Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
July 1976 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1976
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1976CF is to IF as DG is to ( ? ) A) JG B) GJ C) HJ D) JH E) IG
- 2nd July 1976Find the next number: 5, 7, 11, 19, 35, ( ? )
- 3rd July 1976Find the letter that continues the series: W, Z, C, F, ( ? ) A) H B) G C) I D) J E) F
- 4th July 1976In the sentence 'The governess had, by long practice, learned to mask her weariness with a composed smile', what does 'mask' suggest she is doing with her tiredness?
- 5th July 1976Using the root 'aud' (to hear), explain what an 'audience' is.
- 6th July 1976'The museum, previously free to enter, introduced a small charge in 2019.' Give one word from this sentence that means 'brought in or started'.
- 7th July 1976Explain why a writer discussing a debate like this might choose to present both sides rather than only one.
- 8th July 1976Why might a writer describe an apology as 'rehearsed' and 'changing' rather than simply saying Leo apologised?
- 9th July 1976'The boy kept his coat on indoors, even by the fire, and answered his aunt's questions without once looking up from his plate.' Suggest a likely feeling and give two pieces of supporting evidence.
- 10th July 1976What is the sea compared to throughout this extract?
- 11th July 1976Explain why a dialogue tag such as 'snapped' changes how a reader should understand an otherwise ordinary-sounding line of speech.
- 12th July 1976Explain in one sentence why the writer compares the filter's cost to a bus fare rather than just giving a price.
- 13th July 1976'Despite the delay, the passengers remained remarkably calm.' What relationship between the two parts of the sentence does 'despite' signal?
- 14th July 1976According to the extract, what has happened to the use of the new cycle routes over time?
- 15th July 1976Rewrite in the passive voice: 'The chef prepared the meal.'
- 16th July 1976Classify this sentence as simple, compound or complex: "The dog barked loudly."
- 17th July 1976Give one word from the extract that means 'able to be measured or shown with evidence'.
- 18th July 1976What does Zara's final line, 'It doesn't matter now', most likely suggest, given everything that came before it?
- 19th July 1976Choose the correct word: "The scarf was a lovely (1)_______ to her new coat." (complement/compliment)
- 20th July 1976In your own words, summarise the disadvantage of a later school finish mentioned in the extract.
- 21st July 1976'The square hums with a hundred small bargains.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
- 22nd July 1976Convert 5.2 km into metres.
- 23rd July 1976A recipe uses 3 eggs for every 250 g of flour. How many eggs are needed for 750 g of flour?
- 24th July 1976Explain why triangular numbers can be found by adding consecutive counting numbers starting from 1.
- 25th July 1976A number is divided by 4, then 3 is added, giving a result of 10. What was the original number?
- 26th July 1976Two angles lie on a straight line. One is 2x degrees and the other is 4x degrees. Find x.
- 27th July 1976A cylinder is unfolded into its net. What two shapes make up a cylinder's net?
- 28th July 1976A pictogram key shows that one symbol represents 10 pupils. A row shows 4 full symbols and no half symbol. How many pupils does this represent?
- 29th July 1976An isosceles triangle has a base angle of 72 degrees. Find the other two angles.
- 30th July 1976Three houses in a row are numbered 1, 2 and 3. The red house is not house 1. The blue house is house 3. Which house must be red?
- 31st July 1976A shape has an interior angle sum of 540 degrees. How many sides does it have?