Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
March 1972 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 1972
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1972'a loose sign clattered like something trying to get out' - what does this simile suggest to the reader?
- 2nd March 1972'His refusal to apologise surprised his classmates.' What verb is 'refusal' built from, and what does the whole word mean?
- 3rd March 1972Explain the difference in meaning between 'to jump on the bandwagon' and 'to hit the nail on the head'.
- 4th March 1972Why might a writer choose to quote the rangers' caution rather than simply reporting the record numbers alone?
- 5th March 1972Sentence completion: 'The manual gave a highly ___ account of how to assemble the furniture, listing every screw and panel.' Choose the best word: vague, detailed, brief, casual.
- 6th March 1972In the line 'The tide slides in on silver feet', how many lines are quoted?
- 7th March 1972Complete the sentence with the correct correlative word: "The soup was (1)_______ too salty but also far too thin." A) not only B) either C) neither
- 8th March 1972Complete the analogy: Silent is to loud as dim is to ___.
- 9th March 1972What does the word 'finally' suggest about how long Amara had been waiting?
- 10th March 1972'She remembered the exact moment the letter arrived: the postman's knock, the crackle of the envelope, the way her hands shook as she opened it.' What signal phrase shows this is a flashback, and why does the sentence slow down here?
- 11th March 1972Rank these three words for anger from mildest to strongest: furious, irritated, angry.
- 12th March 1972What had happened to Noah's sandcastle by the time he noticed it?
- 13th March 1972Choose the correct verb form: 'By the time the bus arrived, the queue ___ around the corner.' A) stretches B) had stretched C) stretch
- 14th March 1972Choose the correct word: "Signing the peace treaty was a (1)_______ moment for both countries." A) historic B) historical
- 15th March 1972What is unusual about the light in the corridors, according to the extract?
- 16th March 1972'the hinges shrieking in protest' - name the technique used here.
- 17th March 1972Give an antonym for 'brave'.
- 18th March 1972Explain why finding 10% of an amount is a useful first step for finding many other percentages mentally.
- 19th March 1972Work out -5 - 4.
- 20th March 1972I am even, I am divisible by 3, and I lie between 20 and 30. What number am I?
- 21st March 1972A patio is L-shaped, made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 1 m rectangle removed from a corner. Find its area.
- 22nd March 1972Find the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 7 cm by 4 cm.
- 23rd March 1972A walker covers 9 km in 2 hours 15 minutes. Work out her average speed in km/h.
- 24th March 1972A two-way table shows 40 pupils. 22 are in Year 5 and the rest are in Year 6. How many are in Year 6?
- 25th March 1972A function machine has the rule 'subtract 7, then divide by 3'. If the output is 4, find the input.
- 26th March 1972Write 7/20 as a decimal.
- 27th March 1972Solve 3x + 8 = 29.
- 28th March 1972A bar chart shows a shop sold 35 umbrellas in April and 20 in May. How many more umbrellas were sold in April than May?
- 29th March 1972Solve 4(x + 1) = 2(x + 9).
- 30th March 1972A total bill of 56 pounds is split equally between 4 friends, but one friend also owes an extra 5 pounds for a drink they had alone. Find how much that friend pays in total.
- 31st March 1972Find the perimeter of a square with side length 11cm.