Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
October 1983 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1983
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1983Find the letter that continues the series: W, Z, C, F, ( ? ) A) H B) G C) I D) J E) F
- 2nd October 1983'Mrs Ashworth's countenance darkened as she read the letter.' What does 'countenance' mean in this sentence?
- 3rd October 1983The root 'dict' means to speak. Using this, explain what a 'predict' most likely means.
- 4th October 1983'The museum, previously free to enter, introduced a small charge in 2019.' Give one word from this sentence that means 'brought in or started'.
- 5th October 1983Explain why a writer discussing a debate like this might choose to present both sides rather than only one.
- 6th October 1983Why might a writer describe an apology as 'rehearsed' and 'changing' rather than simply saying Leo apologised?
- 7th October 1983'The boy kept his coat on indoors, even by the fire, and answered his aunt's questions without once looking up from his plate.' Suggest a likely feeling and give two pieces of supporting evidence.
- 8th October 1983What is the sea compared to throughout this extract?
- 9th October 1983Explain why a dialogue tag such as 'snapped' changes how a reader should understand an otherwise ordinary-sounding line of speech.
- 10th October 1983Explain in one sentence why the writer compares the filter's cost to a bus fare rather than just giving a price.
- 11th October 1983'Despite the delay, the passengers remained remarkably calm.' What relationship between the two parts of the sentence does 'despite' signal?
- 12th October 1983According to the extract, what has happened to the use of the new cycle routes over time?
- 13th October 1983Rewrite in the passive voice: 'The chef prepared the meal.'
- 14th October 1983Classify this sentence as simple, compound or complex: "The dog barked loudly."
- 15th October 1983Give one word from the extract that means 'able to be measured or shown with evidence'.
- 16th October 1983What does Zara's final line, 'It doesn't matter now', most likely suggest, given everything that came before it?
- 17th October 1983Choose the correct word: "The camels crossed the vast, dry (1)_______." (desert/dessert)
- 18th October 1983In your own words, summarise the disadvantage of a later school finish mentioned in the extract.
- 19th October 1983'The square hums with a hundred small bargains.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
- 20th October 1983Convert 5.2 km into metres.
- 21st October 1983A recipe for 4 people uses 120 g of rice. Scale it for 6 people.
- 22nd October 1983What is 4 cubed?
- 23rd October 1983I think of a number, multiply by 3, then subtract 5, and the result is 40. What was my number?
- 24th October 1983An isosceles triangle has one of its two equal base angles equal to 50 degrees. Find the size of the third angle.
- 25th October 1983Use Euler's rule, faces + vertices = edges + 2, to find the number of edges of a solid with 5 faces and 5 vertices.
- 26th October 1983Using the same data (cats 8, dogs 12, fish 5, rabbits 3), how many more pupils own a dog than a rabbit?
- 27th October 1983An isosceles triangle has a base angle of 72 degrees. Find the other two angles.
- 28th October 1983In a logic grid puzzle, once you know 'Tara has the drum', why can you immediately cross out every other instrument in Tara's row?
- 29th October 1983A shape has an interior angle sum of 540 degrees. How many sides does it have?
- 30th October 1983Double 47.
- 31st October 1983A field is 120m long. A fence is built along one full length of the field, plus an extra 15m. How long is the fence?