Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
October 1969 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1969
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1969Explain in one sentence why the writer describes the wind as finding 'a gap to slip through' rather than simply saying it blew through a gap.
- 2nd October 1969'The teacher's explanation was admirably clear.' Identify the word class of 'admirably' and the adjective it is built from.
- 3rd October 1969Explain what 'it was raining cats and dogs' means in the sentence: 'We cancelled the picnic because it was raining cats and dogs.'
- 4th October 1969'a record number of nesting pairs this spring' - what does 'record' tell the reader about this year's count compared to previous years?
- 5th October 1969Complete the gap with the best connective: 'The bridge had been closed for repairs; ___ , traffic was diverted through the town centre.' Choose from: as a result, although, meanwhile.
- 6th October 1969'The waves crashed like a thousand galloping horses.' Name the simile in this line.
- 7th October 1969Complete the sentence for a formal letter: "I am writing to (1)_______ you of an important change to the timetable." Choose: A) tell B) inform C) blab
- 8th October 1969Complete the analogy: Chapter is to book as scene is to ___.
- 9th October 1969Explain in one sentence why a writer might choose to describe a character's actions, such as gripping a folder, instead of simply writing 'Amara felt nervous'.
- 10th October 1969'He had not set foot in the old schoolyard in twenty years.' What tense is used here, and what does it usually signal in a story?
- 11th October 1969"The lecture was (1)_______ boring." Choose the word matching "utterly": A) mildly B) somewhat C) excruciatingly
- 12th October 1969True or False: according to the extract, Noah gives up building sandcastles after this happens.
- 13th October 1969Choose the correct word: 'The dog wagged ___ tail.' A) its B) it's
- 14th October 1969Explain the difference between "imply" and "infer", using each in a short sentence.
- 15th October 1969Explain in one sentence why an unexplained sound, like a creaking floorboard, can create tension in a story.
- 16th October 1969Explain in one sentence why the writer chooses to describe the trunk's contents as 'only a single folded letter' rather than listing several objects.
- 17th October 1969In the sentence 'The detective's account was accurate', give a word that means the OPPOSITE of 'accurate'.
- 18th October 1969Find 40% of 150 using 10% as a building block.
- 19th October 1969Work out -6 + 9.
- 20th October 1969Find the smallest three-digit number divisible by 6.
- 21st October 1969A cross-shaped tile is made from a 12 cm by 4 cm rectangle and a 4 cm by 12 cm rectangle overlapping at their centres, where the overlapping square is 4 cm by 4 cm. Find the total area of the cross.
- 22nd October 1969An L-shaped room is made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 3 m rectangle removed from one corner. Find the remaining area.
- 23rd October 1969A runner covers 100 m in 20 seconds. Work out his speed in metres per second.
- 24th October 1969A two-way table for 60 pupils shows 35 study French and 32 study Spanish, with 10 studying both. How many pupils study neither language?
- 25th October 1969Solve: 2x - 3 = 11.
- 26th October 1969In a bag of 40 sweets, 3/8 are red. How many sweets are red?
- 27th October 1969Simplify 6a + 4a - a.
- 28th October 1969A bar chart shows 4 classes with 28, 30, 26 and 32 pupils. Find the mean class size.
- 29th October 1969A rectangle has length (2x + 1) cm and width (x + 3) cm. Its perimeter is 38 cm. Form and solve an equation to find x.
- 30th October 1969A recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 3:1. If 45g of butter is used, how much flour is needed?
- 31st October 1969A path is 2.4m wide and 15m long. Find its area.