Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
September 1993 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1993
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1993True or False: for an open or abstract prompt, it is best to try to cover as many possible interpretations of the theme as you can within one response.
- 2nd September 1993'The detective's theory was plausible, though not yet proven.' 'Plausible' is closest in meaning to: A) impossible B) reasonable or believable C) certain D) foolish
- 3rd September 1993What happens at the very end of the extract that creates a sudden sense of danger?
- 4th September 1993Rewrite the sentence 'The old house looked scary' using a specific, sensory detail instead of the vague word 'scary'.
- 5th September 1993'He opened his mouth. Nothing came.' Why might the writer have used two very short sentences here instead of one longer sentence?
- 6th September 1993Why might a playscript use short, clipped lines of dialogue between two characters rather than longer speeches?
- 7th September 1993Choose the correct word: "She kept a neat drawer full of pens, envelopes and other (1)_______." (stationary/stationery)
- 8th September 1993Give one word to describe Theo's likely feeling, based on the fact that he admits his mistake but still pushes back at Ellie.
- 9th September 1993'The old house groaned under the weight of the storm, as though it too longed for the night to end.' What human feeling is given to the house here?
- 10th September 1993Explain the difference in meaning between "consequently" and "nevertheless" when joining two sentences.
- 11th September 1993Complete the gap using the word bank: 'Maya (1)_______ the door quietly behind her.' Word bank: closed, shouted, painted
- 12th September 1993'A single bee will visit hundreds of flowers in one day, transferring pollen from bloom to bloom as it feeds.' What is this process called?
- 13th September 1993Write 'four thousand and eighteen' in figures.
- 14th September 1993Two jars of sweets are in the ratio 4 : 9. The larger jar has 25 more sweets than the smaller jar. How many sweets are in the smaller jar?
- 15th September 1993List all the factors of 30.
- 16th September 1993Ben has 45 pounds. He buys 3 games at 12 pounds each. How much money does he have left?
- 17th September 1993Calculate the volume of a cuboid measuring 6 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm.
- 18th September 1993Two straight lines cross at a point. One of the four angles formed is 63 degrees. State the size of the angle vertically opposite it.
- 19th September 1993A shop reduces a 15.00 pound jacket by 3.25 pounds. What is the new price?
- 20th September 1993A bag contains only red and blue counters. The probability of picking red is 2/5. What is the probability of picking blue?
- 21st September 1993Using the formula A = s x s, find A when s = 7.
- 22nd September 1993The mean of four numbers is 9. Three of the numbers are 6, 8 and 11. Find the fourth number.
- 23rd September 1993A distance-time graph shows a cyclist travels 24km in 2 hours at a steady speed. How far do they travel in 5 hours at the same speed?
- 24th September 1993A recipe for 4 people uses 200g of rice. How much rice is needed for 9 people?
- 25th September 1993In a class of 28 pupils, 16 play netball, 12 play hockey, and 5 play both sports. How many pupils play neither sport?
- 26th September 1993Calculate: 546 divided by 6.
- 27th September 1993Look at this group of numbers: 16, 25, 36, 44, 49. Which number does not belong?
- 28th September 1993In the number 58,204, what is the value of the digit 8?
- 29th September 1993A class of 32 pupils is split into 4 equal teams. Each team then loses 2 pupils to another activity. How many pupils remain in each team?
- 30th September 1993A function machine takes an input, multiplies it by 4, then adds 3, to give an output of 27. What was the input?