Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
April 1954 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1954
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1954A non-fiction text about volcanoes uses the heading "How an Eruption Happens." What is the purpose of this heading?
- 2nd April 1954What is the name for a poem written in three-line stanzas?
- 3rd April 1954A poem has four-line stanzas with an ABAB rhyme scheme throughout. What effect might this regular structure have on the reader?
- 4th April 1954Insert a colon in the correct place: The kit list included the following items a torch, a compass and a whistle.
- 5th April 1954Correct the subject-verb agreement error: The team of swimmers were training every morning.
- 6th April 1954A poem compares the fox's eyes to 'two small, cold coins.' Name this technique.
- 7th April 1954A newspaper report about a school's new library states: 'The library, funded entirely by a single anonymous donation, opened its doors last Tuesday.' What retrieval detail answers the question, how was the library funded?
- 8th April 1954A straight line passes through (0, 5) and has a gradient of -2. Write down its equation.
- 9th April 1954The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
- 10th April 1954Write 3/5 as a decimal.
- 11th April 19543/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
- 12th April 1954Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
- 13th April 1954Expand and simplify (x + 5)(x - 3).
- 14th April 1954Simplify sqrt(75) - sqrt(12), giving your answer in the form k sqrt(3).
- 15th April 1954Work out 9.6 divided by 0.4.
- 16th April 1954Calculate 47 + 36.
- 17th April 1954Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
- 18th April 1954Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
- 19th April 1954In a series circuit, an ammeter placed before a bulb reads 0.6 A. State the current a second ammeter, placed elsewhere in the same series circuit, would read.
- 20th April 1954Name the enzyme, found in saliva, that begins the digestion of starch in the mouth.
- 21st April 1954State the standard unit used for density in physics and chemistry.
- 22nd April 1954State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
- 23rd April 1954A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
- 24th April 1954A guide tells the group "we're nearly there" in a steady voice, but keeps glancing anxiously at the darkening sky. Explain what the contrast between his words and his glances suggests.
- 25th April 1954You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 26th April 1954Give one feature, other than headings, that a factual magazine article might use to help organise information for the reader.
- 27th April 1954What is emotive language, and why might a writer use it in a leaflet about ocean pollution?
- 28th April 1954Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: 'The storm was BIG.'
- 29th April 1954Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The doors opened, and passengers spilled onto the platform."
- 30th April 1954Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The market was NOISY."