Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance

Daily Practice - 11+ Entrance

3rd May 1996

5 questions · Years 5-6 · 2790 questions in this band

1
Comprehension: Classic Fiction Set 5
Explain why a writer might choose to summarise ten years in one sentence but spend a whole paragraph describing a single afternoon.
2
Comprehension: Playscript Extract Set 1
In the exchange 'MRS OKAFOR: Well? LIAM: (silence) MRS OKAFOR: I'm waiting.', what does Liam's stage direction of '(silence)' suggest about how he is responding?
3
SPaG Depth Set 6
Rewrite in the active voice: 'The trophy was awarded to the winning team by the judges.'
4
Vocabulary and Word Skills Set 7
An 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.
5
Punctuation Error-Spot
Correct the comma splice: 'The bell rang, everyone stood up.'

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