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March 2022 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in March 2022, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in March 2022
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2022What repeated phrase does the writer use at the start of the extract?
- 2nd March 2022Explain why the pronoun 'I' in direct speech usually needs to change when converting to reported speech.
- 3rd March 2022Complete with the correct homophone: '___ bag is this on the table?' (belonging to whom)
- 4th March 2022Find the misspelled word and explain why the usual 'i before e except after c' rule does not straightforwardly apply: 'The parcel felt surprisingly heavy for its size, so Sam checked the wieght on the label.'
- 5th March 2022True or False: according to the extract, polytunnels leave crops unprotected from frost.
- 6th March 2022Explain what is meant by the idiom "a piece of cake" in the sentence: "After weeks of practice, the spelling test felt like a piece of cake."
- 7th March 2022Write an original metaphor describing a busy classroom, without using "like" or "as".
- 8th March 2022Why might a writer use words like 'begins with', 'then' and 'once' when explaining a process?
- 9th March 2022In Extract B, which phrase most directly appeals to the reader's sense of fairness for children?
- 10th March 2022Explain why planning an ending before writing the middle of a story can help avoid a weak or rushed conclusion.
- 11th March 2022A poem describing the forge uses short, sharp lines during the hammering, then longer, calmer lines once the finished tool cools. Give one reason a poet might do this.
- 12th March 2022Why might a factual extract about how something works need slower, more careful reading than a fiction extract describing a feeling?
- 13th March 2022Explain why estimating before doing a calculation is a useful check, even when you plan to use a calculator.
- 14th March 2022A 12-pack of juice cartons costs 4.80 pounds. Find the price per carton.
- 15th March 2022A ruler's scale has marks at 0 cm and 5 cm, with 5 equal gaps between them. What value does each small gap represent?
- 16th March 202290 - 5_ = 38, where the underscore is the missing units digit of the two-digit number 5_. Find the missing digit.
- 17th March 2022Name a quadrilateral with four equal sides and four right angles.
- 18th March 2022On the cylinder in the previous question, the liquid level is 2 divisions above the 100 ml mark. What is the volume of liquid?
- 19th March 2022A temperature line graph shows the temperature rose from 4 degrees C at 6am to 18 degrees C at 2pm, then fell to 10 degrees C by 6pm. Describe, in one sentence, how the temperature changed over the whole day.
- 20th March 2022A sequence has nth term 3n + 5. Work out the first three terms.
- 21st March 2022A shop reduces a 60 pound jacket by 20 percent, then adds 5 percent VAT to the reduced price. What is the final price?
- 22nd March 2022A tank holds 180 litres and is filled at 15 litres per minute. How long does it take to fill from empty?
- 23rd March 202214 x 40
- 24th March 2022What is 0.75 written as a fraction in its simplest form?
- 25th March 2022A sequence begins 200, 190, 180, ... Find the 8th term.
- 26th March 2022A film starts at 19:45 and lasts 2 hours 20 minutes. What time does it end?
- 27th March 2022What is 7 times 6, minus 5?
- 28th March 2022Share 32 counters between two people in the ratio 3:5.
- 29th March 2022What is the smallest four-digit number that can be made using the digits 5, 0, 8 and 2 exactly once, if the number cannot start with 0?
- 30th March 2022A minibus can carry 16 passengers. Work out how many passengers 7 minibuses can carry.
- 31st March 2022A recipe for 5 people uses 250g of rice. How much rice is needed for 15 people?