Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
March 1984 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 1984
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1984Which shape is the odd one out: a circle with 3 dots, a circle with 3 dots, a circle with 3 dots, a circle with 4 dots?
- 2nd March 1984Work out 144 / 12.
- 3rd March 1984Which meaning of 'address' fits this sentence: 'The headteacher will address the concerns raised at the meeting.' (a) where someone lives (b) to speak formally to a group (c) to deal with or respond to an issue (d) to write on an envelope?
- 4th March 1984Continue the letter series: A, C, F, J, O, ...
- 5th March 1984'The wind tore at the flags, snapping them like whips against the grey sky.' What effect does the simile 'like whips' create?
- 6th March 1984What is the perimeter of a square with an area of 49 cm squared?
- 7th March 1984Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: CAR ( ? ) ET
- 8th March 1984PROLOGUE is to BEGINNING as EPILOGUE is to ?
- 9th March 1984(BEE, HONEY) (COW, MILK) (SHEEP, ?)
- 10th March 1984(7 x 8) - (6 x 5) = [ ] x 13. Find the missing number.
- 11th March 1984W=8, X=5, Y=3, Z=37, A=40. Work out (W x X) - Y. Which letter has this value?
- 12th March 1984Statement 1: If Ahmed finishes his homework, he can play football. Statement 2: If Ahmed plays football, he gets tired. Statement 3: Ahmed is not tired. Which conclusion must be true?
- 13th March 1984Here are five words: VIOLIN, TRUMPET, HAMMER, CELLO, WRENCH. Three of these five words share something in common. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 14th March 1984Here are five words: BEACH, PENCIL, THROWN, MARKET, CEREAL. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 15th March 1984DIMINISH is to DECREASE as AUGMENT is to ? A) Increase B) Reduce C) Maintain D) Replace E) Remove
- 16th March 1984In a race, Ben finished before Cara. Dev finished after Ben but before Cara. Who finished first?
- 17th March 1984Which ONE word means both 'the inner surface of your hand' and 'a type of tropical tree'? A) Palm B) Leaf C) Branch D) Wrist E) Coconut
- 18th March 198490, 81, 72, 63, ( ? )
- 19th March 1984A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'Both grandmas and grandpas came to the reunion.' A) SAND B) MEET C) FEST D) HOME E) LOVE
- 20th March 1984No pupil in Class 5 plays the trumpet. Every trumpet player in the school is in the orchestra. Freddie plays the trumpet. What must be true about Freddie?
- 21st March 1984TEACHER is to SCHOOL as DOCTOR is to ( ? ) A) Patient B) Hospital C) Medicine D) Nurse E) Ambulance
- 22nd March 1984In this code, every letter moves 1 place forward in the alphabet, then the first and last letters of the result are swapped. If the code for LAMP is QBNM, what is the code for WIND, using the same rule? A) XJOE B) EJOX C) EJOE D) XJOX E) EOJX
- 23rd March 1984Which word can mean both 'the outer covering of a tree' and 'the short, sharp sound a dog makes'? A) Trunk B) Bark C) Skin D) Growl E) Branch
- 24th March 1984In this code, each letter's code number equals its alphabet position multiplied by its position in the word (the 1st letter x1, the 2nd letter x2, the 3rd letter x3, and so on). What is the code for CAB?
- 25th March 1984(SEAT) (RAP). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) S B) E C) A D) T E) R
- 26th March 1984In the sentence 'Maya sprinted down the corridor, her shoes slapping against the tiles', which single word tells the reader Maya was running very fast?
- 27th March 1984'Jamie held the tangled kite behind his back.' What does this action suggest Jamie is trying to do?
- 28th March 1984Explain in one sentence why the writer describes the wind as finding 'a gap to slip through' rather than simply saying it blew through a gap.
- 29th March 1984'The teacher's explanation was admirably clear.' Identify the word class of 'admirably' and the adjective it is built from.
- 30th March 1984Explain what 'it was raining cats and dogs' means in the sentence: 'We cancelled the picnic because it was raining cats and dogs.'
- 31st March 1984'a record number of nesting pairs this spring' - what does 'record' tell the reader about this year's count compared to previous years?