Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
September 2014 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in September 2014, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in September 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2014A pupil is given a single-word prompt: 'Forgotten'. Give one specific angle they could choose rather than trying to cover every possible meaning of the word.
- 2nd September 2014Explain why the comma matters in these two versions: 'Let's eat, Grandma.' and 'Let's eat Grandma.'
- 3rd September 2014'The river sings a silver song.' Which word in this line is an example of personification, giving a human quality to something non-human?
- 4th September 2014A pupil describes a character as 'unusual' in one draft and 'weird' in another, to describe the same behaviour. Explain the difference in connotation between these two words.
- 5th September 2014How many lines are quoted in 'The train stitches the dark countryside together, / rattling its steady, patient rhythm'?
- 6th September 2014Which word has a more negative connotation: "cheap" or "inexpensive"?
- 7th September 2014Punctuate this short piece of speech: Watch out shouted Leo
- 8th September 2014Explain what 'direct address' means in persuasive writing, and give a short example.
- 9th September 2014'The beam swept the sea like a searching hand.' Name the simile in this line.
- 10th September 2014Correct the punctuation error: 'Whats the time?'
- 11th September 2014Give one typical feature of a non-fiction informational extract that would not usually appear in a fiction extract.
- 12th September 2014'The orchard sighs as the last apple falls.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
- 13th September 2014Correct the double negative: 'I haven't got no pencil.'
- 14th September 2014Explain why a report's recommendation should be based on the findings given rather than a personal, emotional appeal.
- 15th September 2014Give one feature of Extract B's language that shows it is non-fiction rather than fiction.
- 16th September 2014Complete the gap with your own suitable word: 'The wind had (1)_______ overnight, leaving the streets scattered with broken branches.'
- 17th September 2014A car worth 12,000 pounds decreases in value by 25%. Work out its new value.
- 18th September 2014A recipe makes 900 g of dough, split in the ratio 5 : 4 between a loaf and a batch of rolls. The rolls are then divided into pieces, each weighing 1/8 of the rolls' total dough. How many roll pieces are made?
- 19th September 2014A triangle has a base of 14 cm and a perpendicular height of 5 cm. Calculate its area.
- 20th September 2014Two cousins' ages add up to 25, and one is 3 years older than the other. Find the older cousin's age.
- 21st September 2014A point G is reflected in the x-axis to give the image (7, -3). What were the original coordinates of G?
- 22nd September 2014A cinema showing starts at 22:40 and lasts 2 hours 5 minutes. At what time, using the 24-hour clock, does it finish?
- 23rd September 2014A frequency table shows: value 2, frequency 5; value 4, frequency 3; value 6, frequency 2. Find the mode.
- 24th September 2014Find the nth term rule for the sequence 7, 10, 13, 16, ...
- 25th September 2014A GL-style paper has 50 questions to answer in 45 minutes. Roughly how many seconds does this give, on average, per question?
- 26th September 2014A pattern sequence made from matchsticks has 4 matchsticks in pattern 1, 7 in pattern 2 and 10 in pattern 3. How many matchsticks will be in pattern 6?
- 27th September 2014A price list shows a return train ticket costs 14.80 pounds, and a single ticket costs 8.50 pounds. How much cheaper is the return ticket than buying two single tickets?
- 28th September 2014A function machine multiplies a number by 4, then subtracts 6, giving an output of 26. What was the input number?
- 29th September 2014A jug holds 2 litres of juice. If 350ml is poured out, how many millilitres remain?
- 30th September 2014Order these decimals from smallest to largest: 0.6, 0.09, 0.45, 0.5.