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December 1998 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in December 1998, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in December 1998
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1998(SLATE, LATE) (SWORD, WORD) (SPARK, ?)
- 2nd December 1998Find the next number: 2, 30, 4, 27, 6, 24, ( ? )
- 3rd December 1998F=15, G=6, H=4, J=9, K=3. Work out F - G. Which letter has this value?
- 4th December 1998Using the rule where A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, which word does the code 19-20-1-18 represent?
- 5th December 1998Find the next number in the series: 3, 9, 27, 81, ( ? )
- 6th December 1998Here are five words: DAFFODIL, TULIP, EAGLE, ROSE, SPARROW. Three of these five words share something in common. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 7th December 1998Find the next number in the series: 2, 4, 10, 28, 82, ( ? )
- 8th December 1998Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to CAUTIOUS. A) careful B) reckless C) quiet D) slow E) wise
- 9th December 1998Here are five words: OAK, ROSE, MAPLE, TULIP, BIRCH. Three of these five words share something in common. Which TWO words do NOT belong with the other three?
- 10th December 19981, 3, 7, 13, 21, ( ? )
- 11th December 1998Choose the word closest in meaning to FRAGILE. A) sturdy B) delicate C) heavy D) flexible E) solid
- 12th December 1998Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to RETICENT. A) Shy B) Quiet C) Talkative D) Nervous E) Polite
- 13th December 1998Find the missing number: 15 + 9 = 4 x ( ? ) A) 4 B) 5 C) 6 D) 7 E) 8
- 14th December 1998KNIFE is to CUT as BROOM is to ( ? ) A) Clean B) Sweep C) Dust D) Floor E) Handle
- 15th December 1998If it rains, the match is cancelled. It did not rain today. What can you conclude about the match?
- 16th December 1998(BEARD) (RAB). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) B B) D C) E D) A E) R
- 17th December 1998All members of the art club use the workshop on Mondays. Leo uses the workshop on Mondays. Priya is a member of the art club. What can you definitely conclude about Priya, and what can you NOT definitely conclude about Leo?
- 18th December 1998If the code for PLAN is UQFS, what is the code for VOTE, using the same rule? A) AYTJ B) ZSYK C) ATYJ D) BUZK E) ZTXI
- 19th December 1998Add the missing apostrophe: 'The dogs bone was buried in the garden.' (one dog owns the bone)
- 20th December 1998True or False: a poem with a strict ABAB rhyme scheme in every stanza has no regular pattern.
- 21st December 1998State whether the prompt 'Sport is more important than art in school. Do you agree?' is asking for narrative, persuasive or descriptive writing.
- 22nd December 1998Join these two sentences correctly with a semicolon: 'The rain finally stopped. The sun came out almost immediately.'
- 23rd December 1998'Autumn empties its pockets of gold and rust.' Explain what is being compared to what in this metaphor.
- 24th December 1998Explain the difference in connotation between 'assertive' and 'bossy' when describing someone who gives instructions confidently.
- 25th December 1998'The carriages rocked like a cradle on wheels.' Name the simile in this line.
- 26th December 1998Give one word with a positive connotation and one word with a negative connotation that both mean "unusual".
- 27th December 1998What sentence type is 'Close the window, please.'?
- 28th December 1998Give an example of the 'rule of three' in a sentence persuading readers to recycle more.
- 29th December 1998How many lines are quoted in 'Every night I feed the light its steady diet of flame, / so that far-off ships need never fear the rocks below'?
- 30th December 1998Correct the punctuation error, given that three boys own the bikes: 'The three boys bikes were left outside.'
- 31st December 1998True or False: the same question types (for example, 'explain the writer's use of language to build atmosphere') are equally likely to appear for both a fiction extract and a purely factual non-fiction extract.