Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
August 1981 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1981
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1981True or False: The simile 'like a tiny silver eye' compares the whistle to something watchful.
- 2nd August 1981'the present rushed back in, sharp and ordinary' - what does 'ordinary' suggest about how Ellie feels about the present, compared to the memory?
- 3rd August 1981'The sky clenches its grey fist.' Which word gives the sky a human quality?
- 4th August 1981How many lines are quoted in 'The mountain does not care that my legs are shaking, / it simply waits, patient as stone'?
- 5th August 1981Why is choosing the most obvious situation for an abstract theme word often a weaker choice than a more specific, personal one?
- 6th August 1981'The ancient oak, gnarled and twisted, had stood in the field for three hundred years.' 'Gnarled' most likely describes wood that is: A) smooth and straight B) rough, knotted and twisted C) freshly cut D) painted
- 7th August 1981Explain in one sentence why the writer uses a short sentence for 'Somewhere above her, a door handle turned' rather than a longer, more detailed sentence.
- 8th August 1981Replace the vague phrase 'walked quickly' with one strong, specific verb.
- 9th August 1981What does the phrase 'seemed impossibly loud' suggest about the chair scraping, compared with how loud it would normally seem?
- 10th August 1981True or False: in a playscript, a character's feelings are usually stated directly by a narrator.
- 11th August 1981Choose the correct spelling: "Remember to (1)_______ your spellings every evening." (practice/practise)
- 12th August 1981What had Theo promised, according to Ellie's line?
- 13th August 1981'The garden basked cheerfully in the sunshine, as if it, too, shared in the family's good news.' Does this description match or contrast with the good mood mentioned? Explain your answer.
- 14th August 1981Complete the sentence: "The museum's dinosaur exhibit was fascinating; (1)_______, its gift shop was surprisingly small." A) moreover B) in contrast C) therefore
- 15th August 1981Complete the gap: 'The children waited (1)_______ for the bell to ring.' A) impatiently B) impatient C) impatience
- 16th August 1981What does the writer suggest would happen to fruits and vegetables without bee pollination?
- 17th August 1981In the number 6,732, what is the value of the digit 7?
- 18th August 1981Two amounts are in the ratio 3 : 4, and the larger amount is 15 more than the smaller. Find the value of one part of the ratio.
- 19th August 1981List the first five multiples of 7.
- 20th August 1981A charity raises 840 pounds, shared equally between 5 projects. How much does each project receive?
- 21st August 1981A carton holds 750 ml of juice. How many cm^3 is this?
- 22nd August 1981A straight line is divided into two angles by a single ray. One angle is 106 degrees and the other is x degrees. Find x.
- 23rd August 1981Jack pays for a 4.35 pound magazine with a 5 pound note. How much change does he get?
- 24th August 1981A bag has 3 yellow and 7 white balls. What is the probability of picking a yellow ball?
- 25th August 1981Using the formula P = 2l + 2w, find P when l = 8 and w = 5.
- 26th August 1981A pupil scores 65, 72 and 80 on three tests. What score is needed on a fourth test for the mean of all four to be 75?
- 27th August 1981A graph shows a car uses a 50-litre tank of fuel to travel 400km at a steady rate. How far can it travel on 20 litres?
- 28th August 1981A model car is built at a scale of 1:20. If the real car is 4m long, how long is the model, in cm?
- 29th August 1981Tom is older than Sam. Sam is older than Priya. Is Tom older than Priya?
- 30th August 1981Calculate: 12.6 + 5.75.
- 31st August 1981In a magic square, every row, column and diagonal adds up to 15. The grid is: Row 1: 8, a, 6. Row 2: 3, 5, 7. Row 3: 4, 9, b. Find a and b.