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February 2017 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in February 2017, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in February 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2017'Snow fell like feathers from a torn pillow.' Name the simile in this line.
- 2nd February 2017The word 'bank' appears in two sentences: 'She deposited the cheque at the bank.' and 'The children rolled down the grassy bank.' Explain the two different meanings.
- 3rd February 2017A poem uses short, clipped lines to describe the train's noisy departure, then longer, flowing lines once it settles into its journey. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 4th February 2017Explain the difference in connotation between "childish" and "childlike".
- 5th February 2017Identify the word class of 'garden' in the sentence 'She walked into the garden'.
- 6th February 2017Write one rhetorical question that could open a persuasive piece arguing against homework at weekends.
- 7th February 2017A poem describing the lighthouse keeper's routine repeats the phrase 'every night' at the start of several stanzas. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 8th February 2017Correct the two apostrophe errors in this sentence, given that the room belongs to more than one lady and the coats belong to more than one man: 'The ladie's room was next to the mens coats.'
- 9th February 2017Why is it important to check which extract (A or B) a question refers to on a mixed-genre paper?
- 10th February 2017'The apple tree empties its pockets of red and gold.' Which two colours are mentioned, and what do they likely describe?
- 11th February 2017Add a comma in the correct place: 'Without a moment's hesitation she dived into the water.'
- 12th February 2017Rewrite the informal sentence "I don't think this is fair and you should change it" in a more formal register suitable for a letter to a headteacher.
- 13th February 2017Identify the simile used in Extract A and explain what it suggests about Grandad's feelings towards the swifts.
- 14th February 2017In 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.
- 15th February 2017True or False: increasing an amount by 50% and then decreasing the result by 50% returns you to the original amount.
- 16th February 2017True or False: to find 2/5 of a ratio share, you first work out the share as a number, then find the fraction of that number.
- 17th February 2017A cuboid has length 6 cm, width 4 cm and height 3 cm. Calculate its total surface area.
- 18th February 2017Maya is twice as old as her brother Leo. Maya is 16. How old is Leo?
- 19th February 2017Point H is at the origin, (0, 0). Translate H by 3 left and 5 up. Write down the new coordinates.
- 20th February 2017A train departs 09:20 and arrives 10:05. How long does the journey take?
- 21st February 2017A data set of 9 values is arranged in order. Which position is the median value in?
- 22nd February 2017Find the term-to-term rule for the sequence 40, 34, 28, 22, ...
- 23rd February 2017A pupil spends 90 seconds on a question, but had planned 54 seconds per question. Roughly how many seconds behind schedule are they after this one question?
- 24th February 2017Find the 10th term of the sequence with nth term 6n - 2.
- 25th February 2017A cinema sells popcorn at 3.40 pounds and a drink at 2.10 pounds. What is the cost of one popcorn and one drink together?
- 26th February 2017Solve: 5x - 4 = 21.
- 27th February 2017A school buys 15 footballs at 8 pounds each and gets a 12-pound discount on the total order. How much does the school pay?
- 28th February 2017Write 5/8 as a decimal.