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December 2020 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day

Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in December 2020, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.

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December 2020

31 sheets · 155 questions · Years 5-6

Every sheet in December 2020

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st December 2020PETAL is to FLOWER as CHAPTER is to ( ? ) A) Sentence B) Author C) Book D) Page E) Library
  2. 2nd December 2020TOU ( ??? ) DLE. Find the three-letter word which completes the word on the left and starts the word on the right. A) CAN B) HAN C) BUN D) FON E) SAN
  3. 3rd December 2020Complete the third pair using the same pattern as the first two: (CAT, KITTEN) (DOG, PUPPY) (HORSE, ? ) A) Foal B) Calf C) Cub D) Lamb E) Kid
  4. 4th December 2020Find the word that completes both compound words: HORSE____ and ____BACK.
  5. 5th December 2020Which word is most nearly opposite to RELUCTANT? A) Hesitant B) Willing C) Nervous D) Slow E) Confident
  6. 6th December 2020G ( ? ? ? ) ER. A) OWL B) OWN C) ILL D) ARE E) ICE
  7. 7th December 2020Which word is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to MAGNANIMOUS? A) Generous B) Petty C) Proud D) Calm E) Honest
  8. 8th December 2020If the code for TULIP is UVMJQ, what is the code for CHAIR, using the same rule? A) EJCKT B) BGZHQ C) DBIJS D) SJBID E) DIBJS
  9. 9th December 2020For a non-fiction writing task such as a letter or a report, which planning tool is usually more useful than a story mountain?
  10. 10th December 2020Find and correct the single error: 'Each of the puppies were given a new home.'
  11. 11th December 2020Sentence completion: 'The witness gave a ___ account of the accident, recalling every small detail.' Choose the best word: vague, detailed, brief, confusing.
  12. 12th December 2020'The rain had turned the lane to mud, and by dusk the last light had drained from the sky entirely.' What two changes does this sentence describe: one to the setting, one to the time of day?
  13. 13th December 2020Explain why a non-fiction writer might quote a shopkeeper directly rather than simply writing 'some people are unhappy'.
  14. 14th December 2020Correct this sentence if needed: 'Students, who arrive late, will not be admitted until the interval.' (Meaning: only late-arriving students are affected, not all students.)
  15. 15th December 2020Why might a writer use a short sentence like 'It does not have to be this way' after two longer sentences?
  16. 16th December 2020Convert to reported speech: 'We will finish the project tomorrow,' said the team.
  17. 17th December 2020Add the correct suffix, applying the doubling rule: 'run' + '-ing' = ?
  18. 18th December 2020Find the misspelled word and explain the rule that fixes it: 'The two teams begining their match were evenly matched.'
  19. 19th December 2020In your own words, explain how a polytunnel keeps crops warm, according to the extract.
  20. 20th December 2020An idiom you have not seen before, "jump on the bandwagon", appears in this sentence: "Once one shop started selling the toy, every other shop jumped on the bandwagon." Using context alone, suggest a sensible meaning.
  21. 21st December 2020Write one sentence using personification to describe a storm approaching.
  22. 22nd December 2020Which happens first, according to the extract: pressing the sheet, or pouring the pulp onto the screen?
  23. 23rd December 2020What is a rhetorical question, and identify one example from Extract B.
  24. 24th December 2020Write one opening line for a story about a boy who finds a locked door in his new house, using a piece of dialogue mid-conversation as your hook.
  25. 25th December 2020'The forge breathes its orange heat into the cold morning.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
  26. 26th December 2020In the sentence 'No sensible person could deny that recycling saves the planet', which genre is most likely being used?
  27. 27th December 2020A shop's till shows a bill of 179.40 pounds for 6 identical items. Estimate the price of one item by rounding the total to the nearest 10 pounds first.
  28. 28th December 2020A 2-litre bottle of squash costs 3.00 pounds and a 3-litre bottle costs 4.20 pounds. Which is better value per litre?
  29. 29th December 2020Add together 1.2 kg and 350 g, giving your answer in kilograms.
  30. 30th December 20206 x Z = 42, where Z is a single digit. Find Z.
  31. 31st December 2020How many lines of symmetry does a rectangle that is not a square have?