Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
May 2001 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in May 2001, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in May 2001
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2001(CHEF, KNIFE) (ARTIST, BRUSH) (PLUMBER, ?)
- 2nd May 2001Find the next number: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ( ? )
- 3rd May 2001F=8, G=3, H=5, J=52, K=59. Work out (F + G) x H - J. Which letter has this value?
- 4th May 2001In this code, each letter's alphabet position has 4 taken away from it. If the code for SUN is 15-17-10, which word does the code 4-11-16 represent?
- 5th May 2001Freya has more books than Grace. Hassan has more books than Ibrahim. Who has the most books?
- 6th May 2001Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to TRANSPARENT. A) Clear B) Opaque C) Thin D) Glass E) Bright
- 7th May 2001D=5, E=20, F=4, G=2, H=13. Work out F x G + D. Which letter has this value?
- 8th May 2001Choose the word closest in meaning to TIMID. A) bold B) shy C) angry D) clever E) tall
- 9th May 2001PUPPY is to DOG as KITTEN is to ? A) Cat B) Mouse C) Bird D) Fish E) Horse
- 10th May 2001A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The heat became extreme almost overnight.' A) CAME B) MEAL C) TREME D) BECA E) ALMO
- 11th May 2001Choose the word closest in meaning to ABUNDANT. A) scarce B) plentiful C) average D) limited E) rare
- 12th May 2001Choose the word closest in meaning to OBSTINATE. A) Flexible B) Stubborn C) Confused D) Shy E) Friendly
- 13th May 2001Which two of these are the odd ones out? A) Oak B) Salmon C) Birch D) Trout E) Willow
- 14th May 2001BD is to FH as JL is to ( ? ) A) MO B) NP C) NO D) MP E) OP
- 15th May 2001Amy, Ben and Cleo each own exactly one pet: a cat, a dog or a rabbit, and no two own the same pet. Amy does not own the cat. Ben owns the dog. Which pet does Amy own?
- 16th May 2001(CARD) (OVE). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) C B) A C) R D) D E) O
- 17th May 2001No pupil in Year 5 has a packed lunch on Fridays. Which of these statements must be FALSE? A) Every Year 5 pupil has a school dinner on Fridays. B) Zara, who is in Year 5, has a packed lunch on Friday. C) Some Year 6 pupils have a packed lunch on Friday. D) No Year 5 pupil has a school dinner on Friday. E) Zara is not in Year 5.
- 18th May 2001In this code, the first three letters of a six-letter word move 2 places forward in the alphabet, and the last three letters move 2 places back. If the code for GARDEN is ICTBCL, what is the code for PLANET, using the same rule? A) RNCLCR B) RMCLCR C) RNCKCR D) RNCLBR E) SNCLCR
- 19th May 2001Identify the tense of the verb in 'By the time we arrived, the film had already started.'
- 20th May 2001How many lines are quoted in 'Streetlights blink awake one by one, / stitching the dark city back together'?
- 21st May 2001State whether the prompt 'Write a story that begins with someone finding an old key' is asking for narrative, persuasive or descriptive writing.
- 22nd May 2001Choose the correct word: 'The cat licked (its / it's) paw.'
- 23rd May 2001A poem's final stanza repeats a word from its first stanza. Explain one reason a poet might do this.
- 24th May 2001The word 'bark' could mean the sound a dog makes or the outer covering of a tree. Which meaning fits in 'The dog's bark echoed across the yard'?
- 25th May 2001'The window offers up the sleeping villages one by one.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
- 26th May 2001State whether the word "chatty" generally has a positive or negative connotation, compared with the more negative "nosy", when describing someone who talks to a lot of people.
- 27th May 2001Identify the conjunction in the sentence 'I wanted to go outside, but it was raining.'
- 28th May 2001In a discursive essay, how many main viewpoints should generally be presented before the concluding paragraph?
- 29th May 2001'The lighthouse stands watch over the sleeping bay.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
- 30th May 2001Which sentence uses a colon correctly? A) We need: eggs, milk and flour. B) We need three things: eggs, milk and flour.
- 31st May 2001In the sentence 'Surely no reasonable person could disagree that recycling should be compulsory', which genre is most likely being used: fiction, non-fiction, or persuasive?