Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
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.
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.
- 1st December 2020PETAL is to FLOWER as CHAPTER is to ( ? ) A) Sentence B) Author C) Book D) Page E) Library
- 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
- 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
- 4th December 2020Find the word that completes both compound words: HORSE____ and ____BACK.
- 5th December 2020Which word is most nearly opposite to RELUCTANT? A) Hesitant B) Willing C) Nervous D) Slow E) Confident
- 6th December 2020G ( ? ? ? ) ER. A) OWL B) OWN C) ILL D) ARE E) ICE
- 7th December 2020Which word is most nearly OPPOSITE in meaning to MAGNANIMOUS? A) Generous B) Petty C) Proud D) Calm E) Honest
- 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
- 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?
- 10th December 2020Find and correct the single error: 'Each of the puppies were given a new home.'
- 11th December 2020Sentence completion: 'The witness gave a ___ account of the accident, recalling every small detail.' Choose the best word: vague, detailed, brief, confusing.
- 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?
- 13th December 2020Explain why a non-fiction writer might quote a shopkeeper directly rather than simply writing 'some people are unhappy'.
- 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.)
- 15th December 2020Why might a writer use a short sentence like 'It does not have to be this way' after two longer sentences?
- 16th December 2020Convert to reported speech: 'We will finish the project tomorrow,' said the team.
- 17th December 2020Add the correct suffix, applying the doubling rule: 'run' + '-ing' = ?
- 18th December 2020Find the misspelled word and explain the rule that fixes it: 'The two teams begining their match were evenly matched.'
- 19th December 2020In your own words, explain how a polytunnel keeps crops warm, according to the extract.
- 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.
- 21st December 2020Write one sentence using personification to describe a storm approaching.
- 22nd December 2020Which happens first, according to the extract: pressing the sheet, or pouring the pulp onto the screen?
- 23rd December 2020What is a rhetorical question, and identify one example from Extract B.
- 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.
- 25th December 2020'The forge breathes its orange heat into the cold morning.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
- 26th December 2020In the sentence 'No sensible person could deny that recycling saves the planet', which genre is most likely being used?
- 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.
- 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?
- 29th December 2020Add together 1.2 kg and 350 g, giving your answer in kilograms.
- 30th December 20206 x Z = 42, where Z is a single digit. Find Z.
- 31st December 2020How many lines of symmetry does a rectangle that is not a square have?