Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
February 2010 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in February 2010, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in February 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2010Punctuate correctly: 'Mount Everest which is the tallest mountain in the world attracts thousands of climbers each year.'
- 2nd February 2010Explain in one sentence why persuasive writing often links a problem directly to its effect on a sympathetic group, such as children, rather than describing the problem in general terms.
- 3rd February 2010Convert to reported speech: 'I am standing right here,' shouted Jack.
- 4th February 2010Complete with the correct homophone: 'Please put your coat over ___.' (in that place)
- 5th February 2010Choose the correctly spelled word: A) occured B) occurred C) ocurred D) occurrred
- 6th February 2010According to the extract, how much energy do polytunnels save compared with traditional greenhouses?
- 7th February 2010Explain what is meant by the idiom "burn the midnight oil" in the sentence: "The whole team had to burn the midnight oil to finish the project before the deadline."
- 8th February 2010Explain why "as cold as ice" is generally considered a weak simile to use in creative writing.
- 9th February 2010True or False: according to the extract, the sheet of paper is used before it has fully dried.
- 10th February 2010Why might a mixed-genre paper pair a fiction extract about hesitation at a pool with a persuasive extract about closing pools?
- 11th February 2010Explain why an opening line describing a character waking up and getting ready for the day is generally considered a weak choice for an 11+ story.
- 12th February 2010'The hammer sings its one bright note again and again.' Which word suggests the sound is repeated many times?
- 13th February 2010Which genre is being described: 'a short piece that explains a process using technical terms and no named characters'?
- 14th February 2010True or False: an estimate should use the exact same numbers as the real calculation.
- 15th February 2010Explain why comparing the total prices of two differently sized packs, without finding a unit price, can be misleading.
- 16th February 2010Convert 850 g to kilograms.
- 17th February 201094 - 3Y = 58, where Y is the missing units digit of the two-digit number 3Y. Find Y.
- 18th February 2010A quadrilateral has angles of 130, 130, 50 and x degrees. Find x.
- 19th February 2010A thermometer has labelled marks at 0 and 10 degrees C, with 5 equal divisions between them. What temperature does each division represent?
- 20th February 2010Using the same conversion graph (10 miles = 16 km), how many miles is 32 km?
- 21st February 2010A sequence begins 6, 10, 14, 18, ... Determine whether 100 is a term in the sequence. Show your working.
- 22nd February 2010A cinema sells tickets at 8 pounds for adults and 5 pounds for children. A group buys 3 adult and 4 child tickets, then uses a 10 pound voucher. How much do they pay in total?
- 23rd February 2010A recipe for 4 people needs 320g of rice. How much rice is needed for 7 people?
- 24th February 201017 x 30
- 25th February 2010Write 3/5 as a percentage.
- 26th February 2010A sequence has the rule 'multiply by 2, then add 1', starting at 3. Find the 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms.
- 27th February 2010Find the perimeter of a rectangle 15cm long and 9cm wide.
- 28th February 2010Take 18 away from 60.