Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
December 1992 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1992
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1992If a shape is a square, it has four equal sides. Shape X does not have four equal sides. What can you conclude about Shape X?
- 2nd December 1992(GRAND) (RIVE). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) G B) D C) R D) A E) N
- 3rd December 1992Three pupils, Kofi, Lily and Marco, each play one sport (netball, tennis or hockey) and each was born in a different month (April, May or June). The hockey player was born in May. Kofi was born in April. Lily does not play hockey. Kofi does not play tennis. What sport does Kofi play, and what sport does Marco play?
- 4th December 1992If the code for TUVW is ZABC, what is the code for XYZQ, using the same rule? A) DEFW B) CDEV C) DEFX D) EFGX E) CDEW
- 5th December 1992Punctuate this sentence with a single comma: 'After the match the players shook hands.'
- 6th December 1992'The traffic hummed like a river of light.' Name the simile in this line.
- 7th December 1992State whether the prompt 'Write a story that begins with someone finding an old key' is asking for narrative, persuasive or descriptive writing.
- 8th December 1992Choose the correct word: 'The cat licked (its / it's) paw.'
- 9th December 1992'The river sings a silver song.' Which word in this line is an example of personification, giving a human quality to something non-human?
- 10th December 1992A pupil describes a character as 'unusual' in one draft and 'weird' in another, to describe the same behaviour. Explain the difference in connotation between these two words.
- 11th December 1992How many lines are quoted in 'The train stitches the dark countryside together, / rattling its steady, patient rhythm'?
- 12th December 1992Which word has a more negative connotation: "cheap" or "inexpensive"?
- 13th December 1992Identify the conjunction in the sentence 'I wanted to go outside, but it was raining.'
- 14th December 1992In a discursive essay, how many main viewpoints should generally be presented before the concluding paragraph?
- 15th December 1992'The beam swept the sea like a searching hand.' Name the simile in this line.
- 16th December 1992Correct the punctuation error: 'Whats the time?'
- 17th December 1992In the sentence 'Surely no reasonable person could disagree that recycling should be compulsory', which genre is most likely being used: fiction, non-fiction, or persuasive?
- 18th December 1992'The orchard sighs as the last apple falls.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
- 19th December 1992Correct the double negative: 'I haven't got no pencil.'
- 20th December 1992Explain why a report's recommendation should be based on the findings given rather than a personal, emotional appeal.
- 21st December 1992Give one feature of Extract B's language that shows it is non-fiction rather than fiction.
- 22nd December 1992Complete the gap: 'The recipe called for two eggs, but Tom had only (1)_______ , so he halved the other ingredients too.'
- 23rd December 1992A savings account of 500 pounds earns 4% interest in a year. Work out the amount in the account after one year.
- 24th December 1992Explain why it is important to identify which step, the fraction or the ratio, happens first in a combined ratio and fraction problem.
- 25th December 1992A triangle has a base of 14 cm and a perpendicular height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.
- 26th December 1992Five years ago, Ben was 9. How old is he now?
- 27th December 1992Write down the coordinates of the point 4 units to the right and 3 units up from the origin.
- 28th December 1992Using the timetable in the previous question, how long does the train wait at Bilton?
- 29th December 1992Six numbers have a mean of 9. Work out their total.
- 30th December 1992Using the nth term rule 4n - 3, find the 10th term of the sequence.
- 31st December 1992A pupil answers 42 questions correctly out of 50 on a mock paper. What percentage did they score?