Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
January 1960 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1960
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1960A pupil's results table is missing units for one column, headed only 'Volume'. State why it is important to always include a unit in a column heading or with a numerical answer.
- 2nd January 1960Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: "The cellar was DARK."
- 3rd January 1960Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Although the fog was thick, the fishermen still set out.'
- 4th January 1960In 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?
- 5th January 1960Find and copy one word from 'the corridor swallowed the beam of her torch' that gives the corridor a human or animal-like quality.
- 6th January 1960A poem describes a train as having a "rattling, roaring, rumbling" journey. Name the technique shown by these three words together.
- 7th January 1960An 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?
- 8th January 1960A poem has six lines in each stanza with no regular rhyme pattern. What is this style called?
- 9th January 1960Calculate the perimeter of a rectangle measuring 14 cm by 8.5 cm.
- 10th January 1960Work out 12 x 7.
- 11th January 1960Work out 7 x 8 + 6 x 3.
- 12th January 1960Without a calculator, work out 45% of 160.
- 13th January 1960Ade and Bo share 56 sweets in the ratio 3:4. How many sweets does Bo receive?
- 14th January 1960108 pounds is shared between Amir and Bea in the ratio 4:5.
- 15th January 1960Write 0.4 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 16th January 1960Write 5/8 as a decimal.
- 17th January 1960Work out 7 x 9 - 4 x 5.
- 18th January 1960Name the green pigment, found in chloroplasts, that absorbs light energy for photosynthesis.
- 19th January 1960Name the group of the periodic table that contains elements which are almost completely unreactive because their outer electron shell is full.
- 20th January 1960Put these bodies in order of their distance from the Sun, starting with the closest: Mars, Mercury, Earth, Venus.
- 21st January 1960State whether elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar or very different chemical properties.
- 22nd January 1960Name the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.
- 23rd January 1960Name the small intestine's main job in the digestive system.
- 24th January 1960Which word means the same as 'ancient' in a sentence describing an old, crumbling castle: 'timeworn', 'modern', 'spacious' or 'lively'?
- 25th January 1960Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Regular ___ at the piano will improve your technique. (practice / practise)
- 26th January 1960Identify and correct the pronoun error: 'The dog wagged their tail happily.'
- 27th January 1960A poem compares old age to 'a candle guttering low, still giving light.' Name this technique.
- 28th January 1960Which two poetic techniques appear in the line 'The fire hissed and spat its sparks'?
- 29th January 1960Find and copy one word from 'the mist swallowed the path ahead of him' that gives the mist a human or animal-like quality.
- 30th January 1960This sentence contains a comma splice: The rain started early, we cancelled the picnic. Correct it in one way.
- 31st January 1960A diver signals "all clear" with a steady hand, but his eyes keep darting towards the wreck's dark entrance. Explain what the contrast between his signal and his eyes suggests.