Daily Practice

11+ Entrance

15th January 2018

5 questions · Years 5-6 · 2790 questions in this band

1
Comprehension: Fiction
'The wind howled around the chimney like a wolf calling to its pack.' Name the simile in this sentence.
2
Creative Writing
Explain in one sentence why varying sentence length improves a piece of creative writing.
3
Comprehension: Classic-Style Fiction
'He bore the news with such steadiness that none present guessed how it had wounded him.' What does this sentence tell you about how the character behaved compared with how he actually felt?
4
Writing: Planning and Structure Drills
A pupil's plan for a story reads: 'boy finds map - follows clues - gets lost - finds treasure'. Which stage of the story mountain is missing?
5
SPaG: Mixed Timed Test
Punctuate this sentence with a single comma: 'After the match the players shook hands.'

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