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January 2025 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in January 2025, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in January 2025
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2025Find the letter that completes the word before the bracket and begins the word after the bracket: PLU ( ? ) ANE
- 2nd January 2025Freya is faster than Grace. Harry is faster than Ivy. Who is faster, Freya or Ivy?
- 3rd January 2025A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'The machine arrived yesterday morning.' A) NEAR B) CHIN C) HINE D) VEAR E) RIVE
- 4th January 2025Which ONE word means both 'the main city of a country, where the government is based' and 'a letter written in its large, upper-case form'? A) CAPITAL B) NATION C) CENTRE D) MAJOR E) HEADLINE
- 5th January 2025If the code for CANDLE is AYLBJC, what is the code for GARDEN, using the same rule? A) ICTFGP B) FZQCDM C) EYPBCL D) DXOABK E) LCBPYE
- 6th January 2025Using A=1, B=2, up to Z=26, the code for MUSIC is 13-21-19-9-3. What is the code for DANCE, using the same rule?
- 7th January 20252, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
- 8th January 2025Find the next letter in the series: W, T, Q, N, ( ? ) A) J B) K C) L D) I E) H
- 9th January 2025A=6, B=4, C=2, D=12, E=22. Work out A x (B - C). Which letter has this value?
- 10th January 2025Find the next number: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ( ? )
- 11th January 2025A four-letter word is hidden between two words that are next to each other in this sentence. Which word is hidden? 'She practised yoga terribly at first but improved with time.' A) DUST B) GATE C) LAMP D) MEAL E) RATE
- 12th January 2025Find the next letter: B, C, E, I, ( ? )
- 13th January 2025Which word is most nearly opposite to CAUTIOUS? A) Careful B) Reckless C) Nervous D) Slow E) Quiet
- 14th January 2025Find the one word that can follow all three of these words to make a real compound word each time: HEAD___, TOOTH___, STOMACH___. A) Ache B) Band C) Line D) Phone E) Stone
- 15th January 2025Find the letter that continues the series: C, H, M, R, ( ? ) A) V B) X C) W D) U E) T
- 16th January 2025Name the three main things 11+ examiners typically mark creative writing for.
- 17th January 2025According to the extract, what has happened to honey yields since the beehive scheme began?
- 18th January 2025True or False: The simile 'like a tiny silver eye' compares the whistle to something watchful.
- 19th January 2025'the present rushed back in, sharp and ordinary' - what does 'ordinary' suggest about how Ellie feels about the present, compared to the memory?
- 20th January 2025'The sky clenches its grey fist.' Which word gives the sky a human quality?
- 21st January 2025How many lines are quoted in 'The mountain does not care that my legs are shaking, / it simply waits, patient as stone'?
- 22nd January 2025Why is choosing the most obvious situation for an abstract theme word often a weaker choice than a more specific, personal one?
- 23rd January 2025'The ancient oak, gnarled and twisted, had stood in the field for three hundred years.' 'Gnarled' most likely describes wood that is: A) smooth and straight B) rough, knotted and twisted C) freshly cut D) painted
- 24th January 2025Explain in one sentence why the writer uses a short sentence for 'Somewhere above her, a door handle turned' rather than a longer, more detailed sentence.
- 25th January 2025Why might too much dialogue that simply repeats what has already been described weaken a story?
- 26th January 2025What does the phrase 'seemed impossibly loud' suggest about the chair scraping, compared with how loud it would normally seem?
- 27th January 2025In the exchange 'MRS OKAFOR: Well? LIAM: (silence) MRS OKAFOR: I'm waiting.', what does Liam's stage direction of '(silence)' suggest about how he is responding?
- 28th January 2025Choose the correct word: "The (1)_______ of the school gave a speech at assembly." (principal/principle)
- 29th January 2025What had Theo promised, according to Ellie's line?
- 30th January 2025'The garden basked cheerfully in the sunshine, as if it, too, shared in the family's good news.' Does this description match or contrast with the good mood mentioned? Explain your answer.
- 31st January 2025Complete the sentence: "The museum's dinosaur exhibit was fascinating; (1)_______, its gift shop was surprisingly small." A) moreover B) in contrast C) therefore