Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
January 2011 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in January 2011, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in January 2011
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2011Using the key L=5, M=6, N=11, P=30, Q=1, work out (N - M) x M. Which letter has this value?
- 2nd January 2011Find the next number in the series: 200, 190, 181, 173, 166, ( ? )
- 3rd January 2011Choose the word closest in meaning to ASSIST. A) hinder B) help C) ignore D) request E) demand
- 4th January 2011Choose the word most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to ABUNDANT. A) plentiful B) scarce C) huge D) common E) fresh
- 5th January 2011A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'Her costume attracted lots of attention.' A) COST B) MEAT C) READ D) ALCO E) TUME
- 6th January 2011If the code for CHASE is GLEWI, what is the code for BRAKE, using the same rule? A) EUDNH B) FVEOI C) GWFPJ D) FVDOH E) EVFOI
- 7th January 2011Choose the word closest in meaning to CANDID. A) dishonest B) secretive C) honest D) shy E) formal
- 8th January 2011Choose the word closest in meaning to TRANQUIL. A) Noisy B) Peaceful C) Busy D) Anxious E) Sudden
- 9th January 2011Which word can mean both 'a piece of writing that tells a story' and 'one level of a building'? A) Level B) Story C) Floor D) Chapter E) Book
- 10th January 2011AUTHOR is to BOOK as COMPOSER is to ( ? ) A) Music B) Symphony C) Instrument D) Orchestra E) Song
- 11th January 2011Ben is older than Cara. Cara is older than Dev. Dev is older than Ellis. Who is the second youngest?
- 12th January 2011(SPAN) (EAT). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) S B) P C) A D) T E) N
- 13th January 2011Four pupils, Amir, Bea, Cody and Dee, each have a different favourite subject: maths, art, science or music. Amir's favourite is not maths or science. Bea's favourite is not art or music. Cody's favourite is not music. Dee's favourite is science. What is Amir's favourite subject?
- 14th January 2011If the code for BRISK is WMDNF, what is the code for CLOUD, using the same rule? A) YHKQZ B) XGJPY C) WFIOX D) XHJPZ E) YGKPX
- 15th January 2011Identify the tense of the verb in 'By the time we arrived, the film had already started.'
- 16th January 2011'The city exhales its last warmth into the cold night air.' Explain what is being compared to what in this metaphor.
- 17th January 2011Why should a pupil pick the prompt they have the most specific ideas for, rather than the prompt that sounds most impressive?
- 18th January 2011Correct the punctuation: 'She had one request see her family before the operation.'
- 19th January 2011In the line 'The river sings a silver song', how many lines are quoted here?
- 20th January 2011The word 'light' appears in 'Please turn on the light.' and 'The suitcase felt surprisingly light.' Explain the two meanings.
- 21st January 2011True or False: repeated sounds or rhythms in a poem about travel can be used to mimic the movement being described.
- 22nd January 2011A writer describes a character's home as "cosy" rather than "cramped". What impression is the writer trying to create?
- 23rd January 2011What sentence type is 'What a fantastic goal that was!'?
- 24th January 2011Why is it a strength, not a weakness, for a persuasive piece to mention and then answer a counter-argument?
- 25th January 2011'Every night I feed the light its steady diet of flame.' Which word is the key metaphor, borrowed from looking after a living creature?
- 26th January 2011Correct the punctuation and capitalisation in this line of speech: can you help me asked leo
- 27th January 2011A mixed-genre paper asks pupils to compare the tone of a fiction extract and a non-fiction extract on a similar subject. What does 'tone' mean in this context?
- 28th January 2011How many lines are quoted in 'The apple tree empties its pockets of red and gold, / tired now, having given everything it had'?
- 29th January 2011Choose the correct word: 'There were (fewer / less) students in the class today.'
- 30th January 2011Give the correct sign-off for a formal letter that began "Dear Sir/Madam,".
- 31st January 2011True or False: Extract B includes a character whose feelings the reader must infer.