Daily Practice - 11+ Entrance
English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
19th February 2001
- 1Comprehension: Fiction
Explain in one sentence why a writer might choose the word 'crept' instead of 'walked' to describe a character entering a room.
- 2Creative Writing
True or false: a good creative writing ending should introduce a brand-new character or twist in the final sentence.
- 3Comprehension: Classic-Style Fiction
'He bore the news with such steadiness that none present guessed how it had wounded him.' What does this sentence tell you about how the character behaved compared with how he actually felt?
- 4Writing: Planning and Structure Drills
A pupil's plan for a story reads: 'boy finds map - follows clues - gets lost - finds treasure'. Which stage of the story mountain is missing?
- 5SPaG: Mixed Timed Test
Correct the spelling error: 'It was definately the best film I had ever seen.'
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