Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
April 2005 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in April 2005, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in April 2005
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2005Sentence completion: 'The committee's decision was met with ___ approval from every member.' Choose the best word: partial, unanimous, doubtful, delayed.
- 2nd April 2005True or False: classic-style descriptive writing usually builds atmosphere through a single dramatic sentence rather than through several connected details.
- 3rd April 2005'The scheme has cut short car journeys by a fifth in its first year.' According to this sentence, by how much have short car journeys fallen?
- 4th April 2005Explain what would change in meaning between 'My sister who lives in Leeds is a doctor' and 'My sister, who lives in Leeds, is a doctor', assuming the speaker has more than one sister.
- 5th April 2005'children breathe them in on their way to class' - what effect does mentioning children specifically have on the reader?
- 6th April 2005Convert to direct speech: David said that he had lost his keys the day before.
- 7th April 2005Complete with the correct homophone: '___ bag is this on the table?' (belonging to whom)
- 8th April 2005Find the misspelled word: 'It was definately the best match of the season.'
- 9th April 2005Why might a writer choose to give a specific figure, such as 'almost a third', rather than simply saying polytunnels 'save energy'?
- 10th April 2005Rephrase the idiom "under the weather" in plain words, as used in: "Maya stayed home from school because she was feeling a little under the weather."
- 11th April 2005Explain the difference between a simile and a metaphor, using an example of each.
- 12th April 2005According to the extract, what two examples of material can be pulped to make paper?
- 13th April 2005True or False: Extract B is written mainly to entertain the reader with a story.
- 14th April 2005Explain why finishing a story with the character waking up to find it had all been a dream is usually a weak ending.
- 15th April 2005True or False: a poem describing repeated physical work often uses repeated words or phrases to mirror that repetition.
- 16th April 2005State whether questions about a character's feelings are more likely to appear for a fiction extract or a factual non-fiction extract.
- 17th April 2005Explain why estimating before doing a calculation is a useful check, even when you plan to use a calculator.
- 18th April 2005A 12-pack of juice cartons costs 4.80 pounds. Find the price per carton.
- 19th April 2005Convert 3.6 km to metres.
- 20th April 2005100 - 6_ = 37, where the underscore is the missing units digit of the two-digit number 6_. Find the missing digit.
- 21st April 2005What is the order of rotational symmetry of a rectangle that is not a square?
- 22nd April 2005A measuring cylinder has marks at 100 ml and 150 ml, with 5 equal divisions between them. What does each division represent?
- 23rd April 2005A temperature line graph shows the temperature rose from 4 degrees C at 6am to 18 degrees C at 2pm, then fell to 10 degrees C by 6pm. Describe, in one sentence, how the temperature changed over the whole day.
- 24th April 2005A sequence begins 2, 6, 10, 14, ... Find the 25th term.
- 25th April 2005A shop reduces a 60 pound jacket by 20 percent, then adds 5 percent VAT to the reduced price. What is the final price?
- 26th April 2005A tank holds 180 litres and is filled at 15 litres per minute. How long does it take to fill from empty?
- 27th April 200514 x 40
- 28th April 2005Share 60 pounds in the ratio 1:3.
- 29th April 2005Solve: 4x - 5 = 19.
- 30th April 2005A square has an area of 49 square cm. Find the length of one side.