Daily Practice - 11+ Entrance
English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
16th January 2011
- 1Comprehension: Poetry Set 2
'The city exhales its last warmth into the cold night air.' Explain what is being compared to what in this metaphor.
- 2Comprehension: Fiction Set 4
Why might a writer set a scene at dusk rather than in bright daylight when trying to create an eerie atmosphere?
- 3Comprehension: Fiction: Practice Set 2
In the sentence 'Priya's stomach tightened as the announcer read out the names', which word tells the reader Priya felt anxious?
- 4Comprehension: Non-Fiction
Explain why a non-fiction writer might include a statistic, such as a percentage or number, rather than a vague description like 'many people'.
- 5Cloze and Sentence Completion Set 2
What type of word (noun, verb, adjective or adverb) is missing in the sentence 'The children played ___ in the garden all afternoon'?
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