Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
October 1988 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1988
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1988Three of these words are close in meaning to 'quick' and one is not: rapid, swift, sluggish, speedy. Identify the odd one out.
- 2nd October 1988Which single word means the same as both 'quick' and 'sharp' (as in a knife's edge)?
- 3rd October 1988A shape is rotated 180 degrees. If the original shape has a dot in the top-left corner, where will the dot be after the rotation?
- 4th October 1988'She read the letter twice before folding it carefully and placing it in the drawer where she kept nothing else.' What does the detail of the empty drawer suggest about the letter's importance to her?
- 5th October 1988A journey of 150 miles is split so that the first 2/5 is driven on a motorway. How many miles remain after the motorway section?
- 6th October 1988'The old house creaked and groaned in the wind.' Name the technique used in this description.
- 7th October 1988A cinema ticket costs 7.50 pounds. What is the total cost for a family of 2 adults and 3 children if a child ticket is half the adult price?
- 8th October 1988BC is to CD as MN is to ? A) NO B) MO C) OP D) NM E) ON
- 9th October 1988AUTHOR is to NOVEL as COMPOSER is to ?
- 10th October 1988BLACK ( ) LINE - which word completes BLACK and begins LINE?
- 11th October 1988(4 + [ ]) x 3 = 27. Find the missing number.
- 12th October 1988Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: PLU ( ? ) ANE
- 13th October 1988Freya is faster than Grace. Harry is faster than Ivy. Who is faster, Freya or Ivy?
- 14th October 1988A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The machine arrived yesterday morning.' A) NEAR B) CHIN C) HINE D) VEAR E) RIVE
- 15th October 1988Which ONE word means both 'the main city of a country, where the government is based' and 'a letter written in its large, upper-case form'? A) CAPITAL B) NATION C) CENTRE D) MAJOR E) HEADLINE
- 16th October 1988If the code for CANDLE is AYLBJC, what is the code for GARDEN, using the same rule? A) ICTFGP B) FZQCDM C) EYPBCL D) DXOABK E) LCBPYE
- 17th October 1988Using A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, the code for MUSIC is 13-21-19-9-3. What is the code for DANCE, using the same rule?
- 18th October 19882, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
- 19th October 1988Find the next letter in the series: W, T, Q, N, ( ? ) A) J B) K C) L D) I E) H
- 20th October 1988A=6, B=4, C=2, D=12, E=22. Work out A x (B - C). Which letter has this value?
- 21st October 1988Find the next number: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
- 22nd October 1988A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'She practised yoga terribly at first but improved with time.' A) DUST B) GATE C) LAMP D) MEAL E) RATE
- 23rd October 1988Find the next letter: B, C, E, I, ( ? )
- 24th October 1988Which word is most nearly opposite to CAUTIOUS? A) Careful B) Reckless C) Nervous D) Slow E) Quiet
- 25th October 1988Find the one word that can follow all three of these words to make a real compound word each time: HEAD___, TOOTH___, STOMACH___. A) Ache B) Band C) Line D) Phone E) Stone
- 26th October 1988Find the letter that continues the series: C, H, M, R, ( ? ) A) V B) X C) W D) U E) T
- 27th October 1988Name the three main things 11+ examiners typically mark creative writing for.
- 28th October 1988According to the extract, what has happened to honey yields since the beehive scheme began?
- 29th October 1988True or False: The simile 'like a tiny silver eye' compares the whistle to something watchful.
- 30th October 1988'the present rushed back in, sharp and ordinary' - what does 'ordinary' suggest about how Ellie feels about the present, compared to the memory?
- 31st October 1988'The sky clenches its grey fist.' Which word gives the sky a human quality?