Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
January 1977 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1977
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1977'a record number of nesting pairs this spring' - what does 'record' tell the reader about this year's count compared to previous years?
- 2nd January 1977Complete the gap with the best connective: 'The bridge had been closed for repairs; ___ , traffic was diverted through the town centre.' Choose from: as a result, although, meanwhile.
- 3rd January 1977'The waves crashed like a thousand galloping horses.' Name the simile in this line.
- 4th January 1977Complete the sentence for a formal letter: "I am writing to (1)_______ you of an important change to the timetable." Choose: A) tell B) inform C) blab
- 5th January 1977Rank these three words from mildest to strongest: furious, annoyed, enraged.
- 6th January 1977Explain in one sentence why a writer might choose to describe a character's actions, such as gripping a folder, instead of simply writing 'Amara felt nervous'.
- 7th January 1977'He had not set foot in the old schoolyard in twenty years.' What tense is used here, and what does it usually signal in a story?
- 8th January 1977"The lecture was (1)_______ boring." Choose the word matching "utterly": A) mildly B) somewhat C) excruciatingly
- 9th January 1977True or False: according to the extract, Noah gives up building sandcastles after this happens.
- 10th January 1977Choose the correct word: 'The dog wagged ___ tail.' A) its B) it's
- 11th January 1977Explain the difference between "imply" and "infer", using each in a short sentence.
- 12th January 1977Explain in one sentence why an unexplained sound, like a creaking floorboard, can create tension in a story.
- 13th January 1977Explain in one sentence why the writer chooses to describe the trunk's contents as 'only a single folded letter' rather than listing several objects.
- 14th January 1977In the sentence 'The detective's account was accurate', give a word that means the OPPOSITE of 'accurate'.
- 15th January 1977Find 10% of 350.
- 16th January 1977Order these temperatures from coldest to warmest: -3, 5, -8, 0.
- 17th January 1977Is 522 divisible by 3?
- 18th January 1977A shape is formed from a 10 cm by 7 cm rectangle with a 4 cm by 3 cm rectangle removed from the middle of one long side, not from a corner. Explain why the perimeter is not the same as the original rectangle's perimeter.
- 19th January 1977An L-shaped room is made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 3 m rectangle removed from one corner. Find the remaining area.
- 20th January 1977A plane flies 2,400 km in 4 hours, then a further 600 km in 1 hour. Work out its average speed for the whole journey.
- 21st January 1977In a Venn diagram of 30 pupils, 8 like both apples and bananas. If 17 like apples in total, how many like apples only?
- 22nd January 1977Solve: x + 9 = 17.
- 23rd January 1977In a bag of 40 sweets, 3/8 are red. How many sweets are red?
- 24th January 1977Simplify 6a + 4a - a.
- 25th January 1977A bar chart shows 4 classes with 28, 30, 26 and 32 pupils. Find the mean class size.
- 26th January 1977A rectangle has length (2x + 1) cm and width (x + 3) cm. Its perimeter is 38 cm. Form and solve an equation to find x.
- 27th January 1977A recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 3:1. If 45g of butter is used, how much flour is needed?
- 28th January 1977A path is 2.4m wide and 15m long. Find its area.
- 29th January 1977Find 15% of 60.
- 30th January 1977A florist has 100 stems and makes bunches of 7 stems each, selling only complete bunches. How many complete bunches can she make?
- 31st January 1977A bar chart shows 5 pupils scored a 'red' vote, 8 scored 'blue', and 3 scored 'green'. How many pupils voted in total?