Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
May 1981 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1981
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1981Find the next letter: A, B, D, H, P, ( ? )
- 2nd May 1981These letter pairs follow a pattern where the gap between the pairs grows each time. Find the next pair: AB, DE, HI, ( ? ) A) MN B) LM C) NO D) MO E) NM
- 3rd May 1981'It was, in short, a most disagreeable errand, and one he would gladly have declined had duty permitted.' What does this sentence tell you about the character's attitude to the errand?
- 4th May 1981The root 'scrib/script' means to write. What does 'transcribe' most likely mean?
- 5th May 1981True or False: According to the sentence 'The bridge, though costly to build, has cut journey times by half', the bridge was cheap to build.
- 6th May 1981True or False: According to the extract, every school that has tried a later start has seen improved attendance.
- 7th May 1981True or False: Nadia gets up and leaves as soon as Leo sits down.
- 8th May 1981'Grace kept glancing towards the door, though she had checked twice already that it was locked.' What feeling does this action suggest, and why?
- 9th May 1981'as though it could not settle' - what does this phrase suggest about the sea's behaviour?
- 10th May 1981'How was the exam?' his father asked. Daniel shrugged and changed the subject. What might Daniel's non-answer suggest?
- 11th May 1981What three materials does the extract say the water filter was made from?
- 12th May 1981'The negotiations were tense, with neither side willing to compromise.' What clue in the sentence helps you work out that 'tense' suggests stress or strain rather than calm?
- 13th May 1981Explain in your own words the two different reactions to the cycle lanes described in the extract.
- 14th May 1981Identify the passive construction in: 'The bridge, which had been built over a century ago, was finally repaired last spring.'
- 15th May 1981Choose the correct verb: "Everybody in the class (is/are) expected to hand in the form by Friday."
- 16th May 1981In your own words, explain what the survey mentioned in the extract found.
- 17th May 1981What does Zara's line 'You said that ten minutes ago' suggest about how long she has been waiting?
- 18th May 1981Add the suffix "-ing" to "swim", applying the doubling rule, and explain why the rule applies.
- 19th May 1981Why might a writer present both sides of an issue like a school start-time change, rather than only the benefits?
- 20th May 1981How many lines are quoted in 'Voices pile on voices, a tower of noise / that sways but never quite falls'?
- 21st May 1981A water tank fills at a constant rate, taking 12 minutes to fill 156 litres. Calculate how long it would take to fill a 400 litre tank, to the nearest minute.
- 22nd May 1981Explain why it is important to scale every ingredient in a recipe by the same scale factor.
- 23rd May 1981What is 9 squared?
- 24th May 1981I think of a number, subtract 8, then double the result, to get 24. What was my number?
- 25th May 1981A triangle has angles of 42 and 67 degrees. Find the third angle.
- 26th May 1981A square-based pyramid has 5 faces. How many of these faces are triangles?
- 27th May 1981A pictogram uses a whole symbol to represent 8 books and shows 3 and a quarter symbols for one class. How many books does this row represent?
- 28th May 1981Two straight lines cross, forming an angle of 37 degrees on one side. Find the vertically opposite angle.
- 29th May 1981Four pupils, W, X, Y and Z, each play a different sport. If three of the four pupil-sport pairings are already fixed by clues, how many more clues, at minimum, are needed to be certain of the last pairing?
- 30th May 1981A sequence begins 3, 7, 11, 15, ... What is the next term?
- 31st May 1981What must be added to 68 to make 100?