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October 2011 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in October 2011, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in October 2011
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2011A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The opera terrified the young pianist backstage.' A) MEAL B) LAMP C) RATE D) DUST E) COAT
- 2nd October 2011Find the next number in this woven series: 5, 20, 9, 16, 13, 12, ( ? )
- 3rd October 2011Eight books are on a shelf. The dictionary is to the left of the atlas. The atlas is to the left of the novel. Which of these three books is in the middle?
- 4th October 2011A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The old piano vents were dusty.' A) Oven B) Iano C) Nove D) Anov E) Vent
- 5th October 2011Find the letter that continues the series: D, F, H, J, ( ? ) A) K B) L C) M D) J E) I
- 6th October 2011Give one example of figurative language you could use to describe a storm.
- 7th October 2011Give one word from the extract that means 'requested'.
- 8th October 2011Name the simile used to describe the coach's whistle.
- 9th October 2011True or False: Ellie is remembering a time when she was ten years old.
- 10th October 2011A poem uses very short lines during its description of the storm's peak, after longer lines earlier. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 11th October 2011'The mountain does not care that my legs are shaking.' Which two words describe how the climber's legs feel?
- 12th October 2011Explain in your own words what the saying "Actions speak louder than words" means.
- 13th October 2011'The negotiations were protracted, dragging on for over a year before an agreement was reached.' What clue in the sentence helps you work out that 'protracted' means 'lasting a long time'?
- 14th October 2011Why might a writer choose specific numbers, 'the fifth, the ninth', rather than just saying Mia avoided the creaky stairs?
- 15th October 2011True or False: 'show, don't tell' means a writer should never state a character's emotion directly.
- 16th October 2011True or False: according to the extract, Ravi manages to say the announcement without any trouble.
- 17th October 2011If a stage direction reads '(the room falls silent)', is this an instruction about a character's speech or about the setting/atmosphere?
- 18th October 2011Write the plural of "shelf".
- 19th October 2011Why might a writer choose to show a disagreement through short exchanges of dialogue rather than one character explaining both points of view?
- 20th October 2011'The birds sang brightly outside the hospital window, indifferent to the silence within.' Explain how this description contrasts with the likely mood inside the room.
- 21st October 2011Complete the sentence: "The choir rehearsed in the hall; (1)_______, the orchestra practised in a room upstairs." A) meanwhile B) consequently C) nevertheless
- 22nd October 2011In a cloze passage, the word 'wandered' was used correctly in a gap, but the word bank also offered 'strolled' and 'trudged'. Explain why 'strolled' or 'trudged' might be less suitable if the surrounding sentence describes someone moving with no particular direction or purpose.
- 23rd October 2011True or False: according to the extract, honeybees are useful only because they produce honey.
- 24th October 2011Round 4,652 to the nearest hundred.
- 25th October 2011A and B share money in the ratio 2 : 7. B receives 30 pounds more than A. How much does A receive?
- 26th October 2011Find the LCM of 8 and 12.
- 27th October 2011A shop sells pens in packs of 8 for 3.20 pounds per pack. What is the cost of one pen?
- 28th October 2011A shape is made of two cuboids joined together: one measuring 4 cm by 3 cm by 2 cm, and another measuring 5 cm by 3 cm by 2 cm. Find the total volume.
- 29th October 2011Quadrilateral WXYZ has angle W = 85 degrees, angle X = 97 degrees, angle Y = 110 degrees and angle Z = x degrees. Find x.
- 30th October 2011Three friends share the 18.60 pound cost of a pizza equally. How much does each person pay?
- 31st October 2011The probability that it rains tomorrow is 0.3. What is the probability that it does not rain?