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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.

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February 2010

28 sheets · 140 questions · Years 5-6

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.

  1. 1st February 2010Punctuate correctly: 'Mount Everest which is the tallest mountain in the world attracts thousands of climbers each year.'
  2. 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.
  3. 3rd February 2010Convert to reported speech: 'I am standing right here,' shouted Jack.
  4. 4th February 2010Complete with the correct homophone: 'Please put your coat over ___.' (in that place)
  5. 5th February 2010Choose the correctly spelled word: A) occured B) occurred C) ocurred D) occurrred
  6. 6th February 2010According to the extract, how much energy do polytunnels save compared with traditional greenhouses?
  7. 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."
  8. 8th February 2010Explain why "as cold as ice" is generally considered a weak simile to use in creative writing.
  9. 9th February 2010True or False: according to the extract, the sheet of paper is used before it has fully dried.
  10. 10th February 2010Why might a mixed-genre paper pair a fiction extract about hesitation at a pool with a persuasive extract about closing pools?
  11. 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.
  12. 12th February 2010'The hammer sings its one bright note again and again.' Which word suggests the sound is repeated many times?
  13. 13th February 2010Which genre is being described: 'a short piece that explains a process using technical terms and no named characters'?
  14. 14th February 2010True or False: an estimate should use the exact same numbers as the real calculation.
  15. 15th February 2010Explain why comparing the total prices of two differently sized packs, without finding a unit price, can be misleading.
  16. 16th February 2010Convert 850 g to kilograms.
  17. 17th February 201094 - 3Y = 58, where Y is the missing units digit of the two-digit number 3Y. Find Y.
  18. 18th February 2010A quadrilateral has angles of 130, 130, 50 and x degrees. Find x.
  19. 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?
  20. 20th February 2010Using the same conversion graph (10 miles = 16 km), how many miles is 32 km?
  21. 21st February 2010A sequence begins 6, 10, 14, 18, ... Determine whether 100 is a term in the sequence. Show your working.
  22. 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?
  23. 23rd February 2010A recipe for 4 people needs 320g of rice. How much rice is needed for 7 people?
  24. 24th February 201017 x 30
  25. 25th February 2010Write 3/5 as a percentage.
  26. 26th February 2010A sequence has the rule 'multiply by 2, then add 1', starting at 3. Find the 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms.
  27. 27th February 2010Find the perimeter of a rectangle 15cm long and 9cm wide.
  28. 28th February 2010Take 18 away from 60.