Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
June 1979 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1979
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1979Explain the difference in meaning between 'to jump on the bandwagon' and 'to hit the nail on the head'.
- 2nd June 1979Why might a writer choose to quote the rangers' caution rather than simply reporting the record numbers alone?
- 3rd June 1979Sentence 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.
- 4th June 1979In the line 'The tide slides in on silver feet', how many lines are quoted?
- 5th June 1979Complete 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
- 6th June 1979Complete the analogy: Key is to lock as password is to ___.
- 7th June 1979What does the word 'finally' suggest about how long Amara had been waiting?
- 8th June 1979'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?
- 9th June 1979Rank these three words for anger from mildest to strongest: furious, irritated, angry.
- 10th June 1979What had happened to Noah's sandcastle by the time he noticed it?
- 11th June 1979Choose the correct verb form: 'By the time the bus arrived, the queue ___ around the corner.' A) stretches B) had stretched C) stretch
- 12th June 1979Choose the correct word: "Signing the peace treaty was a (1)_______ moment for both countries." A) historic B) historical
- 13th June 1979What is unusual about the light in the corridors, according to the extract?
- 14th June 1979'the hinges shrieking in protest' - name the technique used here.
- 15th June 1979Give an antonym for 'brave'.
- 16th June 1979Find 99% of 400 using a quick mental shortcut.
- 17th June 1979Work out 3 - 10.
- 18th June 1979Find the smallest three-digit number divisible by 6.
- 19th June 1979A compound shape is made from a 9 cm by 6 cm rectangle with a 3 cm by 2 cm rectangle removed from one corner. Find its area.
- 20th June 1979Find the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 7 cm by 4 cm.
- 21st June 1979A coach travels 150 miles at an average speed of 50 mph. How long does the journey take?
- 22nd June 1979True or False: in a Venn diagram, the region where two circles overlap should be counted twice when finding the total number in either set.
- 23rd June 1979A function machine has the rule 'add 6, then multiply by 2'. Find the output for an input of 5.
- 24th June 1979Write 7/20 as a decimal.
- 25th June 1979Solve 3x + 8 = 29.
- 26th June 1979A bar chart shows a shop sold 35 umbrellas in April and 20 in May. How many more umbrellas were sold in April than May?
- 27th June 1979Solve 4(x + 1) = 2(x + 9).
- 28th June 1979A 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.
- 29th June 1979Find the perimeter of a square with side length 11cm.
- 30th June 1979Find 1/3 of 27.