Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
October 1981 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1981
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1981In an analogy question, a small white circle is to a large white circle as a small black square is to what?
- 2nd October 1981Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to TRANSPARENT: clear, obvious, opaque, thin.
- 3rd October 1981'The company's new policy drew fire from staff almost immediately.' What does 'drew fire' mean in this sentence?
- 4th October 1981Choose the word most nearly opposite in meaning to GENEROUS: kind, mean, wealthy, friendly.
- 5th October 1981Find the missing letter: CAR ( ? ) OT, where the letter completes the first word and starts the second.
- 6th October 1981Work out 8 x 34 without a calculator.
- 7th October 1981Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: CLI ( ? ) ART
- 8th October 1981SCALE is to FISH as FEATHER is to ?
- 9th October 1981(HEART, HART) (BOARD, BARD) (BLEAT, ?)
- 10th October 19815 x 4 = 12 + [ ]. Find the missing number.
- 11th October 1981F=3, G=7, H=2, J=17, K=20. Work out F + G x H. Which letter has this value?
- 12th October 1981Statement 1: If a shape is a hexagon, it has six sides. Statement 2: A shape has five sides. Which conclusion must be true?
- 13th October 1981(SAW, WAS) (TEN, NET) (TAP, ?) - each pair reverses the letters of the first word to make the second. What completes the third pair?
- 14th October 1981Here are five words: SPARE, MARKET, STARE, GARDEN, PASTE. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 15th October 1981GOOD is to EXCELLENT as BAD is to ? A) Poor B) Terrible C) Wrong D) Sad E) Unfair
- 16th October 1981Omar scored higher than Layla. Layla scored higher than Freya. Freya scored higher than Ravi. Who scored the lowest?
- 17th October 1981Find the letter that continues the series: J, M, P, S, ( ? )
- 18th October 1981Choose the word closest in meaning to VIVID. A) dull B) bright C) faint D) plain E) grey
- 19th October 1981A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'During rehearsal, the piano ventured through several new jazz chords.' A) OVEN B) SONG C) TUNE D) KEYS E) BAND
- 20th October 1981Nadia is older than Oscar. Priti is older than Nadia. Oscar is older than Quinn. Quinn is older than Ravi. Who is the second oldest?
- 21st October 1981Find the next letter: A, B, D, E, G, ( ? )
- 22nd October 1981P=4, Q=20, R=8, S=15, T=48. Work out (Q - R) x P. Which letter has this value?
- 23rd October 1981Find the hidden four-letter word that runs across two consecutive words: 'The tired gentleman waved back.'
- 24th October 1981In this code, DOG is GRJ and CAT is FDW. Using the same rule, what is the code for BOAT? A) ERDW B) EQDW C) FRDW D) ERDV E) DRDW
- 25th October 1981(SEAL) (AND). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) S B) E C) A D) L E) M
- 26th October 1981'The wind howled around the chimney like a wolf calling to its pack.' Name the simile in this sentence.
- 27th October 1981'It wasn't me,' he said, though his voice cracked halfway through the sentence. What does 'cracked' suggest about how Jamie was feeling as he spoke?
- 28th October 1981Find and copy the simile used to describe the loose sign.
- 29th October 1981The word 'decision' appears in 'The judge's decision surprised everyone in the courtroom.' Which familiar verb is this word built from, and what word class is 'decision'?
- 30th October 1981Explain the idiom in: 'Once she realised her mistake, she decided to bite the bullet and tell her manager straight away.'
- 31st October 1981In your own words, explain why the rangers are cautious about claiming the seabird population has fully recovered.