Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
June 2000 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in June 2000, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in June 2000
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 2000Find and correct the single error: 'By next summer, she will have finish her exams.'
- 2nd June 2000Sentence completion: 'The old bridge looked ___ , but engineers confirmed it was perfectly safe.' Choose the best word: sturdy, precarious, colourful, distant.
- 3rd June 2000'She could not tell what Edward was thinking; his face, as ever, gave nothing away.' Does this sentence suggest the narrator has access to Edward's thoughts?
- 4th June 2000True or False: According to the extract, every shopkeeper in the town supports the new cycle scheme.
- 5th June 2000Fill the gap with 'who' or 'that': 'The scientist ___ discovered the vaccine later won an award.' (a defining clause about a person)
- 6th June 2000What repeated phrase does the writer use at the start of the extract?
- 7th June 2000Explain why the pronoun 'I' in direct speech usually needs to change when converting to reported speech.
- 8th June 2000Choose the correct spelling: 'She was hopping / hoping to win the race.' (wishing to win)
- 9th June 2000Find the misspelled word and explain why the usual 'i before e except after c' rule does not straightforwardly apply: 'The parcel felt surprisingly heavy for its size, so Sam checked the wieght on the label.'
- 10th June 2000True or False: according to the extract, polytunnels leave crops unprotected from frost.
- 11th June 2000Explain what is meant by the idiom "a piece of cake" in the sentence: "After weeks of practice, the spelling test felt like a piece of cake."
- 12th June 2000Write an original metaphor describing a busy classroom, without using "like" or "as".
- 13th June 2000Why might a writer use words like 'begins with', 'then' and 'once' when explaining a process?
- 14th June 2000In Extract B, which phrase most directly appeals to the reader's sense of fairness for children?
- 15th June 2000Explain why planning an ending before writing the middle of a story can help avoid a weak or rushed conclusion.
- 16th June 2000A poem describing the forge uses short, sharp lines during the hammering, then longer, calmer lines once the finished tool cools. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 17th June 2000Why might a factual extract about how something works need slower, more careful reading than a fiction extract describing a feeling?
- 18th June 2000Round 17.68 to the nearest whole number.
- 19th June 2000Which is better value: 3 apples for 90p, or 5 apples for 1.40 pounds?
- 20th June 2000A ruler's scale has marks at 0 cm and 5 cm, with 5 equal gaps between them. What value does each small gap represent?
- 21st June 200094 - 3Y = 58, where Y is the missing units digit of the two-digit number 3Y. Find Y.
- 22nd June 2000A quadrilateral has angles of 130, 130, 50 and x degrees. Find x.
- 23rd June 2000A thermometer has labelled marks at 0 and 10 degrees C, with 5 equal divisions between them. What temperature does each division represent?
- 24th June 2000True or False: on a conversion graph that passes through the origin, doubling the value on one axis always doubles the corresponding value on the other axis.
- 25th June 2000A sequence has nth term 3n + 5. Work out the first three terms.
- 26th June 2000A tank holds 200 litres and is 3/8 full. How many more litres are needed to fill it completely?
- 27th June 2000Apples cost 45p each, or 40p each when bought in a bag of 6. What is the cost of a bag of 6 apples?
- 28th June 2000150 - 68
- 29th June 2000What is 0.75 written as a fraction in its simplest form?
- 30th June 2000A sequence begins 200, 190, 180, ... Find the 8th term.