Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
March 1986 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 1986
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1986Find the letter that continues the series: C, Y, F, V, I, S, ( ? ) A) L B) K C) M D) P E) N
- 2nd March 1986Which word could best replace 'perplexed' in the sentence 'She stood perplexed at the foot of the stairs, unsure which way to turn': puzzled, delighted, furious, or exhausted?
- 3rd March 1986Add the correct prefix to 'agree' to make a word meaning 'to not agree': ___agree.
- 4th March 1986'Some scientists remain cautiously optimistic about the new treatment, while others urge more research before it is widely used.' In your own words, summarise the two different views mentioned in this sentence.
- 5th March 1986According to the extract, why do some doctors think early school starts are harmful?
- 6th March 1986'which felt like something' - what does this phrase suggest about how Leo interprets Nadia staying seated?
- 7th March 1986Explain why an inference about a character's feelings must always be supported with evidence from the text, rather than simply stated.
- 8th March 1986Find and copy the word that personifies the sound the sea makes as it retreats.
- 9th March 1986'Of course I don't mind,' said Priya, though she folded her arms and turned slightly away. What does Priya's body language suggest about her actual feelings?
- 10th March 1986True or False: According to the extract, Zainab built her filter in a professional laboratory.
- 11th March 1986'His apology, though brief, seemed entirely sincere.' Explain how the word 'though' helps you work out that 'sincere' has a positive meaning here despite the apology being short.
- 12th March 1986What effect does the word 'however' have at the start of the sentence about drivers?
- 13th March 1986Rewrite in the active voice: 'The trophy was awarded to the winning team by the judges.'
- 14th March 1986Classify this sentence as simple, compound or complex: "When the bell rang, the pupils rushed outside."
- 15th March 1986True or False: according to the extract, the survey found no link between reading for pleasure and test scores.
- 16th March 1986What is Dad doing when the extract begins, according to the stage direction?
- 17th March 1986Choose the correct word: "The library was completely (1)_______ during the exam." (quiet/quite)
- 18th March 1986According to the extract, why might a later school start time help teenagers concentrate better?
- 19th March 1986'Stalls stretched out like a patchwork quilt of colour.' Name the simile in this line.
- 20th March 1986Convert 2400 g into kilograms.
- 21st March 1986A cake recipe for 12 people uses 360 g of sugar. How much sugar is needed to make the recipe for 3 people?
- 22nd March 1986Is 49 a square number, a cube number, both, or neither?
- 23rd March 1986A number is divided by 4, then 3 is added, giving a result of 10. What was the original number?
- 24th March 1986Two angles lie on a straight line. One is 2x degrees and the other is 4x degrees. Find x.
- 25th March 1986A cylinder is unfolded into its net. What two shapes make up a cylinder's net?
- 26th March 1986A bar chart shows that 15 pupils chose football as their favourite sport. If each gridline on the axis represents 5 pupils, how many gridlines up is the football bar?
- 27th March 1986Four angles around a point are 90, 85, 100 and y degrees. Find y.
- 28th March 1986Three pupils, Ali, Beth and Cody, sit in a row of three seats. Beth is not at either end. Which position must Beth be in?
- 29th March 1986A sequence begins 100, 91, 82, 73, ... What is the 6th term?
- 30th March 1986What is one fifth of 60?
- 31st March 1986A pack of 12 pens costs 4.20 pounds. Find the cost of one pen.