Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
July 2010 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in July 2010, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in July 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 2010'The old house creaked and groaned in the wind.' Name the technique used in this description.
- 2nd July 2010Identify the verb in the sentence: 'The tired hikers finally reached the summit.'
- 3rd July 2010BC is to CD as MN is to ? A) NO B) MO C) OP D) NM E) ON
- 4th July 2010AUTHOR is to NOVEL as COMPOSER is to ?
- 5th July 2010BLACK ( ) LINE - which word completes BLACK and begins LINE?
- 6th July 2010(4 + [ ]) x 3 = 27. Find the missing number.
- 7th July 2010Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: PLU ( ? ) ANE
- 8th July 2010Freya is faster than Grace. Harry is faster than Ivy. Who is faster, Freya or Ivy?
- 9th July 2010A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The machine arrived yesterday morning.' A) NEAR B) CHIN C) HINE D) VEAR E) RIVE
- 10th July 2010Which ONE word means both 'the main city of a country, where the government is based' and 'a letter written in its large, upper-case form'? A) CAPITAL B) NATION C) CENTRE D) MAJOR E) HEADLINE
- 11th July 2010If the code for CANDLE is AYLBJC, what is the code for GARDEN, using the same rule? A) ICTFGP B) FZQCDM C) EYPBCL D) DXOABK E) LCBPYE
- 12th July 2010Using A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, the code for MUSIC is 13-21-19-9-3. What is the code for DANCE, using the same rule?
- 13th July 20102, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
- 14th July 2010Find the next letter in the series: W, T, Q, N, ( ? ) A) J B) K C) L D) I E) H
- 15th July 2010A=6, B=4, C=2, D=12, E=22. Work out A x (B - C). Which letter has this value?
- 16th July 2010Find the next number: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
- 17th July 2010A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'She practised yoga terribly at first but improved with time.' A) DUST B) GATE C) LAMP D) MEAL E) RATE
- 18th July 2010Find the next letter: B, C, E, I, ( ? )
- 19th July 2010Which word is most nearly opposite to CAUTIOUS? A) Careful B) Reckless C) Nervous D) Slow E) Quiet
- 20th July 2010Find the one word that can follow all three of these words to make a real compound word each time: HEAD___, TOOTH___, STOMACH___. A) Ache B) Band C) Line D) Phone E) Stone
- 21st July 2010Find the letter that continues the series: C, H, M, R, ( ? ) A) V B) X C) W D) U E) T
- 22nd July 2010Name the three main things 11+ examiners typically mark creative writing for.
- 23rd July 2010According to the extract, what has happened to honey yields since the beehive scheme began?
- 24th July 2010True or False: The simile 'like a tiny silver eye' compares the whistle to something watchful.
- 25th July 2010'the present rushed back in, sharp and ordinary' - what does 'ordinary' suggest about how Ellie feels about the present, compared to the memory?
- 26th July 2010'The sky clenches its grey fist.' Which word gives the sky a human quality?
- 27th July 2010How many lines are quoted in 'The mountain does not care that my legs are shaking, / it simply waits, patient as stone'?
- 28th July 2010Why is choosing the most obvious situation for an abstract theme word often a weaker choice than a more specific, personal one?
- 29th July 2010'The ancient oak, gnarled and twisted, had stood in the field for three hundred years.' 'Gnarled' most likely describes wood that is: A) smooth and straight B) rough, knotted and twisted C) freshly cut D) painted
- 30th July 2010Explain in one sentence why the writer uses a short sentence for 'Somewhere above her, a door handle turned' rather than a longer, more detailed sentence.
- 31st July 2010Rewrite the sentence 'The old house looked scary' using a specific, sensory detail instead of the vague word 'scary'.