Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
February 1972 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1972
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1972A rectangle has a length of 9cm and a width of 4cm. What is its perimeter?
- 2nd February 1972'The manager's tone was measured, giving nothing away about her real opinion.' What does 'measured' suggest about the manager's tone?
- 3rd February 1972A cube net has six squares arranged in a cross shape, each with a different symbol. When folded into a cube, how many squares end up directly opposite the square marked with a star?
- 4th February 1972Choose the word closest in meaning to ENORMOUS: tiny, average, huge, narrow.
- 5th February 1972Which meaning of 'sound' fits this sentence: 'Her argument was sound, even if her delivery was nervous.' (a) a noise (b) to measure the depth of water (c) well-reasoned and reliable (d) healthy in body?
- 6th February 1972Find the one word that completes both words in brackets to make two new compound words: CLASS ( ? ) MATE
- 7th February 1972Choose the word closest in meaning to RELUCTANT: eager, unwilling, curious, confident.
- 8th February 1972Find the missing number: ? / 9 = 8
- 9th February 1972Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: SHRIN ( ? ) NIT
- 10th February 1972OAR is to BOAT as PEDAL is to ?
- 11th February 1972(ACCURATE, INACCURATE) (SECURE, INSECURE) (VISIBLE, ?)
- 12th February 197215 - 7 = 4 + [ ]. Find the missing number.
- 13th February 1972L=8, M=3, N=5, P=10, Q=25. Work out (L - M) x N. Which letter has this value?
- 14th February 1972Isla is older than Kofi. Meera is older than Priti. Who is the oldest?
- 15th February 1972Which ONE word means both 'a piece of jewellery worn on a finger' and 'the sound a bell or telephone makes'? A) BELL B) RING C) CHIME D) BAND E) TONE
- 16th February 1972Here are five words: BALLOON, CAMERA, COFFEE, PENCIL, RABBIT. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 17th February 1972GOOD is to EXCELLENT as BAD is to ? A) Poor B) Terrible C) Wrong D) Sad E) Unfair
- 18th February 197212 - 5 = [ ] + 3. Find the missing number.
- 19th February 1972HAMMER is to NAIL as SCREWDRIVER is to SCREW as SPANNER is to ? A) Nail B) Screw C) Bolt D) Plank E) Wire
- 20th February 1972Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to OPTIMISTIC. A) hopeful B) pessimistic C) confident D) cheerful E) calm
- 21st February 1972A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'Please also verify the total before submitting.' A) OVER B) SUMS C) FORM D) DATE E) SIGN
- 22nd February 1972Leo scored higher than Mona. Nia scored higher than Omar. Who scored higher, Leo or Omar?
- 23rd February 1972Find the next letter: A, B, D, G, K, ( ? )
- 24th February 1972Using the rule where each letter's alphabet position has 5 added to it, which word does the code 8-6-25 represent?
- 25th February 1972Which word can mean both 'a piece of ground for growing plants' and 'a piece of furniture for sleeping on'? A) Yard B) Bed C) Plot D) Garden E) Room
- 26th February 1972In this code, every vowel moves 3 places forward in the alphabet, and every consonant moves 2 places back. If the code for STONE is QRRLH, what is the code for PLAIN, using the same rule? A) NJDLL B) NJDGL C) NJLDL D) NJDLG E) OJDLL
- 27th February 1972(FORTH) (EAT). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) F B) O C) R D) T E) H
- 28th February 1972Explain in one sentence why a writer might choose the word 'crept' instead of 'walked' to describe a character entering a room.
- 29th February 1972'which somehow felt worse than shouting' - whose feelings does this phrase most likely describe?