Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
August 2017 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in August 2017, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in August 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2017'The negotiations were tense, with neither side willing to compromise.' What clue in the sentence helps you work out that 'tense' suggests stress or strain rather than calm?
- 2nd August 2017Explain in your own words the two different reactions to the cycle lanes described in the extract.
- 3rd August 2017Identify the passive construction in: 'The bridge, which had been built over a century ago, was finally repaired last spring.'
- 4th August 2017Choose the correct verb: "Everybody in the class (is/are) expected to hand in the form by Friday."
- 5th August 2017In your own words, explain what the survey mentioned in the extract found.
- 6th August 2017What does Zara's line 'You said that ten minutes ago' suggest about how long she has been waiting?
- 7th August 2017Choose the correct word: "The camels crossed the vast, dry (1)_______." (desert/dessert)
- 8th August 2017Why might a writer present both sides of an issue like a school start-time change, rather than only the benefits?
- 9th August 2017How many lines are quoted in 'Voices pile on voices, a tower of noise / that sways but never quite falls'?
- 10th August 2017A water tank fills at a constant rate, taking 12 minutes to fill 156 litres. Calculate how long it would take to fill a 400 litre tank, to the nearest minute.
- 11th August 2017A recipe for 4 people uses 120 g of rice. Scale it for 6 people.
- 12th August 2017What is 4 cubed?
- 13th August 2017A number has 12 added to it, then the result is divided by 4, giving 9. What was the original number?
- 14th August 2017An isosceles triangle has an apex angle of 40 degrees. Find the size of each of the other two, equal, angles.
- 15th August 2017A cuboid has three different rectangular face sizes. How many faces of each size does it have?
- 16th August 2017Using the same data (cats 8, dogs 12, fish 5, rabbits 3), how many more pupils own a dog than a rabbit?
- 17th August 2017Two straight lines cross, forming an angle of 37 degrees on one side. Find the vertically opposite angle.
- 18th August 2017In a logic grid puzzle, once you know 'Tara has the drum', why can you immediately cross out every other instrument in Tara's row?
- 19th August 2017A sequence begins 3, 7, 11, 15, ... What is the next term?
- 20th August 2017Double 47.
- 21st August 2017A journey takes 45 minutes. How many minutes do two of these journeys take?
- 22nd August 2017Convert 2.5 hours into minutes.
- 23rd August 2017A price of 70 pounds is increased by 20%. What is the new price?
- 24th August 2017Multiply 7 by 8.
- 25th August 2017A shop has 45 footballs. It receives a delivery of 28 more. How many footballs does the shop have now?
- 26th August 2017Write 0.2 as a percentage.
- 27th August 2017Share 40 in the ratio 1:4.
- 28th August 2017In a row of three houses, the red house is not at either end. The blue house is to the left of the red house. What colour is the middle house?
- 29th August 2017A shape is made from two rectangles: one measuring 9 cm by 5 cm and another measuring 4 cm by 5 cm, joined along one 5 cm edge to form a longer rectangle. Find the perimeter of the combined shape.
- 30th August 2017Two numbers are in the ratio 7:3 and differ by 20. What is the smaller number?
- 31st August 2017Estimate 6,148 - 2,873 by rounding each number to the nearest thousand first.