Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
November 1973 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1973
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1973Which word is closest in meaning to ANCIENT? A) Modern B) Ageless C) Old D) Young E) New
- 2nd November 1973If the code for APPLE is ZOOKD, what is the code for GRAPE, using the same rule?
- 3rd November 1973Which word can mean both 'a group of musicians' and 'a strip of material used to hold something together'? A) Choir B) Band C) Orchestra D) Belt E) Team
- 4th November 1973D ( ? ? ? ) IST. A) ART B) OWL C) ILL D) ARE E) OAR
- 5th November 1973Which word is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to TACITURN (describing someone who says very little)? A) Shy B) Talkative C) Quiet D) Serious E) Calm
- 6th November 1973If the code for WALNUT is VZKMTS, what is the code for GRASS, using the same rule? A) EPYQQ B) HSBTT C) QFZRR D) RRZQF E) FQZRR
- 7th November 1973Why is it a problem if a pupil spends eight minutes writing a detailed plan in a 30-minute writing task?
- 8th November 1973Find and correct the single error: 'I recieved a letter from my cousin yesterday.'
- 9th November 1973What type of word (noun, verb, adjective or adverb) is missing in the sentence 'The children played ___ in the garden all afternoon'?
- 10th November 1973In the sentence 'I could not say what drew me back to that house, only that some part of me had never truly left it', is the extract written in first person or third person?
- 11th November 1973'The council responded cautiously, promising to review the parking changes within six months.' What does 'cautiously' suggest about how the council reacted?
- 12th November 1973Punctuate correctly: 'Mount Everest which is the tallest mountain in the world attracts thousands of climbers each year.'
- 13th November 1973Explain in one sentence why persuasive writing often links a problem directly to its effect on a sympathetic group, such as children, rather than describing the problem in general terms.
- 14th November 1973Convert to reported speech: 'I am standing right here,' shouted Jack.
- 15th November 1973Complete with the correct homophone: 'I can't believe ___ going on holiday tomorrow!' (they are)
- 16th November 1973Choose the correctly spelled word: A) occured B) occurred C) ocurred D) occurrred
- 17th November 1973According to the extract, how much energy do polytunnels save compared with traditional greenhouses?
- 18th November 1973Explain what is meant by the idiom "burn the midnight oil" in the sentence: "The whole team had to burn the midnight oil to finish the project before the deadline."
- 19th November 1973Explain why "as cold as ice" is generally considered a weak simile to use in creative writing.
- 20th November 1973True or False: according to the extract, the sheet of paper is used before it has fully dried.
- 21st November 1973Why might a mixed-genre paper pair a fiction extract about hesitation at a pool with a persuasive extract about closing pools?
- 22nd November 1973Explain why an opening line describing a character waking up and getting ready for the day is generally considered a weak choice for an 11+ story.
- 23rd November 1973'The hammer sings its one bright note again and again.' Which word suggests the sound is repeated many times?
- 24th November 1973Which genre is being described: 'a short piece that explains a process using technical terms and no named characters'?
- 25th November 1973Estimate 58 x 21 by rounding each number to 1 significant figure.
- 26th November 1973A 250 g jar of jam costs 1.50 pounds. Find the price per 100 g.
- 27th November 1973Convert 850 g to kilograms.
- 28th November 197390 - 5_ = 38, where the underscore is the missing units digit of the two-digit number 5_. Find the missing digit.
- 29th November 1973Name a quadrilateral with four equal sides and four right angles.
- 30th November 1973On the cylinder in the previous question, the liquid level is 2 divisions above the 100 ml mark. What is the volume of liquid?