Daily Practice · 13+ Common Entrance
September 1967 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1967
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1967Two forces of 10 N and 10 N act on an object in exactly opposite directions. Calculate the resultant force.
- 2nd September 1967Name the process by which plants lose water vapour from their leaves.
- 3rd September 1967Name the process used to neutralise an acid using an alkali.
- 4th September 1967Correct the punctuation in this sentence, which reports direct speech: the coach shouted keep going were nearly there
- 5th September 1967In an extract, a character 'set down his tools without a word and walked out into the rain.' What might this action suggest about his state of mind?
- 6th September 1967A writer describes a clock as "ticking its patient warning through the empty hall." Name the poetic technique used here.
- 7th September 1967Punctuate this exchange, adding inverted commas, capital letters and any other punctuation needed: are you sure about this asked Leo his sister nodded without looking up
- 8th September 1967Rewrite this sentence, replacing the vague capitalised word with a more precise alternative, keeping the meaning: The funfair was SCARY.
- 9th September 1967A speaker says 'Ninety per cent of our debate club members say it changed how they see arguments.' Name the technique used here.
- 10th September 1967Give one example of emotive language a writer might use to persuade readers to support an animal shelter.
- 11th September 1967Order these integers from smallest to largest: -6, 2, -3, 0, -9
- 12th September 1967A right-angled triangle has two shorter sides of length 9 cm and 12 cm. Work out the length of the hypotenuse.
- 13th September 1967A triangle has base 10 cm and height 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 14th September 1967p is inversely proportional to q^2. When q = 2, p = 18. Work out p when q = 3.
- 15th September 1967The nth term of a sequence is 6n - 4. Work out the 12th term.
- 16th September 1967A car journey of 156 miles takes 2.4 hours. Work out the average speed, to the nearest mile per hour.
- 17th September 1967A rectangle has a perimeter of 38 cm and a width of 6.5 cm. Work out its length.
- 18th September 1967Find the area of a triangle with base 12 cm and height 7 cm.
- 19th September 1967A box contains 7 yellow pencils, 5 blue pencils and 3 green pencils. A pencil is picked at random. Find the probability that it is not blue.
- 20th September 1967State one structure found in a plant cell but not in an animal cell.
- 21st September 1967A sample of matter has particles that are far apart and moving quickly in random directions. State which state of matter this describes.
- 22nd September 1967In a tug of war, Team X pulls with a force of 640 N and Team Y pulls with a force of 590 N in the opposite direction. Calculate the resultant force acting on the rope.
- 23rd September 1967A solution turns universal indicator paper red. State whether the solution is acidic, neutral or alkaline.
- 24th September 1967State one disadvantage of burning coal to generate electricity.
- 25th September 1967A pupil doubles the concentration of acid used in a reaction with a metal, keeping everything else the same. State what happens to the rate of the reaction.
- 26th September 1967In an investigation into reaction time, a pupil's results are 0.18 s, 0.19 s, 0.61 s, 0.18 s and 0.20 s. Identify the anomalous result, and suggest one likely reason it occurred.
- 27th September 1967Identify whether this sentence is simple, compound or complex: "The map was old and torn."
- 28th September 1967Write an expanded noun phrase, using at least two describing words, for 'the corridor at midnight.'
- 29th September 1967A writer describes a departure board as 'flickering through a list of cancellations like a nervous heartbeat.' Name the technique used.
- 30th September 1967A character 'held his breath without realising it' as he entered a dark passage. What does this suggest about his feelings?