Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
March 1999 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in March 1999, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in March 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 19998 (6) 4 | 10 (?) 6.
- 2nd March 1999Using the rule where A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, which word does the code 7-9-6-20 represent?
- 3rd March 1999Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: PAR ( ? ) ORN A) K B) T C) M D) B E) C
- 4th March 1999Zara is older than Yusuf. Yusuf is older than Xander. Xander is older than Wendy. Who is the second oldest?
- 5th March 1999Which ONE word means both 'a container often made of cardboard' and 'to fight using your fists'? A) PUNCH B) FIGHT C) BOX D) CRATE E) SPAR
- 6th March 1999KEY ( ??? ) ROOM. Choose the missing word from: A) Note B) Board C) Stone D) Word E) Hole
- 7th March 1999Choose the word closest in meaning to SPACIOUS. A) cramped B) roomy C) tall D) narrow E) empty
- 8th March 1999A=6, B=9, C=2, D=30, E=90. Work out (A + B) x C. Which letter has this value?
- 9th March 1999PETAL is to FLOWER as CHAPTER is to ( ? ) A) Sentence B) Author C) Book D) Page E) Library
- 10th March 1999TOU ( ??? ) DLE. Find the three-letter word which completes the word on the left and starts the word on the right. A) CAN B) HAN C) BUN D) FON E) SAN
- 11th March 1999Complete the third pair using the same pattern as the first two: (CAT, KITTEN) (DOG, PUPPY) (HORSE, ? ) A) Foal B) Calf C) Cub D) Lamb E) Kid
- 12th March 1999Find the word that completes both compound words: HORSE____ and ____BACK.
- 13th March 1999Which word is most nearly opposite to RELUCTANT? A) Hesitant B) Willing C) Nervous D) Slow E) Confident
- 14th March 1999G ( ? ? ? ) ER. A) OWL B) OWN C) ILL D) ARE E) ICE
- 15th March 1999Which word is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to MAGNANIMOUS? A) Generous B) Petty C) Proud D) Calm E) Honest
- 16th March 1999If the code for TULIP is UVMJQ, what is the code for CHAIR, using the same rule? A) EJCKT B) BGZHQ C) DBIJS D) SJBID E) DIBJS
- 17th March 1999Why is it a problem if a pupil spends eight minutes writing a detailed plan in a 30-minute writing task?
- 18th March 1999Find and correct the single error: 'I recieved a letter from my cousin yesterday.'
- 19th March 1999What type of word (noun, verb, adjective or adverb) is missing in the sentence 'The children played ___ in the garden all afternoon'?
- 20th March 1999In the sentence 'I could not say what drew me back to that house, only that some part of me had never truly left it', is the extract written in first person or third person?
- 21st March 1999Explain why a non-fiction writer might quote a shopkeeper directly rather than simply writing 'some people are unhappy'.
- 22nd March 1999Correct this sentence if needed: 'Students, who arrive late, will not be admitted until the interval.' (Meaning: only late-arriving students are affected, not all students.)
- 23rd March 1999Why might a writer use a short sentence like 'It does not have to be this way' after two longer sentences?
- 24th March 1999Convert to reported speech: 'We will finish the project tomorrow,' said the team.
- 25th March 1999Complete with the correct homophone: 'I can't believe ___ going on holiday tomorrow!' (they are)
- 26th March 1999Find the misspelled word and explain the rule that fixes it: 'The two teams begining their match were evenly matched.'
- 27th March 1999In your own words, explain how a polytunnel keeps crops warm, according to the extract.
- 28th March 1999An 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.
- 29th March 1999Write one sentence using personification to describe a storm approaching.
- 30th March 1999Which happens first, according to the extract: pressing the sheet, or pouring the pulp onto the screen?
- 31st March 1999What is a rhetorical question, and identify one example from Extract B.