Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
November 2009 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in November 2009, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in November 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2009A poem opens with images of noise and rushing, then ends with images of stillness and quiet. Give one reason a poet might structure a poem this way.
- 2nd November 2009State whether the prompt 'Write a story that begins with someone finding an old key' is asking for narrative, persuasive or descriptive writing.
- 3rd November 2009Choose the correct word: 'The cat licked (its / it's) paw.'
- 4th November 2009'Snow fell like feathers from a torn pillow.' Name the simile in this line.
- 5th November 2009The word 'bank' appears in two sentences: 'She deposited the cheque at the bank.' and 'The children rolled down the grassy bank.' Explain the two different meanings.
- 6th November 2009A poem uses short, clipped lines to describe the train's noisy departure, then longer, flowing lines once it settles into its journey. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 7th November 2009Explain the difference in connotation between "childish" and "childlike".
- 8th November 2009Identify the conjunction in the sentence 'I wanted to go outside, but it was raining.'
- 9th November 2009In a discursive essay, how many main viewpoints should generally be presented before the concluding paragraph?
- 10th November 2009A poem describing the lighthouse keeper's routine repeats the phrase 'every night' at the start of several stanzas. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 11th November 2009Correct the two apostrophe errors in this sentence, given that the room belongs to more than one lady and the coats belong to more than one man: 'The ladie's room was next to the mens coats.'
- 12th November 2009In 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?
- 13th November 2009'The apple tree empties its pockets of red and gold.' Which two colours are mentioned, and what do they likely describe?
- 14th November 2009Add a comma in the correct place: 'Without a moment's hesitation she dived into the water.'
- 15th November 2009Rewrite the informal sentence "I don't think this is fair and you should change it" in a more formal register suitable for a letter to a headteacher.
- 16th November 2009Identify the simile used in Extract A and explain what it suggests about Grandad's feelings towards the swifts.
- 17th November 2009Complete the gap: 'The recipe called for two eggs, but Tom had only (1)_______ , so he halved the other ingredients too.'
- 18th November 2009A savings account of 500 pounds earns 4% interest in a year. Work out the amount in the account after one year.
- 19th November 2009Explain why it is important to identify which step, the fraction or the ratio, happens first in a combined ratio and fraction problem.
- 20th November 2009A cuboid has length 6 cm, width 4 cm and height 3 cm. Calculate its total surface area.
- 21st November 2009A mother is 24 years older than her daughter. The daughter is currently 11. How old will the mother be when the daughter is 20?
- 22nd November 2009Point F is at (2, 2). Reflect F in the line x = 6. Write down the new coordinates.
- 23rd November 2009Two trains connect at a station: the first arrives at 14:35, and the connecting train departs at 14:50. How long is the wait?
- 24th November 2009Six numbers have a mean of 9. Work out their total.
- 25th November 2009Using the nth term rule 4n - 3, find the 10th term of the sequence.
- 26th November 2009A pupil answers 42 questions correctly out of 50 on a mock paper. What percentage did they score?
- 27th November 2009Find the 10th term of the sequence with nth term 6n - 2.
- 28th November 2009A cinema sells popcorn at 3.40 pounds and a drink at 2.10 pounds. What is the cost of one popcorn and one drink together?
- 29th November 2009Solve: 5x - 4 = 21.
- 30th November 2009A school buys 15 footballs at 8 pounds each and gets a 12-pound discount on the total order. How much does the school pay?