Daily Practice - 11+ Entrance
English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
17th December 1999
- 1Comprehension: Classic Fiction Set 5
'Before the accident, life in the village had followed the same quiet pattern for as long as anyone could remember.' Identify the tense used, and explain what kind of change in the story this sentence might be setting up.
- 2Comprehension: Playscript Extract Set 1
If a stage direction reads '(the room falls silent)', is this an instruction about a character's speech or about the setting/atmosphere?
- 3SPaG Depth Set 6
Identify whether this sentence is active or passive: 'The letter was delivered by the postman.'
- 4Vocabulary and Word Skills Set 7
Explain what is meant by the idiom "burn the midnight oil" in the sentence: "The whole team had to burn the midnight oil to finish the project before the deadline."
- 5Punctuation Error-Spot
Which sentence uses a colon correctly? A) We need: eggs, milk and flour. B) We need three things: eggs, milk and flour.
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