten years old.
- 22nd April 1968A poem uses very short lines during its description of the storm's peak, after longer lines earlier. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 23rd April 1968'The mountain does not care that my legs are shaking.' Which two words describe how the climber's legs feel?
- 24th April 1968Explain in your own words what the saying "Actions speak louder than words" means.
- 25th April 1968'The negotiations were protracted, dragging on for over a year before an agreement was reached.' What clue in the sentence helps you work out that 'protracted' means 'lasting a long time'?
- 26th April 1968Why might a writer choose specific numbers, 'the fifth, the ninth', rather than just saying Mia avoided the creaky stairs?
- 27th April 1968Rewrite the sentence 'The old house looked scary' using a specific, sensory detail instead of the vague word 'scary'.
- 28th April 1968True or False: according to the extract, Ravi manages to say the announcement without any trouble.
- 29th April 1968Why might a playscript use short, clipped lines of dialogue between two characters rather than longer speeches?
- 30th April 1968Choose the correct word: "She kept a neat drawer full of pens, envelopes and other (1)_______." (stationary/stationery)