Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
November 1964 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1964
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1964You are asked to summarise a whole article in two sentences. What should you prioritise including?
- 2nd November 1964Is the claim 'recycling is clearly the most important thing you can do for the planet' a fact or an opinion?
- 3rd November 1964Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: 'Because the tide was rising, the children ran back up the beach.'
- 4th November 1964Punctuate this line of speech correctly, adding inverted commas and any other punctuation needed, without changing the words: mind the gap called the guard as the doors slid shut
- 5th November 1964Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "A trader called out his prices, and shoppers began to gather."
- 6th November 1964A survey of 40 students' favourite sport is shown in a pie chart. If football takes up a sector of 90 degrees, what percentage of students chose football?
- 7th November 1964p is inversely proportional to q. When q = 3, p = 20. Work out p when q = 12.
- 8th November 1964Find the midpoint of the line segment joining A(2, -3) and B(-6, 9).
- 9th November 1964A train journey of 175 km takes 2.5 hours at a constant speed. Work out the speed in km/h.
- 10th November 1964A drawer contains 4 black socks and 6 white socks only. Two socks are taken out at random, one after another, without replacement. Work out the probability that both socks are white.
- 11th November 1964A two-digit number is 7 times the sum of its digits. The digit in the tens place is one more than the digit in the units place. Find the two-digit number.
- 12th November 1964Simplify 6a + 4b - 2a + 5b.
- 13th November 1964A car depreciates by 15% each year. It is worth 20,000 pounds now. Work out its value after 1 year.
- 14th November 1964Fatima earns 1800 pounds a month and saves 12% of her earnings. Calculate how much she saves each month.
- 15th November 1964State one way a red blood cell is adapted to carry oxygen efficiently.
- 16th November 1964A reaction between magnesium ribbon and hydrochloric acid gives off heat, and the temperature of the acid rises from 20 degrees C to 35 degrees C. State whether this reaction is exothermic or endothermic, and explain how you know.
- 17th November 1964Name one non-renewable energy resource used to generate electricity, other than coal.
- 18th November 1964Name the five main kingdoms into which living things can be classified.
- 19th November 1964State whether respiration in muscle cells during hard exercise, when oxygen supply cannot keep up with demand, is aerobic or anaerobic.
- 20th November 1964Name the layer of gases surrounding the Earth that contains the oxygen needed for respiration.
- 21st November 1964Find and correct the tense error in this sentence: Last week, the team trains hard and wins every match.
- 22nd November 1964An apprentice is described as 'chewing the inside of his cheek and avoiding his master's eye.' What does this suggest about how he feels?
- 23rd November 1964Which word means the same as "cluttered" in a sentence describing a messy attic: "crammed", "empty", "tidy" or "spacious"?
- 24th November 1964Rewrite this line of dialogue to remove the overused adverb, showing the emotion instead: 'I'm not scared,' she said bravely.
- 25th November 1964Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: The lights flickered, and the music started on its own.
- 26th November 1964Name the technique used in this line: New voices. New ideas. New confidence.
- 27th November 1964A leaflet states: 'Experts agree that recycling just one more item a week could transform our town's waste problem.' Name one persuasive technique used here.
- 28th November 1964Calculate the value of 7 + 2 x (6 - 3) x 2, showing your method.
- 29th November 1964In a right-angled triangle, the angle at A is 40 degrees and the side opposite A is 8 cm. Use trigonometry to find the length of the hypotenuse, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
- 30th November 1964A prize fund of 150 pounds is shared between two clubs in the ratio 2:3. Work out the larger share.