Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
May 1959 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1959
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1959Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 2nd May 1959Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 3rd May 1959Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 4th May 1959A speech opens with the line: 'Imagine losing your home in a single night.' What technique is this, and why is it an effective opening?
- 5th May 1959Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
- 6th May 1959Write 0.00042 in standard form.
- 7th May 1959A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.
- 8th May 1959In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 50 degrees and the hypotenuse is 14 cm. Work out the length of the side opposite angle A, to 1 decimal place.
- 9th May 1959Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(-5, -2) and B(9, 6).
- 10th May 1959A rectangle has an area of 84 cm^2 and a length of 9.6 cm. Work out its width, to 1 decimal place.
- 11th May 1959Decrease 350 pounds by 18%.
- 12th May 1959Work out 2/5 of 65.
- 13th May 1959Five pupils recorded the number of minutes they spent reading yesterday: 9, 13, 20, 11, 17. Find the mean number of minutes.
- 14th May 1959Name the organelle found in both plant and animal cells that is the site of aerobic respiration.
- 15th May 1959A block of wood has a mass of 60 g and a volume of 80 cm^3. Calculate its density.
- 16th May 1959A farmer weighing 900 N stands on the ground. Her boots have a total sole area of 0.03 m^2. Use pressure = force / area to calculate the pressure she exerts on the ground, giving your answer in Pa.
- 17th May 1959State whether burning magnesium ribbon in air to form magnesium oxide is a physical change or a chemical change, and give a reason.
- 18th May 1959Using the reactivity series, state whether iron would react with a solution of copper sulfate, given that iron is more reactive than copper.
- 19th May 1959A wave has a wavelength of 2 m and a frequency of 5 Hz. Use wave speed = frequency x wavelength to calculate its speed.
- 20th May 1959A pupil uses a stopwatch to measure how long a candle takes to burn down by 1 cm, but forgets to shield the candle from a draught in the room. State whether this makes the result less reliable or less valid, and explain your answer.
- 21st May 1959Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "Although the handle was rusted solid, the door creaked open at last."
- 22nd May 1959Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: hurry up whispered Kofi we havent got much time
- 23rd May 1959A question asks you to 'state one reason why the train was delayed, using evidence from the text.' What kind of answer is required?
- 24th May 1959A diver notices 'a single brass buckle winking in the torchlight.' Which word suggests the buckle is briefly catching and reflecting the light?
- 25th May 1959In the phrase "silent, secret snow", which technique is being used?
- 26th May 1959What is a counter-argument, and why might a writer include one?
- 27th May 1959In the phrase "silent, snow-hushed streets", which technique is being used?
- 28th May 1959A cuboid measures 7 cm by 5 cm by 4 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 29th May 1959A pack of 24 pencils costs 3.60 pounds. Work out the cost of one pencil.
- 30th May 1959Write 0.35 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 31st May 1959A parallelogram has base 12 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm. Work out its area.