Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
May 2003 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in May 2003, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in May 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2003'The ancient oak, gnarled and twisted, had stood in the field for three hundred years.' 'Gnarled' most likely describes wood that is: A) smooth and straight B) rough, knotted and twisted C) freshly cut D) painted
- 2nd May 2003Explain in one sentence why the writer uses a short sentence for 'Somewhere above her, a door handle turned' rather than a longer, more detailed sentence.
- 3rd May 2003True or False: 'show, don't tell' means a writer should never state a character's emotion directly.
- 4th May 2003What does the phrase 'seemed impossibly loud' suggest about the chair scraping, compared with how loud it would normally seem?
- 5th May 2003If a stage direction reads '(the room falls silent)', is this an instruction about a character's speech or about the setting/atmosphere?
- 6th May 2003Write the plural of "shelf".
- 7th May 2003What had Theo promised, according to Ellie's line?
- 8th May 2003'The garden basked cheerfully in the sunshine, as if it, too, shared in the family's good news.' Does this description match or contrast with the good mood mentioned? Explain your answer.
- 9th May 2003Complete the sentence: "The museum's dinosaur exhibit was fascinating; (1)_______, its gift shop was surprisingly small." A) moreover B) in contrast C) therefore
- 10th May 2003Complete the gap: 'The children waited (1)_______ for the bell to ring.' A) impatiently B) impatient C) impatience
- 11th May 2003What does the writer suggest would happen to fruits and vegetables without bee pollination?
- 12th May 2003In the number 6,732, what is the value of the digit 7?
- 13th May 2003A and B share money in the ratio 2 : 7. B receives 30 pounds more than A. How much does A receive?
- 14th May 2003Find the LCM of 8 and 12.
- 15th May 2003Ben has 45 pounds. He buys 3 games at 12 pounds each. How much money does he have left?
- 16th May 2003Calculate the volume of a cuboid measuring 6 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm.
- 17th May 2003A straight line is divided into two angles by a single ray. One angle is 106 degrees and the other is x degrees. Find x.
- 18th May 2003Three friends share the 18.60 pound cost of a pizza equally. How much does each person pay?
- 19th May 2003The probability that it rains tomorrow is 0.3. What is the probability that it does not rain?
- 20th May 2003The perimeter of a square is given by P = 4s. If the perimeter is 36 cm, find the side length s.
- 21st May 2003A pupil scores 65, 72 and 80 on three tests. What score is needed on a fourth test for the mean of all four to be 75?
- 22nd May 2003A graph shows a car uses a 50-litre tank of fuel to travel 400km at a steady rate. How far can it travel on 20 litres?
- 23rd May 2003A model car is built at a scale of 1:20. If the real car is 4m long, how long is the model, in cm?
- 24th May 2003Tom is older than Sam. Sam is older than Priya. Is Tom older than Priya?
- 25th May 2003Calculate: 12.6 + 5.75.
- 26th May 2003In a magic square, every row, column and diagonal adds up to 15. The grid is: Row 1: 8, a, 6. Row 2: 3, 5, 7. Row 3: 4, 9, b. Find a and b.
- 27th May 2003Order these numbers from smallest to largest: -6, 3, -2, -9.
- 28th May 2003A baker makes 96 rolls. She sells half in the morning, then a quarter of what remains in the afternoon. How many rolls are left at the end of the day?
- 29th May 2003The nth term of a sequence is 3n + 2. Find the 5th term.
- 30th May 2003Convert 2.5 kilograms to grams.
- 31st May 2003Convert 9/20 to a percentage.