Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
January 1998 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in January 1998, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in January 1998
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1998Find and correct the single error: 'Its raining heavily outside.'
- 2nd January 1998Cloze: Complete the gap using a word from this bank (since, unless, while, until): 'You will not pass the test ___ you revise properly.'
- 3rd January 1998'Beyond the hedgerow, the fields rolled away in shades of gold and green, broken only by the dark line of the wood.' Name two colours mentioned in this description of the setting.
- 4th January 1998'The scheme has cut short car journeys by a fifth in its first year.' According to this sentence, by how much have short car journeys fallen?
- 5th January 1998Explain what would change in meaning between 'My sister who lives in Leeds is a doctor' and 'My sister, who lives in Leeds, is a doctor', assuming the speaker has more than one sister.
- 6th January 1998'children breathe them in on their way to class' - what effect does mentioning children specifically have on the reader?
- 7th January 1998Convert to direct speech: David said that he had lost his keys the day before.
- 8th January 1998Complete with the correct word: 'The medicine had a strong ___ on his energy levels.' (affect/effect)
- 9th January 1998Find the misspelled word: 'It was definately the best match of the season.'
- 10th January 1998Why might a writer choose to give a specific figure, such as 'almost a third', rather than simply saying polytunnels 'save energy'?
- 11th January 1998Rephrase the idiom "under the weather" in plain words, as used in: "Maya stayed home from school because she was feeling a little under the weather."
- 12th January 1998Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor, using an example of each.
- 13th January 1998According to the extract, what two examples of material can be pulped to make paper?
- 14th January 1998True or False: Extract B is written mainly to entertain the reader with a story.
- 15th January 1998Explain why finishing a story with the character waking up to find it had all been a dream is usually a weak ending.
- 16th January 1998True or False: a poem describing repeated physical work often uses repeated words or phrases to mirror that repetition.
- 17th January 1998State whether questions about a character's feelings are more likely to appear for a fiction extract or a factual non-fiction extract.
- 18th January 1998Round 4832 to the nearest hundred.
- 19th January 1998A 5-pack of pens costs 2 pounds. Find the price per pen.
- 20th January 1998Convert 3.6 km to metres.
- 21st January 19987 x _ = 56, where the underscore is the missing digit. Find the missing digit.
- 22nd January 1998What is the order of rotational symmetry of a square?
- 23rd January 1998A weighing scale has labelled marks at 0 kg and 1 kg, with 4 equal divisions between them. What does each division represent?
- 24th January 1998A line graph shows a plant's height was 12 cm on day 0 and 20 cm on day 4, growing at a steady rate. What was its height on day 2?
- 25th January 1998A sequence begins 2, 6, 10, 14, ... Find the 25th term.
- 26th January 1998A recipe for 6 people needs 450 g of flour. How much flour is needed for 9 people, at the same rate?
- 27th January 1998A car park charges 2.50 pounds for the first hour and 1.20 pounds for each additional hour. How much does 4 hours cost?
- 28th January 199891 - 47
- 29th January 1998Share 60 pounds in the ratio 1:3.
- 30th January 1998Solve: 4x - 5 = 19.
- 31st January 1998A square has an area of 49 square cm. Find the length of one side.