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October 2017 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in October 2017, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in October 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2017AUTHOR is to NOVEL as COMPOSER is to ?
- 2nd October 2017BLACK ( ) LINE - which word completes BLACK and begins LINE?
- 3rd October 2017(4 + [ ]) x 3 = 27. Find the missing number.
- 4th October 2017Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: PLU ( ? ) ANE
- 5th October 2017Freya is faster than Grace. Harry is faster than Ivy. Who is faster, Freya or Ivy?
- 6th October 2017A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The machine arrived yesterday morning.' A) NEAR B) CHIN C) HINE D) VEAR E) RIVE
- 7th October 2017Which ONE word means both 'the main city of a country, where the government is based' and 'a letter written in its large, upper-case form'? A) CAPITAL B) NATION C) CENTRE D) MAJOR E) HEADLINE
- 8th October 2017If the code for CANDLE is AYLBJC, what is the code for GARDEN, using the same rule? A) ICTFGP B) FZQCDM C) EYPBCL D) DXOABK E) LCBPYE
- 9th October 2017Using A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, the code for MUSIC is 13-21-19-9-3. What is the code for DANCE, using the same rule?
- 10th October 20172, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
- 11th October 2017Find the next letter in the series: W, T, Q, N, ( ? ) A) J B) K C) L D) I E) H
- 12th October 2017A=6, B=4, C=2, D=12, E=22. Work out A x (B - C). Which letter has this value?
- 13th October 2017Find the next number: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
- 14th October 2017A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'She practised yoga terribly at first but improved with time.' A) DUST B) GATE C) LAMP D) MEAL E) RATE
- 15th October 2017Find the next letter: B, C, E, I, ( ? )
- 16th October 2017Which word is most nearly opposite to CAUTIOUS? A) Careful B) Reckless C) Nervous D) Slow E) Quiet
- 17th October 2017Find the one word that can follow all three of these words to make a real compound word each time: HEAD___, TOOTH___, STOMACH___. A) Ache B) Band C) Line D) Phone E) Stone
- 18th October 2017Find the letter that continues the series: C, H, M, R, ( ? ) A) V B) X C) W D) U E) T
- 19th October 2017Name the three main things 11+ examiners typically mark creative writing for.
- 20th October 2017According to the extract, what has happened to honey yields since the beehive scheme began?
- 21st October 2017True or False: The simile 'like a tiny silver eye' compares the whistle to something watchful.
- 22nd October 2017'the present rushed back in, sharp and ordinary' - what does 'ordinary' suggest about how Ellie feels about the present, compared to the memory?
- 23rd October 2017'The sky clenches its grey fist.' Which word gives the sky a human quality?
- 24th October 2017How many lines are quoted in 'The mountain does not care that my legs are shaking, / it simply waits, patient as stone'?
- 25th October 2017Why is choosing the most obvious situation for an abstract theme word often a weaker choice than a more specific, personal one?
- 26th October 2017'The ancient oak, gnarled and twisted, had stood in the field for three hundred years.' 'Gnarled' most likely describes wood that is: A) smooth and straight B) rough, knotted and twisted C) freshly cut D) painted
- 27th October 2017Explain in one sentence why the writer uses a short sentence for 'Somewhere above her, a door handle turned' rather than a longer, more detailed sentence.
- 28th October 2017Name two of the five senses that a pupil might use, other than sight, to describe a busy market.
- 29th October 2017What does the phrase 'seemed impossibly loud' suggest about the chair scraping, compared with how loud it would normally seem?
- 30th October 2017What is the purpose of a stage direction such as '(angrily)' before a line of dialogue?
- 31st October 2017Choose the correct word: "We walked (1)_______ the old church on our way to the park." (past/passed)