Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
November 1985 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1985
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1985Correct the punctuation and capitalisation in this sentence: 'my aunt who lives in bristol is visiting next tuesday'
- 2nd November 1985Correct this sentence: 'the museum which was built in 1890 recieves thousands of visitors each year'
- 3rd November 1985Write 0.08 as a percentage.
- 4th November 1985A triangle has a base of 12cm and a height of 9cm. What is its area?
- 5th November 1985'Her erratic timekeeping meant nobody knew when the workshop would actually open.' Which word below is closest in meaning to the opposite of 'erratic': steady, chaotic, unpredictable, hasty?
- 6th November 1985Circle the correctly punctuated sentence: (a) 'Its going to rain,' said Mrs Patel. (b) 'It's going to rain,' said Mrs Patel.
- 7th November 1985Increase 60 by 15 percent.
- 8th November 1985'Despite his best efforts, the young vet's voice faltered as he explained the diagnosis to the worried family.' What does 'faltered' suggest about the vet's voice?
- 9th November 1985Which word is closest in meaning to 'ancient': ARCHAIC, MODERN, RECENT, NEW?
- 10th November 1985A triangle has a base of 10cm and a height of 6cm. What is its area?
- 11th November 1985'The stagehand's diligent checks meant nothing was left to chance on the night of the concert.' Which word below is opposite in meaning to 'diligent': careless, thorough, patient, quiet?
- 12th November 1985If the code for TREE is 20-18-5-5 (each number is the letter's position in the alphabet), what number code represents the word CAB?
- 13th November 1985Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 14th November 1985A recipe for 6 pancakes uses 240 ml of milk. A cook makes 15 pancakes. How much milk is needed, in litres?
- 15th November 1985FOOT ( ) ALL - which word completes FOOT and begins ALL?
- 16th November 1985Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to HUMBLE.
- 17th November 1985Find the next number: 70, 64, 58, 52, 46, ?
- 18th November 19854 (9) 7 | 5 (?) 11.
- 19th November 1985In this code, each letter's alphabet position has 3 taken away from it. If the code for PLUM is 13-9-18-10, which word does the code 4-12-9-1 represent?
- 20th November 1985(SEAT) (ART). Exactly one letter can move from the end of the first word to the front of the second word so that both words made are still correctly spelled real words. Which letter moves? A) S B) E C) A D) T E) R
- 21st November 1985HK is to KH as PQ is to ( ? ) A) QP B) PQ C) QK D) KP E) PK
- 22nd November 1985Here are five words: THAMES, EVEREST, SEVERN, KILIMANJARO, TRENT. Three of these five words share something in common. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 23rd November 1985A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'Everyone watched as the horse attempted the jump.' A) HOSE B) SEAT C) SEAS D) ATTE E) ORSE
- 24th November 1985Choose the word closest in meaning to PERSISTENT. A) occasional B) weak C) persevering D) careless E) brief
- 25th November 1985Four competitors, Zane, Yasmin, Xavier and Wren, finish a race with no ties. Xavier finishes first. Zane finishes immediately after Yasmin. Wren does not finish last. What is the finishing order?
- 26th November 1985METICULOUS is to CAREFUL as CANDID is to ( ? ) A) Honest B) Secretive C) Nervous D) Careless E) Formal
- 27th November 1985HAP ( ??? ) CIL. Find the three-letter word which completes the word on the left and starts the word on the right. A) PEN B) PIN C) TEN D) DEN E) MEN
- 28th November 1985Find the word that completes both compound words: DOOR____ and ____BOY.
- 29th November 1985Find the next number: 50, 45, 48, 43, 46, 41, ( ? )
- 30th November 1985Which word is closest in meaning to METICULOUS? A) Careless B) Thorough C) Quick D) Confident E) Generous