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January 2012 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in January 2012, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in January 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2012(SCARE) (GO). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) S B) C C) A D) R E) E
- 2nd January 2012True or False: In the sentence 'Reluctantly, Sam handed over his last sweet', Sam gave the sweet away happily.
- 3rd January 2012Explain in one sentence why the writer chooses to describe Amara's silence rather than having her shout.
- 4th January 2012'The Ferris wheel stood frozen against the darkening sky.' What does 'frozen' suggest about the Ferris wheel?
- 5th January 2012Using the verb 'create', what word class would you expect 'creation' to be, and what would it mean?
- 6th January 2012'She was over the moon when she heard she had passed the exam.' What does 'over the moon' mean?
- 7th January 2012According to the extract, what change is credited with the rise in nesting pairs?
- 8th January 2012Explain why 'get' might feel out of place in an otherwise formal passage that uses words like 'obtain', 'require' and 'therefore'.
- 9th January 2012A poem's last stanza returns to an image used in its first stanza. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 10th January 2012A cloze passage introduces "the pupils" in its first sentence. Which pronoun should a later gap use to refer back to them: "he", "she" or "they"?
- 11th January 2012Complete the analogy: Chapter is to book as scene is to ___.
- 12th January 2012'Through the frosted glass she could make out shapes moving, but no words reached her.' What does this sentence suggest about how much Amara could understand of what was happening inside?
- 13th January 2012'The years slipped by quickly after that: the children grew, the shop changed hands twice, and the town spread further along the river.' Is this sentence an example of summarised time or a closely detailed scene? Explain your answer.
- 14th January 2012"The children were (1)_______ upset when the trip was cancelled." Choose the word matching "slightly": A) devastated B) disappointed C) heartbroken
- 15th January 2012Give one word from the extract that shows Noah did not complain or make a fuss about the sandcastle being destroyed.
- 16th January 2012Choose the correct preposition: 'The treasure was hidden ___ the three pirates.' A) between B) among
- 17th January 2012Why is "less" generally considered incorrect in the sentence "There were less cars on the road today"?
- 18th January 2012Why might a writer describe a setting as behaving illogically, such as corridors that multiply, rather than simply describing it as 'a big house'?
- 19th January 2012'Elliot dragged the trunk out from behind the water tank, coughing as decades of dust rose around him.' Which word tells you that a very long time had passed since the trunk was last moved?
- 20th January 2012Add a prefix to 'patient' to make its antonym.
- 21st January 2012Find 40% of 150 using 10% as a building block.
- 22nd January 2012Work out -6 + 9.
- 23rd January 2012Is 348 divisible by 4? Show your working.
- 24th January 2012A cross-shaped tile is made from a 12 cm by 4 cm rectangle and a 4 cm by 12 cm rectangle overlapping at their centres, where the overlapping square is 4 cm by 4 cm. Find the total area of the cross.
- 25th January 2012A triangle has a base of 10 cm and a height of 6 cm. Find its area.
- 26th January 2012A runner covers 100 m in 20 seconds. Work out his speed in metres per second.
- 27th January 2012A two-way table for 60 pupils shows 35 study French and 32 study Spanish, with 10 studying both. How many pupils study neither language?
- 28th January 2012Solve: 2x - 3 = 11.
- 29th January 2012A jacket costs 60 pounds and is reduced by 15%. What is the sale price?
- 30th January 2012Solve x - 6 = 15.
- 31st January 2012A bar chart shows rainfall of 45mm in June and 63mm in July. Find the total rainfall over the two months.