Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
April 1996 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1996A cube has a side length of 4 cm. What is its volume?
- 2nd April 1996A shop sells 2,468 items in January and 3,551 in February. Estimate the two-month total by rounding each figure to the nearest thousand, then state how far the estimate is from the true total.
- 3rd April 1996Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: CLI ( ? ) ART
- 4th April 1996SCALE is to FISH as FEATHER is to ?
- 5th April 1996(HEART, HART) (BOARD, BARD) (BLEAT, ?)
- 6th April 19965 x 4 = 12 + [ ]. Find the missing number.
- 7th April 1996F=3, G=7, H=2, J=17, K=20. Work out F + G x H. Which letter has this value?
- 8th April 1996Statement 1: If a shape is a hexagon, it has six sides. Statement 2: A shape has five sides. Which conclusion must be true?
- 9th April 1996(SAW, WAS) (TEN, NET) (TAP, ?) - each pair reverses the letters of the first word to make the second. What completes the third pair?
- 10th April 1996Here are five words: SPARE, MARKET, STARE, GARDEN, PASTE. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 11th April 1996VICTORY is to DEFEAT as PRAISE is to ? A) Reward B) Criticism C) Applause D) Compliment E) Silence
- 12th April 1996Omar scored higher than Layla. Layla scored higher than Freya. Freya scored higher than Ravi. Who scored the lowest?
- 13th April 1996Find the letter that continues the series: J, M, P, S, ( ? )
- 14th April 1996Choose the word closest in meaning to VIVID. A) dull B) bright C) faint D) plain E) grey
- 15th April 1996A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'During rehearsal, the piano ventured through several new jazz chords.' A) OVEN B) SONG C) TUNE D) KEYS E) BAND
- 16th April 1996Nadia is older than Oscar. Priti is older than Nadia. Oscar is older than Quinn. Quinn is older than Ravi. Who is the second oldest?
- 17th April 1996Find the next letter: A, B, D, E, G, ( ? )
- 18th April 1996P=4, Q=20, R=8, S=15, T=48. Work out (Q - R) x P. Which letter has this value?
- 19th April 1996Find the hidden four-letter word that runs across two consecutive words: 'The tired gentleman waved back.'
- 20th April 1996In this code, DOG is GRJ and CAT is FDW. Using the same rule, what is the code for BOAT? A) ERDW B) EQDW C) FRDW D) ERDV E) DRDW
- 21st April 1996(SEAL) (AND). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) S B) E C) A D) L E) M
- 22nd April 1996'The wind howled around the chimney like a wolf calling to its pack.' Name the simile in this sentence.
- 23rd April 1996'It wasn't me,' he said, though his voice cracked halfway through the sentence. What does 'cracked' suggest about how Jamie was feeling as he spoke?
- 24th April 1996Find and copy the simile used to describe the loose sign.
- 25th April 1996The word 'decision' appears in 'The judge's decision surprised everyone in the courtroom.' Which familiar verb is this word built from, and what word class is 'decision'?
- 26th April 1996Explain the idiom in: 'Once she realised her mistake, she decided to bite the bullet and tell her manager straight away.'
- 27th April 1996In your own words, explain why the rangers are cautious about claiming the seabird population has fully recovered.
- 28th April 1996Sentence completion: 'The critic's review was ___ , praising almost nothing about the performance.' Choose the best word: mixed, scathing, warm, brief.
- 29th April 1996True or False: a poem written entirely in free verse, with no regular rhyme scheme, has an irregular structure.
- 30th April 1996Complete the gap with the correct pronoun: "Mr Ahmed and his daughter packed the car quietly, since (1)_______ of them wanted to wake the rest of the family." Choose: He, She, Neither, They.