Daily Practice - 11+ Entrance
English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
19th January 2012
- 1Comprehension: Fiction Set 14
'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?
- 2Comprehension: Non-Fiction Set 13
What does the writer suggest would happen to fruits and vegetables without bee pollination?
- 3Comprehension: Poetry Set 9
A poem uses many short, quick images early on to describe the market, then settles into one longer, slower description near the end. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 4Comprehension: Mixed-Genre Set 4
Why might a factual extract about how something works need slower, more careful reading than a fiction extract describing a feeling?
- 5Cloze: Practice Set 2
In the sentence 'The crowd fell (1)_______ as the winner's name was announced', explain why 'silent' fits better than 'quiet', even though both are grammatically correct.
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