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January 2026 - 11+ Entrance 5-a-day
Every 11+ Entrance sheet published in January 2026, with answers. English, maths and verbal and non-verbal reasoning at entrance-exam pitch.
Every sheet in January 2026
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2026STANZA is to POEM as MOVEMENT is to ( ? ) A) Song B) Symphony C) Orchestra D) Note E) Rhythm
- 2nd January 2026Find the next letter in this woven sequence, which combines three separate simpler sequences: B, Z, G, D, X, I, F, V, K, ( ? )
- 3rd January 2026Find the letter that continues the series: Z, W, S, N, H, ( ? ) A) A B) C C) B D) E E) F
- 4th January 2026'Mrs Ashworth's countenance darkened as she read the letter.' What does 'countenance' mean in this sentence?
- 5th January 2026The root 'dict' means to speak. Using this, explain what a 'predict' most likely means.
- 6th January 2026'Despite early doubts, the scheme proved remarkably successful.' What does 'remarkably' suggest about how successful the scheme was?
- 7th January 2026'many parents worry that a later start would simply clash with work and childcare arrangements.' What does 'clash' suggest about the relationship between school times and parents' schedules?
- 8th January 2026Find and copy the phrase that shows Leo has been thinking carefully about what to say.
- 9th January 2026'The old woman's hands trembled slightly as she unfolded the letter, though the room was far from cold.' Why does the phrase 'though the room was far from cold' matter for working out her feeling?
- 10th January 2026Why might a writer sustain one comparison across several words in a sentence, rather than using a new comparison for every detail?
- 11th January 2026'No, really, I'm fine to walk home,' said Ellie, glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. What contradiction can be found between what Ellie says and what she does?
- 12th January 2026'clean water, not the flood itself, was making more people ill' - what does this sentence suggest about the real danger after a flood?
- 13th January 2026'The stadium was virtually empty long before the final whistle.' 'Virtually' is closest in meaning to: A) completely B) almost entirely C) never D) occasionally
- 14th January 2026Give one word from the extract that means roughly the same as 'complain'.
- 15th January 2026Identify whether this sentence is active or passive: 'The letter was delivered by the postman.'
- 16th January 2026Identify the tense of the underlined verb: "By the time the bus arrived, Sam had already left."
- 17th January 2026According to the extract, how long did the higher-scoring pupils read independently each day?
- 18th January 2026Why might a playwright choose to have Dad say 'Did I? Sorry' rather than simply apologising fully and clearly?
- 19th January 2026Choose the correct word: "The camels crossed the vast, dry (1)_______." (desert/dessert)
- 20th January 2026True or False: the extract argues strongly that the school day should not be changed at all.
- 21st January 2026True or False: a poem describing a busy, crowded scene often uses long lists or piled-up images to reflect that sense of business.
- 22nd January 2026A parcel has a total mass of 3.1 kg. The packaging has a mass of 275 g. Calculate the mass of the contents, in grams.
- 23rd January 2026A recipe for 4 people uses 120 g of rice. Scale it for 6 people.
- 24th January 2026What is 4 cubed?
- 25th January 2026I think of a number, halve it, then add 11, to get 20. What was my number?
- 26th January 2026A triangle has angles x, x and 2x degrees. Find x.
- 27th January 2026A net is a straight row of six identical squares. Could this fold into a closed cube? Explain briefly.
- 28th January 2026Using the same data (cats 8, dogs 12, fish 5, rabbits 3), how many more pupils own a dog than a rabbit?
- 29th January 2026A triangle has two angles of 55 degrees each. Find the third angle.
- 30th January 2026In a logic grid puzzle, once you know 'Tara has the drum', why can you immediately cross out every other instrument in Tara's row?
- 31st January 2026Solve: 3n + 4 = 25.