Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
February 1958 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1958
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1958A four-mark question asks you to explain the effect of the writer's language in one paragraph. Roughly how many separate points should your answer include?
- 2nd February 1958A question asks you to "find and copy one word" meaning "silent." Which of these fits: "hushed", "loud", "busy" or "bright"?
- 3rd February 1958Identify the four stages of a well-structured short narrative.
- 4th February 1958Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: dont go near the big wheel warned tom its not safe
- 5th February 1958A speaker opens with a short, true story about one shy pupil who became the club's best speaker. What is this technique called?
- 6th February 1958Name the persuasive technique used in this slogan: 'Save money. Save time. Save the planet.'
- 7th February 1958List all the factors of 30, and state the highest common factor (HCF) of 30 and 45.
- 8th February 1958y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
- 9th February 1958Simplify 7x - 3y + 2x + 8y.
- 10th February 1958A right-angled triangle has shorter sides of 7 cm and 24 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 11th February 1958A bag contains 9 red, 8 blue and 7 green counters only. A counter is picked at random. Work out the probability it is green, giving your answer as a decimal to 3 significant figures.
- 12th February 1958Work out 15% of 340 pounds.
- 13th February 1958Work out 8.3 x 5.2, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 14th February 1958Simplify the ratio 45:60.
- 15th February 1958A netball team played 20 matches. The table shows goals scored per match. Goals: 0, 1, 2, 3. Frequency: 4, 7, 6, 3. Calculate the mean number of goals per match.
- 16th February 1958A slice of toast contains 12 g of carbohydrate, 4 g of protein and 3 g of fat. Each gram of carbohydrate and each gram of protein provides 4 kcal of energy, and each gram of fat provides 9 kcal. Calculate the total energy content of the toast.
- 17th February 1958Name the technique used to separate sand from a mixture of sand and water.
- 18th February 1958Ben has a mass of 12 kg. Calculate his weight on Earth. Use weight = mass x gravitational field strength, with g = 10 N/kg.
- 19th February 1958State the name given to a substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being permanently used up itself.
- 20th February 1958State one advantage of using solar power to generate electricity, compared with burning fossil fuels.
- 21st February 1958State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
- 22nd February 1958A pupil wants to find out whether increasing the concentration of a salt solution affects the boiling point of water. Suggest one variable, other than salt concentration, that should be kept the same for this to be a fair test.
- 23rd February 1958Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The cellar was DARK."
- 24th February 1958Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Although the fog was thick, the fishermen still set out.'
- 25th February 1958In an extract, the writer moves from describing the busy platform to focusing closely on one child crying by the ticket barrier. What effect might this shift in focus create?
- 26th February 1958Find and copy one word from 'the corridor swallowed the beam of her torch' that gives the corridor a human or animal-like quality.
- 27th February 1958A poem describes a train as having a "rattling, roaring, rumbling" journey. Name the technique shown by these three words together.
- 28th February 1958An article opens with a short story about one pupil who found a favourite book by accident, before making any wider argument. What is this technique called?