Daily Practice

11+ Entrance

11th September 1986

5 questions · Years 5-6 · 2790 questions in this band

1
Comprehension: Fiction Set 14
'the hinges shrieking in protest' - name the technique used here.
2
Comprehension: Non-Fiction Set 13
Give one word from the extract that signals the writer is about to explain a consequence or result.
3
Comprehension: Poetry Set 9
'The square hums with a hundred small bargains.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
4
Comprehension: Mixed-Genre Set 4
True or False: on a mixed-genre paper, a question that asks pupils to compare tone across Extract A and Extract B could only be answered correctly using evidence from Extract A alone.
5
Cloze: Practice Set 2
In the sentence 'The crowd fell (1)_______ as the winner's name was announced', explain why 'silent' fits better than 'quiet', even though both are grammatically correct.

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