Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
May 2009 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in May 2009, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in May 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2009Find the word that completes both compound words: ARM____ and ____MAN.
- 2nd May 2009A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The recipe always altered slightly depending on the cook.' A) LAMP B) MEAL C) SALT D) RATE E) COAT
- 3rd May 2009Find the next letter: D, G, K, P, ( ? )
- 4th May 2009Complete the third pair using the same pattern as the first two: (LEAF, TREE) (PETAL, FLOWER) (FEATHER, ? ) A) Nest B) Wing C) Bird D) Sky E) Beak
- 5th May 2009Find the one word that can come before all three of these words to make a real compound word each time: ___BOARD, ___STORM, ___FALL. A) Snow B) Over C) Water D) Surf E) Chess
- 6th May 2009Find the letter that continues the series: V, R, N, J, ( ? ) A) G B) E C) F D) H E) D
- 7th May 2009Explain in one sentence why varying sentence length improves a piece of creative writing.
- 8th May 2009In your own words, explain why some residents want the hives moved further from housing.
- 9th May 2009'Counting the lanes to keep her mind from racing ahead of her body.' What does this phrase suggest Priya is trying to do?
- 10th May 2009What event brings Ellie back to the present moment?
- 11th May 2009How many lines are quoted in 'The sky clenches its grey fist, / holding its breath before the fall'?
- 12th May 2009'The summit finally offered its view as a reward.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
- 13th May 2009A prompt asks: "What if it never got dark?" Give one specific, interesting consequence a pupil could focus a story around, rather than trying to describe every effect of endless daylight.
- 14th May 2009'Her explanation, though technically accurate, felt somehow evasive.' Explain how the word 'though' helps you work out that 'evasive' has a negative rather than positive meaning here.
- 15th May 2009Find and copy the phrase that shows Mia has done this before.
- 16th May 2009Name two of the five senses that a pupil might use, other than sight, to describe a busy market.
- 17th May 2009Explain why a writer might choose to describe a small background sound, like a chair scraping, at a tense moment in a story.
- 18th May 2009What is the purpose of a stage direction such as '(angrily)' before a line of dialogue?
- 19th May 2009Choose the correct word: "We walked (1)_______ the old church on our way to the park." (past/passed)
- 20th May 2009True or False: Theo denies that he made a promise about leaving by nine.
- 21st May 2009Explain the difference between personification in general and pathetic fallacy specifically.
- 22nd May 2009Complete the sentence: "It rained heavily all week; (1)_______, the football pitch was unplayable." A) meanwhile B) as a result C) in addition
- 23rd May 2009Two words from a word bank could both fit grammatically in this gap: 'The old bridge (1)_______ under the weight of the lorry.' The word bank includes 'creaked' and 'exploded'. Explain which word fits the sentence's tone better and why.
- 24th May 2009Explain in one sentence why the writer opens with 'Honeybees are far more than just honey-makers' rather than starting with a fact about pollination.
- 25th May 2009Order these numbers from smallest to largest: -5, -1, 2, -8.
- 26th May 2009Two shares are in the ratio 1 : 6, and the difference between them is 40. Find the total of the two shares.
- 27th May 2009Is 91 a prime number? Explain your answer.
- 28th May 2009A recipe for 4 people needs 300 g of rice. How much rice is needed for 10 people?
- 29th May 2009A cuboid has a volume of 200 cm^3, and its base is 10 cm by 5 cm. Find its height.
- 30th May 2009State whether an angle of 155 degrees is acute, obtuse, reflex or a right angle.
- 31st May 2009A sandwich costs 2.65 pounds and a drink costs 1.15 pounds. What is the total cost?