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October 2018 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in October 2018, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in October 2018
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2018Freya is in front of Grace in a queue. Grace is in front of Harun. Who is directly in the middle of these three?
- 2nd October 2018GI ( ? ? ? ) LER. A) OWL B) ILL C) ARE D) ANT E) OAT
- 3rd October 2018Find the word that completes both compound words: FOOT____ and ____STOOL.
- 4th October 2018STANZA is to POEM as MOVEMENT is to ( ? ) A) Song B) Symphony C) Orchestra D) Note E) Rhythm
- 5th October 2018Find the next letter in this woven sequence, which combines three separate simpler sequences: B, Z, G, D, X, I, F, V, K, ( ? )
- 6th October 2018Find the letter that continues the series: Z, W, S, N, H, ( ? ) A) A B) C C) B D) E E) F
- 7th October 2018In the sentence 'The governess had, by long practice, learned to mask her weariness with a composed smile', what does 'mask' suggest she is doing with her tiredness?
- 8th October 2018Using the root 'aud' (to hear), explain what an 'audience' is.
- 9th October 2018'Despite early doubts, the scheme proved remarkably successful.' What does 'remarkably' suggest about how successful the scheme was?
- 10th October 2018'many parents worry that a later start would simply clash with work and childcare arrangements.' What does 'clash' suggest about the relationship between school times and parents' schedules?
- 11th October 2018Find and copy the phrase that shows Leo has been thinking carefully about what to say.
- 12th October 2018'The old woman's hands trembled slightly as she unfolded the letter, though the room was far from cold.' Why does the phrase 'though the room was far from cold' matter for working out her feeling?
- 13th October 2018Why might a writer sustain one comparison across several words in a sentence, rather than using a new comparison for every detail?
- 14th October 2018'No, really, I'm fine to walk home,' said Ellie, glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. What contradiction can be found between what Ellie says and what she does?
- 15th October 2018'clean water, not the flood itself, was making more people ill' - what does this sentence suggest about the real danger after a flood?
- 16th October 2018'The stadium was virtually empty long before the final whistle.' 'Virtually' is closest in meaning to: A) completely B) almost entirely C) never D) occasionally
- 17th October 2018Give one word from the extract that means roughly the same as 'complain'.
- 18th October 2018Identify whether this sentence is active or passive: 'The letter was delivered by the postman.'
- 19th October 2018Identify the tense of the underlined verb: "By the time the bus arrived, Sam had already left."
- 20th October 2018According to the extract, how long did the higher-scoring pupils read independently each day?
- 21st October 2018Why might a playwright choose to have Dad say 'Did I? Sorry' rather than simply apologising fully and clearly?
- 22nd October 2018Choose the correct word: "The scarf was a lovely (1)_______ to her new coat." (complement/compliment)
- 23rd October 2018True or False: the extract argues strongly that the school day should not be changed at all.
- 24th October 2018True or False: a poem describing a busy, crowded scene often uses long lists or piled-up images to reflect that sense of business.
- 25th October 2018A parcel has a total mass of 3.1 kg. The packaging has a mass of 275 g. Calculate the mass of the contents, in grams.
- 26th October 2018A recipe uses 3 eggs for every 250 g of flour. How many eggs are needed for 750 g of flour?
- 27th October 2018Explain why triangular numbers can be found by adding consecutive counting numbers starting from 1.
- 28th October 2018A function machine does 'add 6' then 'multiply by 2' to give an output of 26. Find the input.
- 29th October 2018Angles around a point are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. Find the size of the largest angle.
- 30th October 2018How many faces does a cube have?
- 31st October 2018A pictogram key shows that one symbol represents 10 pupils. A row shows 4 full symbols and no half symbol. How many pupils does this represent?