Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 1958 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1958
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1958Find and copy one word from 'the tide dragged its heavy silver chain across the sand' that gives the tide a human or animal-like quality.
- 2nd August 1958Which two poetic techniques are both used in the line 'The wind whispered through the willow'?
- 3rd August 1958Add the missing apostrophe: The three teachers offices were being redecorated. (There are three teachers, each with their own office.)
- 4th August 1958Add a semicolon in the correct place: The bus was late the queue grew longer by the minute.
- 5th August 1958Explain why a poet might choose soft, hissing sounds, sibilance, to describe a fox moving at night, rather than harsh, hard sounds.
- 6th August 1958You are asked to summarise a paragraph in one sentence. What is the biggest risk to avoid?
- 7th August 1958A conversion graph shows that 5 miles is equivalent to 8 kilometres. Using this scale, convert 20 miles to kilometres.
- 8th August 1958The nth term of a sequence is 5n - 2. Work out the 15th term.
- 9th August 1958Convert the recurring decimal 0.3636... (where the digits 36 recur) to a fraction in its simplest form.
- 10th August 19583/4 of a number is 54. Work out 5/6 of the same number.
- 11th August 1958Work out the size of each interior angle of a regular decagon (10 sides).
- 12th August 1958Factorise x^2 - 9x + 20.
- 13th August 1958Expand and simplify (2x - 3)(x + 4).
- 14th August 1958A car's value depreciates from 18,000 pounds to 14,400 pounds in one year. Work out the percentage decrease.
- 15th August 1958Work out 9 x 7.
- 16th August 1958Name the joint type found in the hip, and state one other place in the body where this same joint type is found.
- 17th August 1958Complete the word equation: hydrochloric acid + sodium hydroxide produces ___ + ___.
- 18th August 1958Name the circuit component whose symbol is a circle with a cross inside it.
- 19th August 1958Name the process by which digested food molecules pass from the small intestine into the blood.
- 20th August 1958An old-style filament light bulb transfers 100 J of electrical energy. Of this, 20 J is transferred usefully as light, and the rest is wasted as heat. Calculate the energy wasted as heat.
- 21st August 1958State whether an acid has a pH value above or below 7.
- 22nd August 1958A hazard symbol shows a skull and crossbones on an orange background. State what hazard this represents.
- 23rd August 1958Which word means the same as "exhausted" in a sentence describing tired climbers: "drained", "energetic", "cheerful" or "restless"?
- 24th August 1958A biography states that a person 'taught herself to read at six using her grandfather's newspapers, and published her first book by twenty.' What can a reader infer about this person's character from these facts?
- 25th August 1958A travel brochure and a science textbook both describe coral reefs. Which is more likely to use exaggerated, emotive language, and why?
- 26th August 1958A leaflet states 'You could help save a hundred bottles a year.' Which word directly addresses the reader?
- 27th August 1958Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The rain fell steadily.'
- 28th August 1958Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the suitcase on the platform."
- 29th August 1958Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Crates of fruit lined the pavement."
- 30th August 1958Find the mean of these test scores: 14, 18, 12, 20, 16.
- 31st August 1958Solve x^2 - 5x + 6 = 0.