Daily Practice

11+ Entrance

9th February 1989

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

1
Comprehension: Fiction Set 14
'Elliot dragged the trunk...' Suggest one reason the writer chose 'dragged' instead of 'carried' to describe this action.
2
Comprehension: Non-Fiction Set 13
Explain in one sentence why the writer opens with 'Honeybees are far more than just honey-makers' rather than starting with a fact about pollination.
3
Comprehension: Poetry Set 9
'Stalls stretched out like a patchwork quilt of colour.' Name the simile in this line.
4
Comprehension: Mixed-Genre Set 4
In the sentence 'No sensible person could deny that recycling saves the planet', which genre is most likely being used?
5
Cloze: Practice Set 2
Explain why, in an open cloze passage with no word bank, checking word class before thinking of an exact word saves time.

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