Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
December 1991 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1991
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1991Find the next number: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, ?
- 2nd December 19918 (6) 4 | 10 (?) 6.
- 3rd December 1991Using the rule where A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, which word does the code 7-9-6-20 represent?
- 4th December 1991Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: PAR ( ? ) ORN A) K B) T C) M D) B E) C
- 5th December 1991Zara is older than Yusuf. Yusuf is older than Xander. Xander is older than Wendy. Who is the second oldest?
- 6th December 1991Choose the word closest in meaning to FRANTIC. A) calm B) frenzied C) tired D) sad E) careful
- 7th December 1991KEY ( ??? ) ROOM. Choose the missing word from: A) Note B) Board C) Stone D) Word E) Hole
- 8th December 1991Choose the word closest in meaning to SPACIOUS. A) cramped B) roomy C) tall D) narrow E) empty
- 9th December 1991A=6, B=9, C=2, D=30, E=90. Work out (A + B) x C. Which letter has this value?
- 10th December 1991PETAL is to FLOWER as CHAPTER is to ( ? ) A) Sentence B) Author C) Book D) Page E) Library
- 11th December 1991TOU ( ??? ) DLE. Find the three-letter word which completes the word on the left and starts the word on the right. A) CAN B) HAN C) BUN D) FON E) SAN
- 12th December 1991Complete the third pair using the same pattern as the first two: (CAT, KITTEN) (DOG, PUPPY) (HORSE, ? ) A) Foal B) Calf C) Cub D) Lamb E) Kid
- 13th December 1991Find the word that completes both compound words: HORSE____ and ____BACK.
- 14th December 1991Which word is most nearly opposite to RELUCTANT? A) Hesitant B) Willing C) Nervous D) Slow E) Confident
- 15th December 1991G ( ? ? ? ) ER. A) OWL B) OWN C) ILL D) ARE E) ICE
- 16th December 1991Which word is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to MAGNANIMOUS? A) Generous B) Petty C) Proud D) Calm E) Honest
- 17th December 1991If the code for TULIP is UVMJQ, what is the code for CHAIR, using the same rule? A) EJCKT B) BGZHQ C) DBIJS D) SJBID E) DIBJS
- 18th December 1991Why should a pupil check their plan against the title before starting to write?
- 19th December 1991Find and correct the single error: 'By next summer, she will have finish her exams.'
- 20th December 1991Sentence completion: 'The old bridge looked ___ , but engineers confirmed it was perfectly safe.' Choose the best word: sturdy, precarious, colourful, distant.
- 21st December 1991'She could not tell what Edward was thinking; his face, as ever, gave nothing away.' Does this sentence suggest the narrator has access to Edward's thoughts?
- 22nd December 1991Explain why a non-fiction writer might quote a shopkeeper directly rather than simply writing 'some people are unhappy'.
- 23rd December 1991Correct this sentence if needed: 'Students, who arrive late, will not be admitted until the interval.' (Meaning: only late-arriving students are affected, not all students.)
- 24th December 1991Why might a writer use a short sentence like 'It does not have to be this way' after two longer sentences?
- 25th December 1991Convert to reported speech: 'We will finish the project tomorrow,' said the team.
- 26th December 1991Choose the correct spelling: 'She was hopping / hoping to win the race.' (wishing to win)
- 27th December 1991Find the misspelled word and explain the rule that fixes it: 'The two teams begining their match were evenly matched.'
- 28th December 1991In your own words, explain how a polytunnel keeps crops warm, according to the extract.
- 29th December 1991An idiom you have not seen before, "jump on the bandwagon", appears in this sentence: "Once one shop started selling the toy, every other shop jumped on the bandwagon." Using context alone, suggest a sensible meaning.
- 30th December 1991Write one sentence using personification to describe a storm approaching.
- 31st December 1991Which happens first, according to the extract: pressing the sheet, or pouring the pulp onto the screen?