Daily Practice

11+ Entrance

1st October 1991

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

1
Comprehension: Poetry Set 6
How many lines are quoted in 'Every night I feed the light its steady diet of flame, / so that far-off ships need never fear the rocks below'?
2
Comprehension: Classic Fiction Set 5
'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.
3
Comprehension: Playscript Extract Set 1
True or False: in a playscript, a character's feelings are usually stated directly by a narrator.
4
SPaG Depth Set 6
Explain why a scientist writing up an experiment might write 'The solution was heated' rather than 'I heated the solution.'
5
Vocabulary and Word Skills Set 7
Explain what is meant by the idiom "a piece of cake" in the sentence: "After weeks of practice, the spelling test felt like a piece of cake."

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