Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
April 1983 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1983
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1983Choose the word closest in meaning to TRANQUIL. A) noisy B) chaotic C) peaceful D) busy E) anxious
- 2nd April 1983Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to DILIGENT. A) Hardworking B) Lazy C) Clever D) Honest E) Quick
- 3rd April 1983TR is to QO as JG is to ( ? ) A) GD B) FD C) GE D) HD E) GC
- 4th April 1983AC is to CA as EG is to ( ? ) A) EG B) GE C) FG D) GF E) EF
- 5th April 1983All the pupils in Class 5 own a bicycle. Tom owns a bicycle. Is Tom definitely in Class 5?
- 6th April 1983(TEAM) (AZE). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) T B) E C) A D) M E) Z
- 7th April 1983Farah is taller than Grace. Hugo is taller than Ivy. Grace is taller than Jax. Is Hugo taller or shorter than Jax, or can this not be determined?
- 8th April 1983In this code, the first two letters of a four-letter word move 3 places forward in the alphabet, and the last two letters move 3 places back. If the code for FLAT is IOXQ, what is the code for GONE, using the same rule? A) JRKB B) JQKB C) IRKB D) JRLC E) KRJB
- 9th April 1983Punctuate this sentence with a single comma: 'After the match the players shook hands.'
- 10th April 1983'Streetlights blink awake one by one.' Which word gives the streetlights a human quality?
- 11th April 1983In a persuasive writing task, why is it important to choose a side of the argument immediately and stick to it?
- 12th April 1983Where should the apostrophe go in 'the childrens playground' (more than one child, irregular plural)?
- 13th April 1983True or False: A poem written in four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme has an irregular, unpredictable structure.
- 14th April 1983Explain the difference in connotation between 'thrifty' and 'stingy', two words for someone careful with money.
- 15th April 1983'The train stitches the dark countryside together.' Which word is the metaphor's key verb, borrowed from sewing?
- 16th April 1983Why might a persuasive writer deliberately choose a word with a strong negative connotation when describing the opposing side of an argument?
- 17th April 1983Identify the word class of 'garden' in the sentence 'She walked into the garden'.
- 18th April 1983Write one rhetorical question that could open a persuasive piece arguing against homework at weekends.
- 19th April 1983True or False: a poem written from the point of view of a single character, using 'I', is written in the first person.
- 20th April 1983Correct the comma splice: 'The bell rang, everyone stood up.'
- 21st April 1983Why is it important to check which extract (A or B) a question refers to on a mixed-genre paper?
- 22nd April 1983A poem describing a busy harvest uses short, quick lines, then switches to longer, slower lines once the orchard is described as empty. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 23rd April 1983Choose the correct word: 'We have (fewer / less) time than we thought.'
- 24th April 1983A pupil writes a persuasive letter to a local council. Which paragraph should generally state the reason for writing: the opening or the closing paragraph?
- 25th April 1983In Extract A, what does Grandad do every year at dusk?
- 26th April 1983In the sentence 'The crowd fell (1)_______ as the winner's name was announced', explain why 'silent' fits better than 'quiet', even though both are grammatically correct.
- 27th April 1983True or False: increasing an amount by 50% and then decreasing the result by 50% returns you to the original amount.
- 28th April 1983True or False: to find 2/5 of a ratio share, you first work out the share as a number, then find the fraction of that number.
- 29th April 1983A cube has edges of length 5 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 30th April 1983Five years ago, Ben was 9. How old is he now?