Daily Practice · 11+ Entrance
February 2023 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in February 2023, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in February 2023
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2023PUPPY is to DOG as KITTEN is to ? A) Cat B) Mouse C) Bird D) Fish E) Horse
- 2nd February 2023A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The heat became extreme almost overnight.' A) CAME B) MEAL C) TREME D) BECA E) ALMO
- 3rd February 2023Choose the word closest in meaning to ABUNDANT. A) scarce B) plentiful C) average D) limited E) rare
- 4th February 2023Choose the word closest in meaning to OBSTINATE. A) Flexible B) Stubborn C) Confused D) Shy E) Friendly
- 5th February 2023Which two of these are the odd ones out? A) Oak B) Salmon C) Birch D) Trout E) Willow
- 6th February 2023BD is to FH as JL is to ( ? ) A) MO B) NP C) NO D) MP E) OP
- 7th February 2023Amy, Ben and Cleo each own exactly one pet: a cat, a dog or a rabbit, and no two own the same pet. Amy does not own the cat. Ben owns the dog. Which pet does Amy own?
- 8th February 2023(CARD) (OVE). Which letter moves from the end of the first word to the front of the second? A) C B) A C) R D) D E) O
- 9th February 2023No pupil in Year 5 has a packed lunch on Fridays. Which of these statements must be FALSE? A) Every Year 5 pupil has a school dinner on Fridays. B) Zara, who is in Year 5, has a packed lunch on Friday. C) Some Year 6 pupils have a packed lunch on Friday. D) No Year 5 pupil has a school dinner on Friday. E) Zara is not in Year 5.
- 10th February 2023In this code, the first three letters of a six-letter word move 2 places forward in the alphabet, and the last three letters move 2 places back. If the code for GARDEN is ICTBCL, what is the code for PLANET, using the same rule? A) RNCLCR B) RMCLCR C) RNCKCR D) RNCLBR E) SNCLCR
- 11th February 2023Insert the missing question mark or full stop where needed: 'Have you finished your homework yet'
- 12th February 2023How many lines are quoted in 'Streetlights blink awake one by one, / stitching the dark city back together'?
- 13th February 2023A pupil is given a single-word prompt: 'Forgotten'. Give one specific angle they could choose rather than trying to cover every possible meaning of the word.
- 14th February 2023Explain why the comma matters in these two versions: 'Let's eat, Grandma.' and 'Let's eat Grandma.'
- 15th February 2023A poem's final stanza repeats a word from its first stanza. Explain one reason a poet might do this.
- 16th February 2023The word 'bark' could mean the sound a dog makes or the outer covering of a tree. Which meaning fits in 'The dog's bark echoed across the yard'?
- 17th February 2023'The window offers up the sleeping villages one by one.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
- 18th February 2023State whether the word "chatty" generally has a positive or negative connotation, compared with the more negative "nosy", when describing someone who talks to a lot of people.
- 19th February 2023Punctuate this short piece of speech: Watch out shouted Leo
- 20th February 2023Explain what 'direct address' means in persuasive writing, and give a short example.
- 21st February 2023'The lighthouse stands watch over the sleeping bay.' Explain what is being compared to what in this personification.
- 22nd February 2023Which sentence uses a colon correctly? A) We need: eggs, milk and flour. B) We need three things: eggs, milk and flour.
- 23rd February 2023Give one typical feature of a non-fiction informational extract that would not usually appear in a fiction extract.
- 24th February 2023'The wasps hovered like tiny golden thieves.' Name the simile in this line.
- 25th February 2023Choose the correct pronoun: 'The teacher gave the prize to Sam and (I / me).'
- 26th February 2023Name two features you would expect to see in a formal report but would not usually see in a persuasive letter.
- 27th February 2023Why might a mixed-genre paper pair a personal story about swifts with a factual passage about swifts, rather than about two unrelated topics?
- 28th February 2023Complete the gap with your own suitable word: 'The wind had (1)_______ overnight, leaving the streets scattered with broken branches.'