Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
September 1984 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1984
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1984Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to METICULOUS.
- 2nd September 1984Find the next number: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, ?
- 3rd September 19848 (6) 4 | 10 (?) 6.
- 4th September 1984Using the rule where A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, which word does the code 7-9-6-20 represent?
- 5th September 1984Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: PAR ( ? ) ORN A) K B) T C) M D) B E) C
- 6th September 1984Zara is older than Yusuf. Yusuf is older than Xander. Xander is older than Wendy. Who is the second oldest?
- 7th September 1984Find the next number in the series: 3, 5, 9, 15, 23, ( ? )
- 8th September 1984KEY ( ??? ) ROOM. Choose the missing word from: A) Note B) Board C) Stone D) Word E) Hole
- 9th September 1984Choose the word closest in meaning to SPACIOUS. A) cramped B) roomy C) tall D) narrow E) empty
- 10th September 1984A=6, B=9, C=2, D=30, E=90. Work out (A + B) x C. Which letter has this value?
- 11th September 1984PETAL is to FLOWER as CHAPTER is to ( ? ) A) Sentence B) Author C) Book D) Page E) Library
- 12th September 1984TOU ( ??? ) DLE. Find the three-letter word which completes the word on the left and starts the word on the right. A) CAN B) HAN C) BUN D) FON E) SAN
- 13th September 1984Complete the third pair using the same pattern as the first two: (CAT, KITTEN) (DOG, PUPPY) (HORSE, ? ) A) Foal B) Calf C) Cub D) Lamb E) Kid
- 14th September 1984Find the word that completes both compound words: HORSE____ and ____BACK.
- 15th September 1984Which word is most nearly opposite to RELUCTANT? A) Hesitant B) Willing C) Nervous D) Slow E) Confident
- 16th September 1984G ( ? ? ? ) ER. A) OWL B) OWN C) ILL D) ARE E) ICE
- 17th September 1984Which word is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to MAGNANIMOUS? A) Generous B) Petty C) Proud D) Calm E) Honest
- 18th September 1984If the code for TULIP is UVMJQ, what is the code for CHAIR, using the same rule? A) EJCKT B) BGZHQ C) DBIJS D) SJBID E) DIBJS
- 19th September 1984True or False: it is good practice to note one specific detail or example next to each stage of a plan, not just a general idea.
- 20th September 1984Find and correct the single error: 'The chefs speciality was a rich tomato soup.'
- 21st September 1984Cloze: Complete the gap using a word from this bank (quietly, loudly, slowly, quickly): 'She tiptoed ___ past the sleeping baby so as not to wake him.'
- 22nd September 1984Explain, in your own words, what 'the wind played tricks among the rocks' suggests, without copying the original wording.
- 23rd September 1984Explain why a non-fiction writer might quote a shopkeeper directly rather than simply writing 'some people are unhappy'.
- 24th September 1984Correct this sentence if needed: 'Students, who arrive late, will not be admitted until the interval.' (Meaning: only late-arriving students are affected, not all students.)
- 25th September 1984Why might a writer use a short sentence like 'It does not have to be this way' after two longer sentences?
- 26th September 1984Convert to reported speech: 'We will finish the project tomorrow,' said the team.
- 27th September 1984Complete with the correct homophone: 'Please put your coat over ___.' (in that place)
- 28th September 1984Find the misspelled word and explain the rule that fixes it: 'The two teams begining their match were evenly matched.'
- 29th September 1984In your own words, explain how a polytunnel keeps crops warm, according to the extract.
- 30th September 1984An idiom you have not seen before, "jump on the bandwagon", appears in this sentence: "Once one shop started selling the toy, every other shop jumped on the bandwagon." Using context alone, suggest a sensible meaning.