Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
June 2006 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in June 2006, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in June 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 2006Zara is older than Yusuf. Yusuf is older than Xander. Xander is older than Wendy. Who is the second oldest?
- 2nd June 2006If the code for METEOR is UMBMWZ, what is the code for TROPHY, using the same rule? A) AZWXPG B) BYWXQG C) CZXXPG D) BZWXPG E) BZXWPG
- 3rd June 2006KEY ( ??? ) ROOM. Choose the missing word from: A) Note B) Board C) Stone D) Word E) Hole
- 4th June 2006Choose the word closest in meaning to SPACIOUS. A) cramped B) roomy C) tall D) narrow E) empty
- 5th June 2006A=6, B=9, C=2, D=30, E=90. Work out (A + B) x C. Which letter has this value?
- 6th June 2006PETAL is to FLOWER as CHAPTER is to ( ? ) A) Sentence B) Author C) Book D) Page E) Library
- 7th June 2006TOU ( ??? ) DLE. Find the three-letter word which completes the word on the left and starts the word on the right. A) CAN B) HAN C) BUN D) FON E) SAN
- 8th June 2006Complete the third pair using the same pattern as the first two: (CAT, KITTEN) (DOG, PUPPY) (HORSE, ? ) A) Foal B) Calf C) Cub D) Lamb E) Kid
- 9th June 2006Find the word that completes both compound words: HORSE____ and ____BACK.
- 10th June 2006Which word is most nearly opposite to RELUCTANT? A) Hesitant B) Willing C) Nervous D) Slow E) Confident
- 11th June 2006G ( ? ? ? ) ER. A) OWL B) OWN C) ILL D) ARE E) ICE
- 12th June 2006Which word is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to MAGNANIMOUS? A) Generous B) Petty C) Proud D) Calm E) Honest
- 13th June 2006If the code for TULIP is UVMJQ, what is the code for CHAIR, using the same rule? A) EJCKT B) BGZHQ C) DBIJS D) SJBID E) DIBJS
- 14th June 2006Name the five stages of a story mountain plan, in order.
- 15th June 2006Find and correct the single error: 'Its raining heavily outside.'
- 16th June 2006Cloze: Complete the gap using a word from this bank (since, unless, while, until): 'You will not pass the test ___ you revise properly.'
- 17th June 2006'Beyond the hedgerow, the fields rolled away in shades of gold and green, broken only by the dark line of the wood.' Name two colours mentioned in this description of the setting.
- 18th June 2006Explain why a non-fiction writer might quote a shopkeeper directly rather than simply writing 'some people are unhappy'.
- 19th June 2006Correct this sentence if needed: 'Students, who arrive late, will not be admitted until the interval.' (Meaning: only late-arriving students are affected, not all students.)
- 20th June 2006Why might a writer use a short sentence like 'It does not have to be this way' after two longer sentences?
- 21st June 2006Convert to reported speech: 'We will finish the project tomorrow,' said the team.
- 22nd June 2006Complete with the correct word: 'The medicine had a strong ___ on his energy levels.' (affect/effect)
- 23rd June 2006Find the misspelled word and explain the rule that fixes it: 'The two teams begining their match were evenly matched.'
- 24th June 2006In your own words, explain how a polytunnel keeps crops warm, according to the extract.
- 25th June 2006An idiom you have not seen before, "jump on the bandwagon", appears in this sentence: "Once one shop started selling the toy, every other shop jumped on the bandwagon." Using context alone, suggest a sensible meaning.
- 26th June 2006Write one sentence using personification to describe a storm approaching.
- 27th June 2006Which happens first, according to the extract: pressing the sheet, or pouring the pulp onto the screen?
- 28th June 2006What is a rhetorical question, and identify one example from Extract B.
- 29th June 2006Write one opening line for a story about a boy who finds a locked door in his new house, using a piece of dialogue mid-conversation as your hook.
- 30th June 2006'The forge breathes its orange heat into the cold morning.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.