Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
May 2017 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in May 2017, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in May 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2017Punctuate correctly: 'Mount Everest which is the tallest mountain in the world attracts thousands of climbers each year.'
- 2nd May 2017Explain in one sentence why persuasive writing often links a problem directly to its effect on a sympathetic group, such as children, rather than describing the problem in general terms.
- 3rd May 2017Convert to reported speech: 'I am standing right here,' shouted Jack.
- 4th May 2017Choose the correct spelling: 'She was hopping / hoping to win the race.' (wishing to win)
- 5th May 2017Choose the correctly spelled word: A) occured B) occurred C) ocurred D) occurrred
- 6th May 2017According to the extract, how much energy do polytunnels save compared with traditional greenhouses?
- 7th May 2017Explain what is meant by the idiom "burn the midnight oil" in the sentence: "The whole team had to burn the midnight oil to finish the project before the deadline."
- 8th May 2017Explain why "as cold as ice" is generally considered a weak simile to use in creative writing.
- 9th May 2017True or False: according to the extract, the sheet of paper is used before it has fully dried.
- 10th May 2017Why might a mixed-genre paper pair a fiction extract about hesitation at a pool with a persuasive extract about closing pools?
- 11th May 2017Explain why an opening line describing a character waking up and getting ready for the day is generally considered a weak choice for an 11+ story.
- 12th May 2017'The hammer sings its one bright note again and again.' Which word suggests the sound is repeated many times?
- 13th May 2017Which genre is being described: 'a short piece that explains a process using technical terms and no named characters'?
- 14th May 2017Round 17.68 to the nearest whole number.
- 15th May 2017Which is better value: 3 apples for 90p, or 5 apples for 1.40 pounds?
- 16th May 2017Convert 850 g to kilograms.
- 17th May 20177 x _ = 56, where the underscore is the missing digit. Find the missing digit.
- 18th May 2017What is the order of rotational symmetry of a square?
- 19th May 2017A weighing scale has labelled marks at 0 kg and 1 kg, with 4 equal divisions between them. What does each division represent?
- 20th May 2017True or False: on a conversion graph that passes through the origin, doubling the value on one axis always doubles the corresponding value on the other axis.
- 21st May 2017A sequence begins 6, 10, 14, 18, ... Determine whether 100 is a term in the sequence. Show your working.
- 22nd May 2017A tank holds 200 litres and is 3/8 full. How many more litres are needed to fill it completely?
- 23rd May 2017Apples cost 45p each, or 40p each when bought in a bag of 6. What is the cost of a bag of 6 apples?
- 24th May 2017150 - 68
- 25th May 2017Write 3/5 as a percentage.
- 26th May 2017A sequence has the rule 'multiply by 2, then add 1', starting at 3. Find the 2nd, 3rd and 4th terms.
- 27th May 2017Find the perimeter of a rectangle 15cm long and 9cm wide.
- 28th May 2017Take 18 away from 60.
- 29th May 2017A recipe for 4 people needs 200g of flour. How much flour is needed for 6 people?
- 30th May 2017A number has a 7 in the hundreds place, a 0 in the tens place and a 3 in the units place. What number is it?
- 31st May 2017Meera buys 3 notebooks costing 1.85 pounds each. How much change does she get from a 10 pound note?