Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
August 1974 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1974
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1974The word 'decision' appears in 'The judge's decision surprised everyone in the courtroom.' Which familiar verb is this word built from, and what word class is 'decision'?
- 2nd August 1974Explain the idiom in: 'Once she realised her mistake, she decided to bite the bullet and tell her manager straight away.'
- 3rd August 1974In your own words, explain why the rangers are cautious about claiming the seabird population has fully recovered.
- 4th August 1974Sentence completion: 'The critic's review was ___ , praising almost nothing about the performance.' Choose the best word: mixed, scathing, warm, brief.
- 5th August 1974True or False: a poem written entirely in free verse, with no regular rhyme scheme, has an irregular structure.
- 6th August 1974Complete the gap with the correct pronoun: "Mr Ahmed and his daughter packed the car quietly, since (1)_______ of them wanted to wake the rest of the family." Choose: He, She, Neither, They.
- 7th August 1974Which word has a more negative connotation, even though both describe spending carefully: thrifty or stingy?
- 8th August 1974True or False: in the extract, Amara opens the office door herself.
- 9th August 1974Explain why a writer might choose to summarise ten years in one sentence but spend a whole paragraph describing a single afternoon.
- 10th August 1974"The team's performance was (1)_______ disappointing, given how well they had trained." Choose the best word: A) mildly B) bitterly C) somewhat
- 11th August 1974Explain why a writer might show a character's feelings through their actions, such as picking up a spade, rather than stating directly how they feel.
- 12th August 1974Choose the correct connective: 'Priya trained for the race every morning before school; ___, she finished in the top three.' A) however B) meanwhile C) consequently
- 13th August 1974Choose the correct word: "There has been a considerable (1)_______ of rainfall this month." A) amount B) number
- 14th August 1974True or False: Jack is moving when he hears the floorboard creak.
- 15th August 1974'Elliot dragged the trunk...' Suggest one reason the writer chose 'dragged' instead of 'carried' to describe this action.
- 16th August 1974Three of these words are synonyms; find the odd one out: cautious, careful, wary, careless.
- 17th August 1974Find 5% of 80.
- 18th August 1974A submarine is at a depth of -120 m. It rises by 45 m. What is its new depth?
- 19th August 1974Which of these numbers is NOT divisible by 9: 342, 630, 451?
- 20th August 1974A shape is made from two rectangles placed side by side: one 6 cm by 4 cm and one 3 cm by 4 cm, joined along their 4 cm sides to form a longer rectangle. Find the total area.
- 21st August 1974A cuboid measures 4 cm by 3 cm by 5 cm. Find its volume.
- 22nd August 1974A cyclist rides 60 km in 4 hours at a constant speed. Work out her average speed in km/h.
- 23rd August 1974A two-way table shows that 12 pupils own a cat and a dog, 20 own a cat only, and 15 own a dog only. How many pupils own at least one of a cat or a dog?
- 24th August 1974A function machine has the rule 'multiply by 3, then add 4'. If the output is 19, find the input.
- 25th August 1974Share 45 pounds in the ratio 2:3.
- 26th August 1974x = 5 and y = 2. Work out the value of 3x - y.
- 27th August 1974A pictogram key shows one symbol = 5 pupils. A bar for Year 5 shows 6 full symbols. How many Year 5 pupils are represented?
- 28th August 1974Three consecutive whole numbers add up to 72. Form an equation using n for the smallest number, and solve it to find the three numbers.
- 29th August 1974A ribbon 84cm long is cut in the ratio 4:3. Find the length of the shorter piece.
- 30th August 1974A rope 18m long is cut into 3 equal pieces, then one of those pieces is cut in half. How long is one of the smallest pieces?
- 31st August 1974Find 3/8 of 64.