11+ Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. Which number completes this sequence: 50, 45, 39, 32, ...? → 24
2. A swimming pool is 25m long. How many lengths must you swim to cover 1 kilometre? → 40
3. Which punctuation mark should end an exclamatory sentence? → Exclamation mark
4. Read: 'Although it was raining heavily, Sarah decided to walk to the shops.' What type of clause is 'Although it was raining heavily'? → Subordinate clause
5. A shape is reflected in a diagonal line (from top-left to bottom-right). An arrow points upward. After reflection, which direction does it point? → Right
6. Find the word that completes the following sentence: The cat sat on the mat and ______ its whiskers. → licked
7. How many vertices does an octahedron have? → 6
8. Complete the analogy: Pen is to Write as Knife is to ______ → Cut
9. Which word means the same as 'COURAGEOUS'? → Brave
10. A shadow is cast by a sphere using a point light source. What shape is the shadow? → Circle
11. What is the value of 4² + 3³? → 43
12. The letters in the brackets form a word using letters from the words on either side. Find the missing three-letter word. CHAIR ( ? ) TABLE → ART
13. In the sentence 'The girl waited patiently for the bus, although it was very late', which part is the subordinate clause? → although it was very late
14. In the phrase 'Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers', what literary device is used? → Alliteration
15. Choose the word that best completes the sentence: 'Despite the heavy rain, the children were ______ to play outside.' → eager
16. Choose the sentence with correct apostrophe use: → The children's coats were wet.
17. Which of the following is the odd one out? → Pence
18. A cylinder and a cone have the same base radius and height. The cone's volume is what fraction of the cylinder's volume? → 1/3
19. Read the extract: 'Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.' This opening line is from a famous novel. What does it reveal about the character? → She is decisive and independent
20. A shape is reflected in a vertical mirror line. If an arrow points left, which direction does the reflected arrow point? → Right
21. A number is increased by 25% to give 90. What was the original number? → 72
22. Which 3D shape has 5 faces, 8 edges, and 5 vertices? → Square-based pyramid
23. A shop had a 'Buy 2, Get 1 Free' offer on tins of soup costing £1.20 each. How much would 7 tins cost? → £6.00
24. The mean score of four children in a test is 7. Three of the children scored 6, 9, and 5. What was the score of the fourth child? → 8
25. A map has a scale of 1:50,000. Two towns are 8 cm apart on the map. What is the actual distance in km? → 4 km
26. A room is 6m by 4m. Carpet tiles are 50cm × 50cm. How many tiles are needed to cover the floor? → 96
27. Which word class does 'beneath' belong to in: 'The treasure was buried beneath the old oak tree'? → Preposition
28. Simplify the ratio 36:48. → 3:4
29. Complete the analogy: Book is to Library as Painting is to ______ → Gallery
30. How many faces does a triangular prism have? → 5