Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
January 1996 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1996A shape is rotated 180 degrees. If the original shape has a dot in the top-left corner, where will the dot be after the rotation?
- 2nd January 1996'She read the letter twice before folding it carefully and placing it in the drawer where she kept nothing else.' What does the detail of the empty drawer suggest about the letter's importance to her?
- 3rd January 1996A journey of 150 miles is split so that the first 2/5 is driven on a motorway. How many miles remain after the motorway section?
- 4th January 1996'The old house creaked and groaned in the wind.' Name the technique used in this description.
- 5th January 1996What is 3/8 of 64?
- 6th January 1996BC is to CD as MN is to ? A) NO B) MO C) OP D) NM E) ON
- 7th January 1996AUTHOR is to NOVEL as COMPOSER is to ?
- 8th January 1996BLACK ( ) LINE - which word completes BLACK and begins LINE?
- 9th January 1996(4 + [ ]) x 3 = 27. Find the missing number.
- 10th January 1996Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: PLU ( ? ) ANE
- 11th January 1996Freya is faster than Grace. Harry is faster than Ivy. Who is faster, Freya or Ivy?
- 12th January 1996A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The machine arrived yesterday morning.' A) NEAR B) CHIN C) HINE D) VEAR E) RIVE
- 13th January 1996Which ONE word means both 'the main city of a country, where the government is based' and 'a letter written in its large, upper-case form'? A) CAPITAL B) NATION C) CENTRE D) MAJOR E) HEADLINE
- 14th January 1996If the code for CANDLE is AYLBJC, what is the code for GARDEN, using the same rule? A) ICTFGP B) FZQCDM C) EYPBCL D) DXOABK E) LCBPYE
- 15th January 1996Using A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, the code for MUSIC is 13-21-19-9-3. What is the code for DANCE, using the same rule?
- 16th January 19962, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
- 17th January 1996Find the next letter in the series: W, T, Q, N, ( ? ) A) J B) K C) L D) I E) H
- 18th January 1996A=6, B=4, C=2, D=12, E=22. Work out A x (B - C). Which letter has this value?
- 19th January 1996Find the next number: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
- 20th January 1996A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'She practised yoga terribly at first but improved with time.' A) DUST B) GATE C) LAMP D) MEAL E) RATE
- 21st January 1996Find the next letter: B, C, E, I, ( ? )
- 22nd January 1996Which word is most nearly opposite to CAUTIOUS? A) Careful B) Reckless C) Nervous D) Slow E) Quiet
- 23rd January 1996Find the one word that can follow all three of these words to make a real compound word each time: HEAD___, TOOTH___, STOMACH___. A) Ache B) Band C) Line D) Phone E) Stone
- 24th January 1996Find the letter that continues the series: C, H, M, R, ( ? ) A) V B) X C) W D) U E) T
- 25th January 1996Name the three main things 11+ examiners typically mark creative writing for.
- 26th January 1996According to the extract, what has happened to honey yields since the beehive scheme began?
- 27th January 1996True or False: The simile 'like a tiny silver eye' compares the whistle to something watchful.
- 28th January 1996'the present rushed back in, sharp and ordinary' - what does 'ordinary' suggest about how Ellie feels about the present, compared to the memory?
- 29th January 1996'The sky clenches its grey fist.' Which word gives the sky a human quality?
- 30th January 1996How many lines are quoted in 'The mountain does not care that my legs are shaking, / it simply waits, patient as stone'?
- 31st January 1996Why is choosing the most obvious situation for an abstract theme word often a weaker choice than a more specific, personal one?