Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
December 1969 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1969
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1969A shape has 2 dots and is shaded grey. In a sequence, the number of dots increases by 1 each step and the shading alternates grey, white, grey, white, starting from grey. What does the third shape in the sequence look like?
- 2nd December 1969If each letter of a word is coded by moving it forward one place in the alphabet (so CAT would be coded as DBU), decode the word 'EBSL' back to the original word it stands for.
- 3rd December 1969Here are five words: SUNNY, BICYCLE, WINDY, TRACTOR, RAINY. Three of these five words share something in common. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 4th December 1969Convert 750 grams into kilograms.
- 5th December 1969In a matrix analogy, a large grey circle is to a small grey circle as a large white triangle is to what?
- 6th December 1969A rectangle has an area of 48 cm squared and a length of 8 cm. What is its width?
- 7th December 1969Correct the error in this sentence: 'Its important that you're book is returned by friday.'
- 8th December 1969GREEN ( ) HOLD - which word completes GREEN and begins HOLD?
- 9th December 1969(SLATE, LATE) (SWORD, WORD) (SPARK, ?)
- 10th December 1969Find the next number: 2, 30, 4, 27, 6, 24, ( ? )
- 11th December 1969F=15, G=6, H=4, J=9, K=3. Work out F - G. Which letter has this value?
- 12th December 1969Using the rule where A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, which word does the code 19-20-1-18 represent?
- 13th December 1969Find the next number in the series: 3, 9, 27, 81, ( ? )
- 14th December 1969Here are five words: DAFFODIL, TULIP, EAGLE, ROSE, SPARROW. Three of these five words share something in common. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 15th December 1969Which ONE word means both 'the inner surface of your hand' and 'a tropical tree with long leaves at the top'? A) LEAF B) HAND C) PALM D) COCONUT E) FROND
- 16th December 1969Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to CAUTIOUS. A) careful B) reckless C) quiet D) slow E) wise
- 17th December 1969Here are five words: OAK, ROSE, MAPLE, TULIP, BIRCH. Three of these five words share something in common. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 18th December 19691, 3, 7, 13, 21, ( ? )
- 19th December 1969Choose the word closest in meaning to FRAGILE. A) sturdy B) delicate C) heavy D) flexible E) solid
- 20th December 1969Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to RETICENT. A) Shy B) Quiet C) Talkative D) Nervous E) Polite
- 21st December 1969Find the missing number: 15 + 9 = 4 x ( ? ) A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 E) 8
- 22nd December 1969KNIFE is to CUT as BROOM is to ( ? ) A) Clean B) Sweep C) Dust D) Floor E) Handle
- 23rd December 1969If it rains, the match is cancelled. It did not rain today. What can you conclude about the match?
- 24th December 1969(BEARD) (RAB). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) B B) D C) E D) A E) R
- 25th December 1969All members of the art club use the workshop on Mondays. Leo uses the workshop on Mondays. Priya is a member of the art club. What can you definitely conclude about Priya, and what can you NOT definitely conclude about Leo?
- 26th December 1969If the code for PLAN is UQFS, what is the code for VOTE, using the same rule? A) AYTJ B) ZSYK C) ATYJ D) BUZK E) ZTXI
- 27th December 1969Add the missing apostrophe: 'The dogs bone was buried in the garden.' (one dog owns the bone)
- 28th December 1969True or False: a poem with a strict ABAB rhyme scheme in every stanza has no regular pattern.
- 29th December 1969An opening-line prompt begins: 'Maya had never been so scared in her life.' Name one detail a continuation must stay consistent with.
- 30th December 1969Choose the grammatically correct subjunctive form: 'If I (was / were) taller, I would join the basketball team.'
- 31st December 1969'Autumn empties its pockets of gold and rust.' Explain what is being compared to what in this metaphor.