Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
June 1986 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1986
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1986Find and copy the phrase that shows the present-day sounds disappear as Ellie remembers.
- 2nd June 1986True or False: onomatopoeia means a word that looks like what it describes.
- 3rd June 1986A poem uses short, broken lines when describing the hardest part of the climb, then longer, flowing lines once the summit is reached. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 4th June 1986True or False: for an open or abstract prompt, it is best to try to cover as many possible interpretations of the theme as you can within one response.
- 5th June 1986'The detective's theory was plausible, though not yet proven.' 'Plausible' is closest in meaning to: A) impossible B) reasonable or believable C) certain D) foolish
- 6th June 1986What happens at the very end of the extract that creates a sudden sense of danger?
- 7th June 1986True or False: 'show, don't tell' means a writer should never state a character's emotion directly.
- 8th June 1986'He opened his mouth. Nothing came.' Why might the writer have used two very short sentences here instead of one longer sentence?
- 9th June 1986If a stage direction reads '(the room falls silent)', is this an instruction about a character's speech or about the setting/atmosphere?
- 10th June 1986Write the plural of "shelf".
- 11th June 1986Give one word to describe Theo's likely feeling, based on the fact that he admits his mistake but still pushes back at Ellie.
- 12th June 1986'The old house groaned under the weight of the storm, as though it too longed for the night to end.' What human feeling is given to the house here?
- 13th June 1986Explain the difference in meaning between "consequently" and "nevertheless" when joining two sentences.
- 14th June 1986Complete the gap using the word bank: 'Maya (1)_______ the door quietly behind her.' Word bank: closed, shouted, painted
- 15th June 1986'A single bee will visit hundreds of flowers in one day, transferring pollen from bloom to bloom as it feeds.' What is this process called?
- 16th June 1986Write 'four thousand and eighteen' in figures.
- 17th June 1986A and B share money in the ratio 2 : 7. B receives 30 pounds more than A. How much does A receive?
- 18th June 1986Find the LCM of 8 and 12.
- 19th June 1986A minibus can carry 14 passengers. How many minibuses are needed to transport 100 people?
- 20th June 1986A box is a cube with edges of 8 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 21st June 1986Two straight lines cross at a point. One of the four angles formed is 63 degrees. State the size of the angle vertically opposite it.
- 22nd June 1986Three friends share the 18.60 pound cost of a pizza equally. How much does each person pay?
- 23rd June 1986The probability that it rains tomorrow is 0.3. What is the probability that it does not rain?
- 24th June 1986The perimeter of a square is given by P = 4s. If the perimeter is 36 cm, find the side length s.
- 25th June 1986The mean of four numbers is 9. Three of the numbers are 6, 8 and 11. Find the fourth number.
- 26th June 1986A distance-time graph shows a cyclist travels 24km in 2 hours at a steady speed. How far do they travel in 5 hours at the same speed?
- 27th June 1986A recipe for 4 people uses 200g of rice. How much rice is needed for 9 people?
- 28th June 1986In a class of 28 pupils, 16 play netball, 12 play hockey, and 5 play both sports. How many pupils play neither sport?
- 29th June 1986Calculate: 546 divided by 6.
- 30th June 1986Look at this group of numbers: 16, 25, 36, 44, 49. Which number does not belong?