Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
August 1964 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1964
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1964A writer describes sawdust as 'settling like a light snowfall over every surface.' Name the technique used.
- 2nd August 1964In an extract, a character "kept glancing at the door and twisting the strap of her bag." What does this suggest about the character's feelings?
- 3rd August 1964Write one short sentence (no more than five words) suitable for a moment of sudden shock in a story.
- 4th August 1964Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The gates creaked open.
- 5th August 1964What is the effect of directly addressing an audience as 'you' in a speech?
- 6th August 1964A campaign letter opens with a short, true story about one family affected by flooding, before giving any statistics. What is this technique called, and why might a writer use it first?
- 7th August 1964Express 60 as a product of its prime factors, then use this to find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 60 and 24.
- 8th August 1964y is directly proportional to x. When x = 5, y = 30. Work out the value of y when x = 8.
- 9th August 1964A cafe sells 3 coffees at 2.40 pounds each and 2 teas at 1.60 pounds each. Work out the total cost, without a calculator.
- 10th August 1964y is directly proportional to x^2. When x = 3, y = 45. Work out y when x = 5.
- 11th August 1964A survey asked 30 people how many siblings they have: 9 have 0, 12 have 1, 6 have 2, 3 have 3. Work out the mean number of siblings.
- 12th August 1964A machine produces 480 items in a day that lasts 7.5 hours. Work out the number of items produced per hour.
- 13th August 1964Work out 6^2 - sqrt(49).
- 14th August 1964Write 0.6 as a fraction in its simplest form.
- 15th August 1964Two fair coins are tossed together. Find the probability of getting at least one tail.
- 16th August 1964Which of the seven life processes describes an organism getting rid of waste products made inside its body?
- 17th August 1964State the name of the change of state when a solid changes directly into a liquid.
- 18th August 1964A trolley of mass 20 kg is pushed with a resultant force of 60 N. Use force = mass x acceleration to calculate its acceleration.
- 19th August 1964Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves through tiny pores called stomata.
- 20th August 1964Name the structure inside a plant cell where photosynthesis takes place.
- 21st August 1964State the name given to elements found in Group 1 of the periodic table.
- 22nd August 1964A pupil is choosing between two thermometers to measure a temperature change of about 5 degrees C: one has markings every 2 degrees C, and the other has markings every 0.2 degrees C. State which thermometer would give the more precise reading, and explain why.
- 23rd August 1964Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for "the map in the drawer."
- 24th August 1964Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'The fog rolled in from the sea.'
- 25th August 1964A character 'checked her watch for the third time in a minute and sighed.' What does this suggest about how she is feeling?
- 26th August 1964Which word class is 'cautiously' in the sentence 'She cautiously ran her glove along the rusted rail'?
- 27th August 1964A question asks you to "compare how the two poets present the sea." What is the best way to structure your answer?
- 28th August 1964Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade pupils that reading is enjoyable rather than a chore.
- 29th August 1964In the line "Icicles hang like daggers from the eaves", which technique is used?
- 30th August 1964A triangular prism has a cross-sectional area of 15 cm^2 and a length of 12 cm. Calculate its volume.
- 31st August 1964Find 30% of 150.