Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
April 1984 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1984
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1984Complete the gap with the best connective: 'The bridge had been closed for repairs; ___ , traffic was diverted through the town centre.' Choose from: as a result, although, meanwhile.
- 2nd April 1984'The waves crashed like a thousand galloping horses.' Name the simile in this line.
- 3rd April 1984Complete the sentence for a formal letter: "I am writing to (1)_______ you of an important change to the timetable." Choose: A) tell B) inform C) blab
- 4th April 1984Complete the analogy: Doctor is to hospital as teacher is to ___.
- 5th April 1984Explain in one sentence why a writer might choose to describe a character's actions, such as gripping a folder, instead of simply writing 'Amara felt nervous'.
- 6th April 1984'He had not set foot in the old schoolyard in twenty years.' What tense is used here, and what does it usually signal in a story?
- 7th April 1984"The lecture was (1)_______ boring." Choose the word matching "utterly": A) mildly B) somewhat C) excruciatingly
- 8th April 1984True or False: according to the extract, Noah gives up building sandcastles after this happens.
- 9th April 1984Choose the correct word: 'The dog wagged ___ tail.' A) its B) it's
- 10th April 1984Explain the difference between "imply" and "infer", using each in a short sentence.
- 11th April 1984Explain in one sentence why an unexplained sound, like a creaking floorboard, can create tension in a story.
- 12th April 1984Explain in one sentence why the writer chooses to describe the trunk's contents as 'only a single folded letter' rather than listing several objects.
- 13th April 1984In the sentence 'The detective's account was accurate', give a word that means the OPPOSITE of 'accurate'.
- 14th April 1984Find 25% of 96.
- 15th April 1984Explain, using a number line, why subtracting a negative number has the same effect as adding a positive number.
- 16th April 1984Which of these numbers is NOT divisible by 9: 342, 630, 451?
- 17th April 1984An L-shaped room is formed from an 8 m by 5 m rectangle with a 3 m by 2 m rectangle removed from one corner. Find its perimeter.
- 18th April 1984An L-shaped room is made from a 6 m by 4 m rectangle with a 2 m by 3 m rectangle removed from one corner. Find the remaining area.
- 19th April 1984True or False: if a car halves its speed but keeps the distance the same, the journey time doubles.
- 20th April 1984In a two-way table, 15 pupils like tea only, 9 like coffee only, and 6 like both. How many pupils like at least one of tea or coffee?
- 21st April 1984Solve: 4(x + 1) = 24.
- 22nd April 1984In a bag of 40 sweets, 3/8 are red. How many sweets are red?
- 23rd April 1984Simplify 6a + 4a - a.
- 24th April 1984A bar chart shows 4 classes with 28, 30, 26 and 32 pupils. Find the mean class size.
- 25th April 1984A rectangle has length (2x + 1) cm and width (x + 3) cm. Its perimeter is 38 cm. Form and solve an equation to find x.
- 26th April 1984A recipe uses flour and butter in the ratio 3:1. If 45g of butter is used, how much flour is needed?
- 27th April 1984A path is 2.4m wide and 15m long. Find its area.
- 28th April 1984Find 15% of 60.
- 29th April 1984A florist has 100 stems and makes bunches of 7 stems each, selling only complete bunches. How many complete bunches can she make?
- 30th April 1984A bar chart shows 5 pupils scored a 'red' vote, 8 scored 'blue', and 3 scored 'green'. How many pupils voted in total?