Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
April 1990 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1990
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1990CATERPILLAR is to BUTTERFLY as TADPOLE is to ? A) Toad B) Pond C) Frog D) Egg E) Fish
- 2nd April 1990A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The old cabin tolerated many harsh winters.' A) INTO B) SHED C) COLD D) WARM E) YEAR
- 3rd April 1990Every senior pupil helps run the assembly. No pupil who helps run the assembly is late for registration. Priya is a senior pupil. What must be true about Priya?
- 4th April 1990Six runners finish a race. Priya finishes before Quinn. Quinn finishes before Reuben. Sara finishes before Priya. Who finishes first?
- 5th April 1990In this code, each letter's alphabet position is doubled, then 1 is subtracted. If the code for CAB is 5-1-3, what is the code for FED, using the same rule? A) 12-10-8 B) 11-9-7 C) 11-10-7 D) 10-9-8 E) 11-9-8
- 6th April 1990A=7, B=14, C=2, D=21, E=3. Work out B / A. Which letter has this value?
- 7th April 1990If the code for MOUSE is OQWUG, what is the code for RIVER, using the same rule? A) TKXGT B) TKXGU C) SKXGT D) TJXGT E) TKWGT
- 8th April 1990(SCARE) (GO). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) S B) C C) A D) R E) E
- 9th April 1990True or False: In the sentence 'Reluctantly, Sam handed over his last sweet', Sam gave the sweet away happily.
- 10th April 1990Explain in one sentence why the writer chooses to describe Amara's silence rather than having her shout.
- 11th April 1990'The Ferris wheel stood frozen against the darkening sky.' What does 'frozen' suggest about the Ferris wheel?
- 12th April 1990Using the verb 'create', what word class would you expect 'creation' to be, and what would it mean?
- 13th April 1990'She was over the moon when she heard she had passed the exam.' What does 'over the moon' mean?
- 14th April 1990According to the extract, what change is credited with the rise in nesting pairs?
- 15th April 1990Explain why 'get' might feel out of place in an otherwise formal passage that uses words like 'obtain', 'require' and 'therefore'.
- 16th April 1990A poem's last stanza returns to an image used in its first stanza. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 17th April 1990A cloze passage introduces "the pupils" in its first sentence. Which pronoun should a later gap use to refer back to them: "he", "she" or "they"?
- 18th April 1990Give a synonym for 'ancient' that is stronger/more formal than 'old'.
- 19th April 1990'Through the frosted glass she could make out shapes moving, but no words reached her.' What does this sentence suggest about how much Amara could understand of what was happening inside?
- 20th April 1990'The years slipped by quickly after that: the children grew, the shop changed hands twice, and the town spread further along the river.' Is this sentence an example of summarised time or a closely detailed scene? Explain your answer.
- 21st April 1990"The children were (1)_______ upset when the trip was cancelled." Choose the word matching "slightly": A) devastated B) disappointed C) heartbroken
- 22nd April 1990Give one word from the extract that shows Noah did not complain or make a fuss about the sandcastle being destroyed.
- 23rd April 1990Choose the correct preposition: 'The treasure was hidden ___ the three pirates.' A) between B) among
- 24th April 1990Why is "less" generally considered incorrect in the sentence "There were less cars on the road today"?
- 25th April 1990Why might a writer describe a setting as behaving illogically, such as corridors that multiply, rather than simply describing it as 'a big house'?
- 26th April 1990'Elliot dragged the trunk out from behind the water tank, coughing as decades of dust rose around him.' Which word tells you that a very long time had passed since the trunk was last moved?
- 27th April 1990Add a prefix to 'patient' to make its antonym.
- 28th April 1990Find 1% of 600.
- 29th April 1990Find the difference in temperature between -7 degrees C and 6 degrees C.
- 30th April 1990A number is divisible by 8. Is it always divisible by 4? Explain.